Busy week... just got back from my first doctor's appointment in a dozen years. What is it with public spaces & the encroachment of blaring cable TV? The bars with loud, distracting television sets are annoying enough, but doctors' office lobbies are supposed to be quiet, solemn spaces, where a man can read his book in peace and await his cue. CNN Headline News chattering from the corner is deeply unwelcome, if you ask me.

The doctor says I'm perfectly fine, BTW. I was just getting pestered about having a "primary care physician" for the insurance forms, and needed to actually see a doctor in order to make one appear on the forms. Or something like that.