Medi-cares

Do they?  They’re mostly pests that feed on older people’s vulnerability. Their flash cards include words like copay, tier one or two drugs, supplemental plans, advantage plans and medigap.   I got something in the mail the other day that showed promise in...

Pontius Pilate

Who the hell is he?  His name only comes up around this time of year. Every Spring somebody ascends and sitteth next to Pontius Pilate.   And why is he a Pilate and not just a Pilot?   Is Jesus sitting on a Pilates ball? Pontius does have a decent sense of fashion....

Patience

The older I get the less I have of it and the tiniest things rev my engine.  Like just this morning.  I was hungry and weighed all the morning eating options that don’t have sugar in them.   A) Good luck and B) Thanks to my faltering eye sight, I can’t...

A Delicate Balance

Penned by Edward Albee circa 1965.   Premiered in 1966.   Won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967.   The first of three Pulitzer Prizes for Edward Albee.  So today I went to a matinee performance of A Delicate Balance. I saw it a thousand years ago with Lauren Bacall...

Elevator Etiquette

The elevator opens on the seventeenth floor and somebody enters.  First I calculate the amount of time it’ll take to hit the lobby level.  Do I initiate a conversation or not?  Do I say hello and risk opening a can of worms?  Do I ask a stranger how they are?...