Things of the Heart

A Wyoming Sunset on November 16, 2008

The Honey-bear watching the sunset with me

Casper Life Flight settling in at Riverton Memorial Hospital. We locals joke, with a point, that Riverton Memorial's mortality statistics have improved ever-so-much since Life Flight can come to take the sick ones away. I was there for an EKG (ECG)-part of my Welcome to Medicare Extravaganza. All this is pushing me closer to "having the talk" with my doctor. I am not opposed to tweaking some things, taking a pill or six, but I am also not opposed to shuffling off the planet with my dignity more or less intact. I have had a great ride and would be happy to continue to have a good time indefinitely as long as it is a good time. I've been a good sport about a lot of things and deserve to "have it my way," in my opinion, which is the only one that counts.

I stopped in at Riverton Tire and Oil for a second opinion on my tires. I am pretty sure they will get me to Florida but I am not sure they will get me back home. I'd just as soon spend my money here with a trusted vendor. Scott agreed with me. (These are the people who have declined to charge me several times for minor fixes.) The tires will also fit the white van so I will take them home. They want to charge a disposal fee and in Riverton,WY they will end up being sold on the rez or recapped and sold for a bundle. I will have to ditch the dogs.

The echo chamber: Rich called me in a panic. He had it on very good good authority (from a stockbroker friend) that the only way out of the financial meltdown is for us all to go to a worldwide currency that is de-valued from the currently devalued dollar. Are we better off with cash or stock, or gold? Well, Henny Penny, sez I...I will make a record of it but Nouriel Roubini hasn't mentioned a word and since his track record is about 98% , I am not going to lose sleep. In any case we will all be in the same boat. Too bad we have to go through this.