In case anyone needs a reminder, the rate of dementia among the elderly in the western world is on the decline.  Experts speculate better diets and increased levels of education are part of the explanation. (Click)  We can count this medical achievement as one of many that have come

I may have mentioned earlier that the house cleaning chicks at the retirement center where I live laugh at my flip top cell phone because it does nothing but allow me to make phone calls. Yesterday I found the pair of them on a  break, crouching against a wall.  Neither was talking.