"I understand a fury in your words." (Othello)

.....Finally, at last--we removed the dressing on the melanoma wound today. It has taken over five months since the surgery. I never imagined that it would take that long to heal. I am truly grateful that the pain I had in the first three weeks has gone, and we've only been waiting for new skin to develop on the wound--and it has. We are not going to bandage it anymore. The biggest puzzlement of this affair occurred when I asked the surgeon why I was having so much pain and he replied that he didn't know. I was stunned by that answer to my question. Hopefully, now that I'm free of wound dressing I will not scrape my skin on anything--nor any other part of my body.

.....I received a comment from Anonymous II based on my blog yesterday. This anonymous obviously has anger issues and ought to check into rehab. But that's OK; he or she is merely venting conservative political views just as the Baron has his liberal views. Only this time, Anonymous II has resorted to name calling. Even if implied. After I accused Ms. $$$alin of criticizing the health care bill without knowing all of its ramifications, I was called a hypocrite for doing the same thing in supporting the bill. Only it's really not the same thing; I am supporting the Democratic Party because I trust them, and I applaud their desire and their efforts to see to it that all Americans will have health care insurance. As Obama has iterated, it's a moral imperative; after all, what is government for if not to serve its citizens. And what kind of mischief would occur if there were no government at all? How would insurance companies fare, poor things. Who would be able to afford medical bills? How could a clan exist without laws? Or prisons? Or health insurance? Anonymous really needs to take some ex-lax and a xanex to calm down.

.....Wordsworth was right, "...the world is too much with us, getting and spending, we lay waste our powers" bickering over everything. Our country should try to emulate an ancient city and civilization--like Athens for example:

.....Beyond all other pursuits (including health care) the love of wisdom, "philosophia" was esteemed in Athens in the 4th Century B.C. The life of the mind was cultivated and honored, invigorated by a high culture of theater, music, poetry, architecture and all the arts. Athletes were not given millions of dollars--or whatever coinage existed then. Instead, if they were champions of something, they were given a laurel wreath. Imagine giving Mohammad Ali a laurel wreath? If not, how about a public option insurance policy?