Well my doctor has been on vacation and the jerk that is filling in for him won’t give me anything to make this sinus infection go away.  There are notes in my file that say that I should be given antibiotics when I get sick, but he is refusing to honor the note.  When my regular doctor returns from vacation I am going to have to ask him to give me antibiotics to have on hand for when I get sick and he can’t be reached.  This is awful!

During the past couple of weeks our junk mail index has risen sharply.  It seems that the vast majority of the mail we have been getting is sales circulars, catalogs for Christmas items, or promotions for political campaigns.  What a waste of paper this is!  It all goes into the trash, mostly not even looked at.  There isn’t anyplace near where I live that I can take stuff like this to recycle, and it is sad to think of it all going to the dump.

I was shocked to receive a phone call last night that the hubby of a very dear friend passed away unexpectedly in his sleep two days ago.  He was only fifty three years old, and he left behind a wife and several daughters; one being only the tender age of twelve years of age.  This man had no life insurance or death benefits of any kind and was the family breadwinner.  Chances are that the family will lose their house in a few months because they do not have the resources to hold on to that. 

This is a very sad situation and I would like to strongly encourage anyone out there that is reading this that they should buy enough life insurance to at least pay off their house should they die.

Over the past thirty years, the government has made huge efforts to de-regulate everything that they could possibly de-regulate.  They de-regulated the airline industry, transportation, and the telephone company.  They thought that by doing this it would increase growth and be good for business.

Well, I have not seen any positive results from deregulating anything, and I think it is time for the government to reconsider it’s stance on regulation and deregulation.  The consumers need more protection from the evil people who sell us tainted foods, and need more protection from price-gouging.  Time to start reining in the big corporations that make obscene profits at our expense!