Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


People’s Parties

That’s a real story you know. You think these artists make this stuff up out of thin air, but you’d be surprised how many songs are inspired by real life. Kinda like “He blew his mind out in a car/He hadn’t noticed that the lights had changed”… This was Tara Browne, a Guiness heir. I […]

The Shampoo Effect

Now, for a palate cleanser… The number one criterion for a book is readability. It’s got to be something that people want to read! Which is why you can buy the vaunted award-winner, the book with all the hype, and find yourself falling asleep on the second or third page. Those people are not writing […]

E-Mail Of The Day

Re: The Heart Scan I’m 65 and the coronary calcium score of 362 that you got?  I got tested for the first time this year, and it was 751!! And I’m one of those annoying health freaks who has been doing everything right since the Reagan administration.  My weight is perfect, I have a flat stomach, can […]

The Heart Scan

1 I had to go to Torrance. Those playing the home game will remember that I see this heart doctor who says if I follow her program, I’ll never die of a heart attack, no patient has yet. And like seemingly every good doctor in Los Angeles, she doesn’t take insurance, which means I’ve got […]