Every day I open my email hoping to find something, or maybe something, or someone rather, finding me. No, not the Rolex watches or pills for penile enhancement. No, I’m thinking more of someone finding me (even though I make it hard for someone to find me in the blogosphere), or someone personally inviting me somewhere, not an invitation from meetup…
Why were the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl? It was discovered on the day of the AFC championship game that their balls were deflated. Why weren’t they disqualified? It would have given the Colts two weeks to prepare, just like the other team. Does it matter who did it? It benefitted the team in a dishonest way, so the whole…
Yesterday evening I saw a documentary on Frontline called Being Mortal, which is based on a book written by Dr. Atul Gawande exploring the medical profession’s unease in dealing with dying patients. As I watched the documentary, I noticed that the people that they videotaped in their homes seemed well off financially. Their homes, at least, looked nice. The wife…
