Monday, November 21, 2005
3D or No-D
My wife and I just finished trying to watch the 3D episode of Medium, on NBC. I couldn't find my 20-year-old science museum 3D glasses, so I had to compromise by using a blue lens from some old swim goggles and a red lens from some old sunglasses. But it didn't work. The blue was not cyan enough and the red was too weak. The answer: 3D without glasses: It's called life. They're not movies...they are be-ies. You "be" in them.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
To Casey
Casey...I couldn't find your email (at least one that worked..there was the old Earthlink one that is dead.) So here is the letter I was going to send you, posted for ALL to see.
Casey,
As a primary-care health care provider and sometimes ersatz pdoc, I found your statements quoted in today's NY times article to be a real hoot, particularly the statement:
"If a person is having a problem in life, someone who is 42 might not know where to go - 'Do I need acupuncture, do I need a new haircut, do I need to read Suze Orman?' " said Casey Greenfield, 32, a writer in Los Angeles, referring to the personal-finance guru. "Someone my age will be like, 'Do I need to switch from Paxil to Prozac?'"
Like, maybe I need to switch from Namenda to Aricept, but, c'mon, do you really think that people just 10 years older than you are a bunch of drooling geezers? Suze Orman? 42? Wake up, sister--you ain't no spring chicken no more! What must the 22-year-old college and graduate students think of a middle-aged former Yalie like yourself? Maybe your kind of condescension gets 'em peeing their pants on the left coast, but here in flyover country, people still respect their doctors and, for the most part, take rather than give advice at their checkups. Have a nice life!
By the way, this site really gives you a good raking thru the coals, so I'll leave ya alone now, with no hard feelings.
Casey,
As a primary-care health care provider and sometimes ersatz pdoc, I found your statements quoted in today's NY times article to be a real hoot, particularly the statement:
"If a person is having a problem in life, someone who is 42 might not know where to go - 'Do I need acupuncture, do I need a new haircut, do I need to read Suze Orman?' " said Casey Greenfield, 32, a writer in Los Angeles, referring to the personal-finance guru. "Someone my age will be like, 'Do I need to switch from Paxil to Prozac?'"
Like, maybe I need to switch from Namenda to Aricept, but, c'mon, do you really think that people just 10 years older than you are a bunch of drooling geezers? Suze Orman? 42? Wake up, sister--you ain't no spring chicken no more! What must the 22-year-old college and graduate students think of a middle-aged former Yalie like yourself? Maybe your kind of condescension gets 'em peeing their pants on the left coast, but here in flyover country, people still respect their doctors and, for the most part, take rather than give advice at their checkups. Have a nice life!
By the way, this site really gives you a good raking thru the coals, so I'll leave ya alone now, with no hard feelings.
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