Unfortunately, the progression is going in the wrong direction.
Make Radio Great Again
To adjust for inflation, just multiply by ten. The median national home price in 1967 was about $23,000. Try finding a house today for $230,000.
Anyone earning almost $15,000/year in ’67 would have had no difficulty buying a house and supporting a family on a single income.
Sickness, Illness, Malady
Covid continues. My temperature has been jumping around, but at least it’s staying below 100 today. I initially thought I only had a cold because I’m sneezing a lot. Apparently, this is relatively common in patients who have received the Covid vaccine.
The physician assistant at urgent care yesterday prescribed Paxlovid. I’m not a high-risk patient, and the co-pay is a whopping $618! I’ll continue to suffer along with plain, old aspirin.
A Dog Rat Rerun
Originally posted February 8, 2024:
Drag Night
Here’s another simulated evening’s viewing of TCM Noir Alley. He Walked By Night has everything going for it — a tense story based on actual events, outstanding cinematography, and Jack Webb’s inspiration in creating his Dragnet radio and TV series. There’s no mistaking the voice of Reed Hadley, who narrated many crime movies, and appeared in a few of them. Take it away, Eddie…
The Return of… China Flu!
Last weekend I attended two weddings. (I’ve taken up wedding crashing in retirement.) Fortunately, there were no funerals.
I must have caught something at one of those events, because last night I started to feel sick. It seemed like an ordinary, mild cold. I wore a mask this morning to a physical therapy appointment for my knee.
When the PT guy saw me he also wore a mask. Good thing he did.
I was doing all right until this afternoon, when I suddenly felt like some of RFK Jr.’s road kill. The thermometer said 100.7.
Darn. A Covid test kit that expired two years ago tested positive. Double darn.
A visit to urgent care confirmed I have Covid. My fever had risen to 101.2. This is an exact replay of what happened five years ago. I was vaccinated for Covid back then, and six weeks later I caught Covid at a social event. If the vaccine is reducing the severity of the illness, it feels no more effective now than it did in 2021.
Covid is now an endemic disease, like the flu. I also had a flu shot, by the way. Anyway, I’m out of circulation until this clears out of my system. Until then, I’ll look for ways to make life worth living.
Loosen Up!
The older I get, the stiffer my neck gets.