It’s rather grotesque. And who would have thought this practice would be popular in Japan, of all places?: Fraud is rampant everywhere, it seems: In 2010, welfare officials in Tokyo tried to visit Sogen Kato, a local man living in … Continue reading →
Eat fish and chips. But not too much of it.
Continue reading →[NOTE: In yesterday’s thread on the school shooting in Bend, I noticed that the topic of SSRIs and violence came up. So I think it makes sense to repeat the following post, which I wrote in 2023.] Every time there’s … Continue reading →
What’s the point of telling us all these warning signs of impending dementia? If there was much to be done to prevent the deterioration, I could understand it. But as far as I know there isn’t a whole lot except … Continue reading →
People have been committing suicide when terminally ill or in terrible pain for a long long time, and it’s sad and troubling although understandable. But health care institutions and the state haven’t usually been involved until more recently. When they … Continue reading →
The roller coaster ride continues. I never liked roller coaster rides very much. This morning the hospital called saying my ex had a big respiratory crisis and the doctor started asking me a bunch of end-of-life questions. I raced over … Continue reading →
There’s still no predicting whether my ex-husband will survive or not, although in the past few days he seems to have stabilized and appears to be a bit better. Maybe even significantly better, although the doomy-gloomy “hospitalist” doesn’t deal in … Continue reading →
A mistrial was my prediction, because I think this has been an inherently difficult case to decide and reasonable people can differ. It involves an especially heinous and heartbreaking crime, the murder of three young children by their mother. But … Continue reading →
Recovering from his recent surgery is still extremely difficult for my ex-husband and very stressful. He has post-surgery pneumonia as his most serious problem at the moment, although not his only problem. Yesterday I was at the hospital much of … Continue reading →
The jury is deliberating in the Clancy trial. I am fairly certain she won’t be “getting off,” whatever the verdict. If she is found to have had diminished capacity due to psychosis, her stay in a mental hospital will be … Continue reading →
Well, it hasn’t been a barrel of laughs lately. Without violating his privacy with Too Much Information, I’ll just say that eight days ago I took my ex-husband to the ER and he was diagnosed with two dangerous but not-likely-to-be-lethal … Continue reading →
One of the hallmarks of the Clancy case is that she made lengthy and repeated efforts to seek help. In case you haven’t seen much about that, and would like a summary, this is pretty thorough and relatively easy to … Continue reading →