BEATING THE ODDS AIN'T ALWAYS GOOD

For the record, I've recently been afflicted with a bout of Bells Palsy, a disorder of which 90% of those afflicted will only suffer from once in their lifetime. I'm one of the lucky few who beat those odds to get this for the second time. I'm not quite as rare as the odd fellow who gets struck by lightning, but the experience is hardly better --- though the fellow with the glowing hair may beg to differ with me. 

For those unfamiliar with Bells Palsy, the disorder is caused by either a virus, stress, flabby love-handles, or lack of cash. No one's really sure which is the cause, and perhaps it differs with each individual, so I'll leave it to you to conjecture as to what brought this about in my case. I can't say with apodictic certainty, but I suspect the latter cause to be the culprit.