this is what work does to you 28 July, 2009

You read some puff piece in the NYT about aging and health-related anxiety:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/fashion/26genb.html
… and all you can think about is how *this* is exactly why our health care system is broken.
The guy doesn’t discuss any out-of-pocket costs, even as he receives a huge variety of often-speculative tests and treatments that no doubt generated thousands of [...]

Dear WMATA, 6 July, 2009

If I wanted a commute to consist of a lot of minutes not going anywhere because of congestion, I’d buy a car.
… and gas, and insurance. Because at least then when you’re sitting in the middle of nowhere, you get a little sunshine. And you can sing to yourself without people looking at you like [...]