[pepsi_junkie]

"I am encouraged and compelled to really come to grips with how short time is, and my time is probably even shorter," he added.

Wow, I'd say he's telling us his reasons for retiring suddenly about as openly as he can without saying the specific illness.

[Viking2002]

'I thought I might have been the first, frankly," Roth said. "I might have thought the Marlboro Man would've got me. Hey, Ed, objects in the rear-view mirror are probably me. And my doctors, my handlers, compelled me to really address that every time I go on stage, I endanger that future.'

I listened to his statement on a Vegas radio station, and when he said that, there was a definite quiver in his voice. That isn't characteristic Dave. He was upset and fighting like hell to keep an even keel. I think he got some bad news. Stay frosty, Dave.