Ah, the wonders of aging. I just recently finished up a battery of tests after a long period of prolonged illness that had me thinking I might have to re-think all those longer-term plans I’ve had. Turns out the cause was concerning but very recoverable (and I’m well on my way with it). However, one […]

I’ve decide that Democrats should take the high ground on the health care reform bill and agree to repeal several elements of it. The Dems should hold a major press conference and announce that they’re dropping all of the following items from the bill to address the most grievous complaints of Americans: 1. The death […]

So I’m doing my normal tech reading and I come across an article about an artificial lens that gives the wearers “HD” vision. I’m hoping this gets here somewhat soon actually. Why? For those who don’t know it several years back I had Lasik surgery and I’m one of the cases where it went wrong. […]

An NBC news station is reporting that a 3-month old baby in Denver is not eligible for health care coverage because he’s simply too big. If you don’t know how it works babies and children are measured in terms of percentiles against the average. Little Alex Lange is in the 99th percentile which means he’s […]

Bill Moyers conducted an interview with a man by the name of Wendell Potter who, for 15 years rose to be the head of corporate communications for Cigna—one of the nations largest and most successful health insurance companies. Mr. Potter recently left Cigna after a distinguished career there after having had a crisis of conscience. […]

People have discussed aging since the first cavemen could grunt out complaints about bad teeth. Clearly this isn’t a novel topic. At 45 (coming Thursday) I’ve reached a pretty interesting age. I’m young enough that the finality of death still seems like a long ways off (unless I get hit by lightning of course) and […]

I woke up at 4am Thursday morning to a dire urge to purge. I rushed to the bathroom and somehow managed to compose myself before anything happened. However, nausea dominated me for the next 18+ hours (still there) and I lost the battle around 10am. It was a pitched struggle as it should be. I […]

Well, it’s now been one day short of five weeks since my accident at Mont Tremblant. Things have been interesting to say the least. I sent a nice thank you letter to everyone up at Tremblant but didn’t get any sort of reply. I suspect their legal people probably instruct them to say nothing in […]

A friend of mine has been telling me, for years, that Mont Tremblant is an exceptional place to visit for a ski vacation and that, specifically, Club Tremblant is the best value around for an all-inclusive stay. That includes lodging in a great atmosphere, lift tickets for the duration, lessons from a top ski school […]