I'd have put Osama in with Oprah, Martha and Sarah Palin, and watch him slowly descend into torturous insanity.

I, myself have had to do without health insurance since over a decade before Nancy Pelosi came along. And I have known a lot of folks around me that have stitched themselves up, yanked their own tooth out themselves, set their own broken bones, buy oxycontin on the black market and so forth. Most people I know that who are younger than me have to do this. I'm not exagerating. I'm really not.

Back on topic

A1 I hope that your sabbatical is a very short one, because it is really hard to imagine this place without you. That said I support the notion of taking care of oneself, and I hope your time away will be enriching and rewarding.

Big Huggs,

Jema