Books

Posted on February 17, 2022February 14, 2022 by Simon

“Books are a way to speak to the dead.” Neal Gaiman... Read More

Obituaries

Posted on February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 by Simon

“Obituaries are like near-death experiences for cowards.”... Read More

Change is…..

Posted on January 27, 2022January 27, 2022 by Simon

“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.” Heraclitus of Ephesus... Read More

Long Life

Posted on December 28, 2021December 26, 2021 by Simon

“A long life has become perfectly normal.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares” The picture is not showing up on some of my subscribers emails. I&... Read More

Somatization Disorder

Posted on December 21, 2021December 7, 2021 by Simon

“Somatization Disorder, formerly hypochondria, is to worry about a disease you don’t have and is itself a disease.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Heal... Read More

Death

Posted on December 6, 2021November 1, 2021 by Simon

“If death is but sleep made permanent, we all know there is nothing terrible in it. And if death is a transfer to a better life, then death is not evil but a blessing.” Leo Tolstoy in A Ca... Read More

Panic

Posted on November 9, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“One can usually panic about only one or two things at a time.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”... Read More

Suffering

Posted on November 2, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“Frantic activity in the face of the inevitable …is another cause of unnecessary suffering.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares... Read More

Surprise

Posted on October 26, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“Health care is an unimportant component of the good life tout court.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares... Read More

A Long Life

Posted on October 19, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“Man is a tough, resistant and long lived organism. He does not have to worry himself unduly about his health.” Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988 Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares̶... Read More

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