Cancer

Two weeks ago, Parker went home with a fever and a droopy eye, stumbling a bit. Two days later, his parents the truth: It was terminal cancer.

CANCER NEEDS TO KEEP ITS GRUBBY MITTS OFF OF OUR ARTISTIC LEGENDS, DAMMIT.

On her mentor(s):

Without sufficient estrogen in your body, you begin growing a crop of course hair on your chin. If you are as lucky as I am, they are PITCH BLACK!

8. Educate, don’t fixate.

In the benign but powerful reign of the Beatles, Cynthia Lennon was the proverbial First Lady.

After I got over the initial devastation, I pulled myself up by my big-girl panties and got on with it. Chemo was no picnic—but it was do-able.

Just when you think Will Ferrell can't get more awesome, he does something delightfully weird. Again.