Bookworm on Sep 02 2009 | Filed under: Health
First, a joke, one I’ve told before:
In long ago Japan or China (or amongst the Eskimos, or something else), a young boy came across his father carry a large basket on his back. In the basket was the boy’s grandfather.
He asked, “Father, where are you taking grandfather?”
“Shh,” said the father. “Grandfather is old [...]
Bookworm on Jul 30 2009 | Filed under: Uncategorized
What is it with these California political women? In the morning, Pelosi calls insurance companies villain’s as if she’s in some Victorian melodrama. And this afternoon, Dianne Feinstein arranges from the arrest of a bunch of senior citizens who were trying to speak with her.
It’s a little unclear just exactly what side of the political [...]
Bookworm on Oct 07 2008 | Filed under: Barack Obama, Media matters
In today’s New York Times, there’s a lengthy article about the humiliation routinely visited on elderly people who are called “dear” or “sweetie.” The message conveyed by those terms is demeaning, implying that the person on the receiving end is incompetent, and definitely placing the person in the “one down” position. The psychic hurt is [...]
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