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Message: [QUOTE="bags27, post: 2378421, member: 6761"] Sure made my day as well (that you're fine, now). What a rough and scary time. So sorry that you had to go through it. I know so many (not all, and no one can be in another's shoes) of those feelings, esp. when going to a great, but big and foreboding hospital: the worried look at all the other sick or distressed people, the realization that now you are one of them, the hope/belief that you are getting the best care, etc. Hospitals, as Foucault told us, are places that strip you of all your personal agency and power. But if they make you "better," to heck with Foucault. You are grateful for life for your life. We share the same self-medicating predilections . Don't know your taste in wine, but I'm guessing you might really like this British spymaster novelist (2nd best selling author on British Amazon Kindle), Stephen Leather. Start with the Spider Shepherd vol. 1 and go forward (not a spy until vol 3). First one is just a bit contrived, but the writing improves and improves, and he is really good. I found him because he wrote the novel "The Chinaman" on which the current "The Foreigner" movie is based. It's a very good (not fantastic, but well worth the read) stand alone novel. First exhibition game Nov. 1 Get the old mojo working, UcMiami. We're counting on your analysis! [/QUOTE]