Valentine cards, birthday cards, pen-pal letters– few of these come in the mail anymore. I feel like Charlie Brown going to an empty mailbox. Sigh. Actually, that isn’t totally true. I do get bills. And I don’t mean “I’m just a bill, yes I’m only a bill, and I’m sitting here on Capitol […]
“We Are Family, I got all my sisters with me. Get up everybody and sing!” Go, Sister Sledge!! (Where are they now?)
Family is something so powerful, so encompassing, so-ah, complicated. The Partridge Family never had major conflict even though the show started on the premise of the death of Mr. Partridge. Wait a […]
Invisible patients are like bloggers who think they know everything and get to hide behind an anonymous computer screen to spew out anything. An invisible patient is like someone who wants a free refill on their drink but has already left the restaurant, someone who wants their annual state inspection sticker without bringing […]
Close your eyes. If you’re still reading this, your eyes aren’t closed. Okay, now really close your eyes and imagine a world that has insurance for absolutely everything. You name it, it’s paid through insurance: toilet paper to cable TV. You cannot purchase anything, sell anything, or do business transactions without using insurance. (This […]
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George Washington never told a lie.
“Father, I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.”
When Abraham Lincoln was our president, he was called honest Abe. Wow! And this was before TV shows like Leave It to Beaver and The Donna Reed Show where everyone was so ethical. I’m so glad all […]
Gilligan’s Island was on for only three seasons, but with all the re-runs it seems like it was on for at least 10 years. Even as a kid, I wanted to “vote off” Gilligan as if it were Survivor. They could have been rescued a million times-unlike the folks trapped on Lost-but nooooooooo, Gilligan […]
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Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art that involves a lot of kicking, concentration, and kimchi. Let me tell you, it takes a lot of kimchi to be able to break a cinderblock with your bare hand. I went to Philadelphia (the City of Motherly Love, according to Homer Simpson) to see my […]
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Dying is so dreaded by most people that I wonder why we have so many expressions for it, like “I’m dying for a cold drink,” or “I’d rather die than wear black shoes with a white belt!”
With all the talk about dying, you might think it would be easy to discuss it with […]
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on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm and is filed under Office Visits, Senior Citizens.
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Norma Rae is one of the greatest movies of all time. Sally Field deservingly won her first Oscar (pre-”You-like-me-you-really-like-me”). The Californian nailed the Southern accent by adding an extra syllable to each word, “Iiii’m Mrs. Weeeeebsteeh.” When she got mad at her husband, she scurried around the kitchen like a lunatic to make her point. […]
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on Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 at 6:29 pm and is filed under Insurance, Office Visits.
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Finding a new primary care physician (PCP) can be quite an undertaking. For example, pretend you’re the beautiful Brooke Shields. You just had a baby and you’re not feeling so hot, so you Google to find a new PCP. There are a ton of doctors’ names, and you click on a few hoping to find […]
