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“Old men have grey beards; their faces are wrinkled; their eyes purging thick amber and plum tree gum; and that they have a plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams.” So says Hamlet. How do I, given my … Continue reading →

Medi-Cal is state funded healthcare coverage for the poor and old. It has been wonderful to me. However the criteria for qualification have changed. If you have more than $130,000 in the bank you no longer qualify. As I have … Continue reading →

I devote myself wholeheartedly to recovery from pneumonia. This is very pleasant as it gives me the opportunity to do very little without the usual guilt. I go for a CT scan. It reveals that my lungs are drying out … Continue reading →

I get a call from Zuckerberg General Hospital, where I used to spend my time, they want me to be in a movie about the hospital. Big Money! Thanks for inviting me, I had a great time. The cheque will … Continue reading →

Happy New Year everybody! 2025, what a terrible year! 2026 has to be better – fingers crossed. Because I have been a good patient, Nurse James takes me on a New Year’s Day excursion to Point Reyes. Always a winner. … Continue reading →

Amid the storm and drang of hospital stuff, here is a still, small voice of calm. I need to renew my passport. I expect misery, pain and delay. Not so! His Majesty’s Passport Office has a very good web site. … Continue reading →

I return from hospital and do as I am told. I lie on my greasy, foetid, sleeping mat, take antibiotics and take it easy. I fully expect to be fighting fit in a couple of days. It does not work … Continue reading →

I think I forgot to mention in the write ups of my European excursion that throughout I had an explosive chest cough. The cough was activated if someone stood in front of me and tried to engage me in conversation. … Continue reading →

Zandra and Guy pick me up at the end of the Symposium and we go to listen to John Intrator play blue grass in a bar in Carouge. On the way there, we wander through the nighttime streets of the … Continue reading →

I am asked to talk at the 4th International Symposium on the History of Particle Physics at CERN. What fun! Anyone who is anyone in global particle physics in the 1980s and 1990s, the period covered by the Symposium, is … Continue reading →