Terry, Rusty Snakes, and an appeal for funding

Terry Pratchett recently announced that he had early onset
Alzheimer's which I and others with various degrees of distress
blogged at the time.  He has just announced a major grant to
Alzheimer's Research and his
speech is a delight.  He talks about the way his web site
was inundated following his announcement.  To quote: 
Some of them wanted to sell me snake oil and I’m not
necessarily going to dismiss all of these, as I have never found a
rusty snake.  That exemplifies the ability of Pratchett
to link and connect the disconnected, to make important statements
with humour.  Long may he stay writing.  Hat tip to
Neurophilosophy for
the link.

Thanks for Dave for blogging this