Aging...the new Adolescence

This month we will be blogging about getting older. We will be asking daily thought starter questions that will inspire all of us to explore our assumptions and beliefs about aging, in ways that will hopefully transform some of the unexamined ideas we bring to that idea.

Look for challenge questions like: When I can't remember something, should I be worried? I never was motivated to go to the gym...and it's not getting any easier. What do I do? Is it too early to talk to MY aging parent about death?


You know, easy stuff like that...


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Health Care Reform

Re: Health Care Bill: even Maureen Dowd, the ever acerbic columnist for the NY Times is admiring the strength of the Democrats in "standing up to the Republican bullies."
But I went to a Harvard Medical School thing last night and witnessed some of the best medical minds in the world talking about some of the toughest diseases, saying "the only thing we know works is diet and exercise." I think those things are free. Stay out of McDonald's and take a walk. By the way, the Dean of the Harvard Medical School could use more spinach and some time on the treadmill himself.
And we talked about a burger tax...I would definitely vote for that. And maybe we could get people to slim down by doing what we did with cigarettes: no eating in restaurants.

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