Nov

18

J.G. Wentworth and the Hoveround of Doom

November 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

Wake Me When Our Society Collapses
You’ve no doubt seen those annoying ads featuring smug, entitled Americans demanding in one lump sum the money owed to them for structured legal settlements because it’s theirs and they want it now! Apparently we have become such a nation of legal parasites that it requires an industry devoted to [...]

Nov

11

We Are All Criminals Now

November 11, 2011 | 5 Comments

We Who Are About to Die
I once worked at a hospital where every infraction of the rules was punished by death.  I was somewhat insulated from this because it is a little harder to replace a physician than that guy spooning pseudo-meat into my Chalupa but the nurses lived in a constant sweat of fear [...]

Nov

4

Breaking Your Heart

November 4, 2011 | 14 Comments

Code Blue
It will break your heart.
Somebody’s smartly-dressed, elegant grandmother is comatose.  Hadn’t been to church.  Goes every Wednesday and Sunday.  Found in her kitchen in a puddle of vomit and stool, barely breathing. Had been healthy all her life.  Prognosis very poor.  In profound shock and admitted to the intensive care unit where every possible [...]