I was thinking about the 2005 post Lori made (which somehow regurgitated
back to the future LOL).  It got me thinking.  I try very hard not to write
things I wouldn't be willing to have thrown back in my face.  I'll be the
first to admit I don't always succeed.  I'm a very opinionated person, to
say the least.  I sometimes  have a knee-jerk reaction which is very hard
for me to control, especially if I'm very irritated or downright angry.
Anyway...

Something happened to me last week.  Someone from Consumer Reports (yeah,
the "we test it" people) emailed me.  She's writing an article about health
care, along the lines of how much is too much; doctors pushing aggressive
treatment when in the end the results would be no different.  She knew about
my father's death.  She knew about the choices I (and my mother) had to
make.  She wanted to include the experiences of real people in her article
and searched online "forums" to find them.  (I don't know if she read my
accounts on this newsgroup or elsewhere.)

Back around 2004 a similar thing happened.  I was contacted by a writer from
The Wall Street Journal.  WSJ was introducing their new Leisure section.
The writer emailed me asking if I'd talk with her about what I'd do with
leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner!  LOL (And yes, I was in the WSJ
article.)

Point is, we don't know who's reading this stuff.  It seems like every few
years, out of the blue, something happens to remind me (not that I really
need reminding) how very public everything is these days.

OB Cats:  Haven't seen Fetters or Schwartzy around today.  The neighbor has
her grandmonsters, er, I mean grandchildren visiting for Easter.  I suspect
they are hiding under a bed (the cats, not the grandchildren!) ;)

Jill