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Interesting. I took him to be pretty shrewd.

It's been five years since he passed. Sometimes I think of him and wonder what he would say about this or that. RIP.

This test competes with the Grail, which has been around for a couple of years. Here is the NYT’s take on both. They are calibrated to minimize the rate of false alarma, which means they miss more actual disease too. As the article says, they are not yet good enough to compete with invasive screening like colonoscopies. I’d call these tests a diagnostic lottery ticket, similar to full body MRIs and CTs. You’re paying $700-$1000 for a tiny chance that the test will catch something. As the article says, the tests are best for firemen and other people who are high risk for specific diseases that these tests detect.

This would make me really angry. No one is asking providiers to fabricate, but why did she go out of her way to note this stiff? i hope you found a better clinic. I'm rooting for you.

Has Crumbl come out as a private equity company?

Depends. Am I passing only you, or am I also passing the first place runner? Also, am I the only runner passing you?

I have yet to try it, but from what I have read, insurance pushes back hard on GLP1 coverage. For many people, compounding is the only option. That said, Wegovy's cash price is dropping because of the competition from compounding pharmacies and from Lilly's Zepbound.

https://www.wegovy.com/coverage-and-savings/save-on-wegovy.html

My best friend always sends one with a sweet personal note. I send some out every few years.

Try sewing rocks into your underwear. Seriously, you can get it you have a comorbidity-- high cholesterol or sleep apnea. You may have to try Metformin first.

Many telehealth shops will prescribe GLP1s with no questions asked if you’re willing to pay out of pocket.

True. I think suspensions lose efficacy faster than solids though.

I turn off AC at night too. And I keep hearing about the Beacon as a quiet hotel.

Excellent ideas, PF! I’m looking at all of them. They are all much cheaper than the Peninsula 😱, which also has interior facing rooms. Any thoughts on the Prince Kitano on 38th and 5th?

That makes sense. Thanks.

Thanks for the tip” @SundayZip. The Beacon excellent reviews. Did you notice any HVAC noise like rattling vents? (I turn off room HVAC at night, but sometimes you can’t turn it off completely.)

I find it tough to sleep with noise, and unfortunately, white noise doesn't help as much as I would hope. Does anyone know of a hotel with quiet rooms anywhere in the city? Windowless bedrooms or rooms facing a brick wall in the back would be perfect.

As usual, Avenue Q covered this twenty years ago.

A late 20s gay male hairstylist at my old salon married a young female stylist. Everyone was surprised, especially his gay friends at the salon. One of the other stylists, an extremely attractive man, is married to a man but says he occasionally has sex with women.

Yeah, I'm done with him. What I remembered as a tendency to poke fun at me now comes across as open hostility.

Thanks, Charlie After more conversation, it’s still hard to tell if he’s pulling my leg. He’s back to stereotyping gay men. And that's when he’s not recalling unflattering anecdotes about me. “You’ll be flattered to hear that I still tell stories about you...” He accused me of “pearl clutching shock” when he talks about sex. I told him he needs a pearl necklace.

Perfect wording given the circumstances. Thank you. He said that he wasn’t offended.