A Resolution Solution

If you’re anything like me, you suffer from no shortage of raw material for New Year’s resolutions. But in the unlikely events that a) you’re near-perfect and can’t think of anything else to work on; and b) you’ve yet to check into the Hotel Melanoma and are actually reading this post, here’s a suggestion: resolve to get your skin checked in 2012. And if you don’t want to (or can’t afford to) pay for it then go to a local health fair that offers melanoma screenings.

If you won’t listen to me, then please listen to Malcolm and Angus Young of AC/DC, to the tune of “It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Want To Rock ‘n’ Roll)”…



Wond’rin’ what will docs say
Hopin’ you don’t glow
Blockin’ all the pathways
Playin' whack-a-mole
Gettin' probed
Gettin' stoned
Gettin' beat up
Skin and bones
Gettin' sad
Gettin' looks
I tell you folks
It's harder than it looks
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin' moles
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles
If you think it's easy tied to IV stands
Try stayin' in this Hotel M land
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles

Hotel M’s hell
Make you wanna fly
Doorman do the hard sell
Knows your stay’s for life
Gettin' old
Gettin' grey
Gettin' ticked off
Bills ain’t paid
Gettin' told
Second hand
That's how it goes
Livin' in this land
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles
If you wanna be a star of stage don’t ‘screen
Look out it's rough and mean
It’s a long way to the top
If you want a Stage IV role
It's a long way to the onc’s
If you want to see a pro
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles
It's a sure way to the onc
If you don’t go checkin’ moles
Well, it's a sure way
It's a sure way, (so they tell me)
It's a sure way, such a sure way