I'm still waiting for the office to call me to schedule the appointment. The way they do it, they mail you the forms to fill out (or you print them from their web site, which I did), you complete the forms and mail them to the office which is about 20 minutes from my home, then wait for someone call to schedule the appointment. The forms were mailed last Thursday.... should have arrived on Friday... it's Tuesday now. Does this seem like a strange practice? I'm anxious to get the show on the road... so to speak.

A very prominent and well-liked news anchorman in the L.A. area passed away this morning, apparently less than a week after being diagnosed with colon cancer that spread to his liver. I saw him do the news last Tuesday night. I missed it on Wednesday, then on Thursday his co-anchor announced that he collapsed on Wednesday night and while being treated for an infection they discovered colon cancer which had spread to his liver, adding that he planned to "fight it". Then, this morning, I heard the sad and shocking news of his passing. The first thing I thought was "I wonder if he ever had a colonoscopy....." Sad news for Hal Fishman fans everywhere.