It has been an absolute frelling ratbag sod of a day.   A lot of the most emotionally oppressive garbage is inherently unbloggable.*  But I'll tell you I've had a second friend in I think two months diagnosed with cancer;   they got the news for sure yesterday, it's just a question of how bad it is and what they do next.    Friend number one has come through surgery with flying colours but . . . who needs to have cancer, you know?   There are so many better things to be doing with your time.