Forgetting ME in South Beach
by David Arthur Walters Fools are bound to remember what they try to forget because the effort is thinking about it again. Try not to think of white elephants by thinking about them, and you will be thinking of what you are trying to forget. Try not to think about death when you are almost dead already. Betty interrupted me last evening when I began to describe my ordeal with the healthcare machine that is supposed to save me from inevitable death as long as possible yet is itself one of the leading causes of death. “Stop trying to help people with healthcare reform!” She ordered, screaming in the phone because she is hard of hearing. “They don't give a damn about you, they despise you and will not even say thank you! Just forget it and take care of yourself.” She went on to describe her own ordeal at length, overriding my every attempt to comment on my most important subject, namely, whatever has to do with Me. She, like many women, have been intimidated by men in person ...