Ageing

Coleridge:
Like some poor nigh-related guest,
That may not rudely be dismist ;
Yet hath outstay'd his welcome while,
And tells the jest without the smile.

Telling a jest without smiling is one of the marks of an actor or an orator/story-teller. The performer may supply a sort of "laugh track" and even engage in the ritual of the repeated punch-line.

Love.

keeping on keeping on with the saga

Yet another morning's work.

I wonder if these are coherent?

Love.

insurance

My broadside/rant in progress is now viewable

Enjoy and come back as it grows.

Love.

snowbound

Because of fear of falling, I haven't left the house in almost two weeks.  The computer is sort of working again but I've ordered a big laptop to become the next phase of my "career".

I'm composing something on the difference 'twixt "health care" and "health care insurance" - a distinction that seems unclear to presidential candidates - and to many who are swayed by the idea that somehow a bunch of elites will be kinder to them than "public servants", who are equated with "big government". I guess I have trouble with the idea that the overhead of an absurd for-profit industry is less than that of a something as spare as the postal service.

Love.