Thanks to everyone who left a comment or emailed me about Dad’s being in the hospital. He’s doing much better now and he expects to be sent home from the hospital on Friday.

I was surprised at the number of folks who wrote in defense of People and US

magazines. I suppose that everyone’s got his or her own favourite brain candy. I’m no different: I

myself prefer comic books and have recently been enjoying the set of

old-school Dungeons and Dragons manuals that David “This Boy is Toast” Petite gave to me for my birthday.

When I visited Dad yesterday, he said to me: “I don’t really want

magazines. What I really want is some light entertainment on TV. I want

to watch Oprah and Dr. Phil.”

I sighed, pulled a twenty from my wallet and put in an order for an

in-room TV. Dad’s always been there for me, and if he’s bored stiff in

a hospital room and hankering for daytime TV, I’m going to make sure he

gets some.

I hope he at least tunes in to Law and Order at least once in a while.

Joey deVilla

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  • Joey -- Glad to hear that dad is doing better. Give him Marlene and my regards and best wishes.

    Andy was a Dungeons and Dragons addict for awhile in his "youth".

    What do you mean you don't look Jewish?

    Barry

  • Joey, all of us here at the Thursday night blog group at the Berkman Center have you and your family in our thoughts. j

  • TVs aren't standard equipment in hospital rooms? They have been whenever I visited someone in the States...another interesting cultural difference.

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