Three quick items and then I have to get back to a Groo story…
1. As you've probably heard, voters in Ohio have just decreed that their state constitution should make it clear that women have the right to control their own bodies even when it means getting an abortion. I think this is a very good thing and I also think that it's not just because it's the right thing to do but because, while there are many folks out there who are sincere in their view of when life begins, there are also a lot who feel that the so-called "pro-life" movement these days is not about child-rearing and pediatrics but by fund-raising and politics.
2. The "open enrollment" period for insurance plans in my state has turned into a flurry of spam calls — about 80% of the "robo" variety. Most try to sound like they're from Medicare and all wish to connect me with agents who can sell me whatever they can sell me. I think I got about 40 of them today, starting with one that came in this morning at 6:22 AM. I happened to be up then so I answered it and found a real, live human being, evidently in some other country, who seemed shocked that someone answered. I told the person that if I ever got my hands on them, they'd be the ones who needed a hospitalization plan. Then I went back to bed and slept through the next six calls.
3. In the post before the post before this one, I put up an image of one of the great posters that Jack Davis created for the movie, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. My buddy Scott Shaw! sent me a better scan of that image so I have swapped them out and put his in its place. Thanks, Scott! Buy his book!
See you when things settle down here. Soon, I hope.