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Life Goes Fast and Sunday Open Thread

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 01:25:52 PM EST
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It's Sunday and site traffic will be down today, so I'm going to go off-topic and self-indulgent.

With Steve Gillard's untimely passing and the 40 year anniversary of the release of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper, I've been contemplating today how fast life goes. And how much we change physically over time, but in many other respects, stay the same .

As my eye doctor would say when he's testing my vision, "Better now? Better then?" And just like I usually tell him, I can't tell.

I'd be curious to see how other bloggers and commenters have evolved over time. Here's me:

Now I'm off to see my mother (who at 84, has really changed over time) and will be back in time for the New Hampshire Democrats Debate and the Sopranos.

This is an open thread, feel free to discuss what you want.

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    Fawk the Yankees (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Johnbo on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 03:01:56 PM EST
    If you want to curse the Yankees like a real New Yorker, it's "fawk the fawking Yankees".

    Yes, the fawk is necessary (none / 0) (#10)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 03:58:03 PM EST
    I had to delete a wonderful comment about Steve because the commenter ended it with profanity.  Here's the wonderful part.  I think it was by desertswind:

    I saw the news posted on TPM this morning and I cried out loud. And then I wimpered like a baby for someone I've never met.

    Steve was so reliable. A real fighter. A real blood-boiler. One of the good guys. He could be funny as hell, too, couldn't he?

    He never ever moaned about his health. Hell, he never even mentioned it in passing. I had no idea and, from comments left on his blog when he went into hospital in February, I realized I wasn't the only regular who had no idea.

    What a smart guy. What an interesting read: Iraq, American history, the military, local and US politics, food, drink, music.

    I'll miss him dearly.



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    desertwind (none / 0) (#16)
    by desertwind on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 06:33:48 PM EST
    I wondered if I should leave that out! Please accept my apologies, Jeralyn. I should've been more mindful of your policy.

    Steve hated the Yankees. That phrase was an in-joke on the News Blog and it became a sort of mantra as longtime readers  tried to will him well.

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    Yes But (none / 0) (#27)
    by squeaky on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 10:36:57 PM EST
    A true Yankee hater would never say f*ck, they would say
    fawk.



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    Keep the photos coming (5.00 / 1) (#26)
    by Jeralyn on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 10:30:20 PM EST
    So many of you have been commenting here for years. It's great to see what you look like.

    Life Comes At You Fast (As the Ad Says) (none / 0) (#1)
    by Dulcinea on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 02:23:38 PM EST
    Jeralyn, I had an eye appointment a few weeks ago and the doctor asked what I was there for.  That confused me but I gather it was all about my advanced years.  I left thinking that perhaps after a certain age I need only go to be told how my cataracts are progressing.

    And he didn't understand my hesitation in answering "Better then, better now?"

    Old age is definitely for the young.

    change your optometrist (none / 0) (#14)
    by Sailor on Sun Jun 03, 2007 at 05:06:12 PM EST
    If he really asked what you were there for he shouldn't be practicing. If all you need are checkups, see your dentist 2x a year and see your MD and OD once a year.

    Some diseases, (e.g. hypertension, diabetes), first manifest themselves in the blood vessels of the retina long before they are apparent in the body. As with AMD & glaucoma, early diagnosis is crucial to being able to manage them thru diet and lifestyle changes. Late stage diagnosis can mean a lifetime of drugs and/or surgery.

    Getting old is hell ... but it generally beats the alternative.

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    Thank you, Sailor. (none / 0) (#28)
    by Dulcinea on Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 12:16:32 PM EST
    I still don't know what to make of an ophthamologist whose practice encompasses "Diseases and Surgery of the Eye" asking a senior citizen the purpose of her visit.  I would like to think it was simply a bad question.  Before he examined my eyes--and he spent some time doing that--he talked about cataracts and a few other things which would have been more beneficial for me after, or during, the examination.  I left with a slight change to my prescription for glasses, samples of eye drops for dry eye, and the question of how I would know when I should have the next eye exam to avoid the consequences you describe.

    Frankly, I'm blessed with good health and, at some risk I recognize, have given up on all recommended medical routines except for regular visits to my dentist.  A long story....

    It sounds like you are a medical doctor.  If so, I'm guessing you are a great one.

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    Nope, not an MD (none / 0) (#29)
    by Sailor on Tue Jun 05, 2007 at 01:21:31 PM EST
    I work in optometric research and help design and program scanning laser opthalmoscopes that wil