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that this entire movement is spearheaded by a nearly-eighty year old man who is grossly overweight, some might say morbidly obese, showing real signs of physical and mental breakdown, and is operating in an enormously stressful environment in which he has designated that he has the final say on every issue and that like every ruler throughout history, people somewhere have designs upon his throne and upon him.

At this age, there is diminished reserve both physiologically and psychologically and the fragility of the organism is increased as an exponential function for each month of age which passes. The term “rapid downhill course” often applies to geriatric individuals when collapse begins. It has not begun at this point.

The knowledge of this clinical reality is what allows me to sleep at night.

Meanwhile, I have taken to watch a great deal of football, especially my beloved Philadelphia Eagles 🦅 and movies. I might recommend the film Bullet Train which was just remarkable with the caveat that you must watch it through the titles or you’ll miss something really important. Also, for those of you who have a sense of humor and have never seen the film Snatch, I can’t recommend it enough. It’s brilliant in its own right. Serendipitously and interestingly, the casts of both of these movies include Brad Pitt who is cast “against type” which as an aside, is a mechanism I really love. For example casting “aw shucks guy” Jimmy Stewart as a neurotic creep in Vertigo was brilliant.

Enjoy the weekend and:

GO BIRDS!!!!🦅