Art Buchwald's kidneys inexplicably working again,says bad side is

[Algorem]

he "has to start thinking about Bush again" to write his 2 columns per week.

http://www.wamu.org/programs/dr/

11:00A Conversation with Art Buchwald
Nearly four months after refusing potentially life-extending treatment for his failing kidneys, Art Buchwald is alive against all expectations. Diane visits with him at the hospice where he's been staying before he leaves to write a book on martha's vineyard this summer.

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Art Buchwald revels in being alive (still)
'I'm in a very good mood,' says writer

Friday, May 26, 2006

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/books/05/26/buchwald.notdead.ap/

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A funny thing happened to humorist Art Buchwald on the way to his grave.

Nearly four months after refusing potentially life-extending treatment for his failing kidneys, Buchwald is alive against all expectations. He's planning to spend the summer at his house on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., writing his twice-weekly newspaper column, finishing a book about his experience and waiting for Carly Simon -- once tapped to sing at his funeral -- to serenade him while alive.

"I'm in a very good mood," Buchwald told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday.

"I was happy when I made the decision not to have dialysis and now I'm happy that I made a decision to go to the vineyard. I would say, on the basis of that, I'm a happy person."...

[xchrom]

1. lol -- yeah! go art! what grand, grand lad you are!

[Geoff R. Casavant]

5. Dr. McCoy must have given him a pill

like he did that old lady in "Star Trek IV -- The Search for Nuclear Wessels."

[xchrom]

6. is that you bones?

[Marnieworld]

2. Wow!

Great news. Amazing. :D

[peekaloo]

3. LOL! Rock on Art!

Bless this man.

[SmokingJacket]

4. He's LEAVING the hospice??!!

Unbelievable. Sense of humor still intact, as well...

[karlrschneider]

7. And how cool is THIS?

:D

:toast: to you, Art!

[warrens]

8. Art, since you're going to be around for a while...

Those eyebrows? Please?

Glad to hear he is doing well. He's looked much better on 60 Minutes lately. Except for the eyebrows, that is.