This blog has been on hiatus for nearly a year, bu I have some fairly decent excuses – a recurring case pf cystitis, a bunion that  was attempted by one surgeon, then after six months, found out the real reason my foot was still swollen was that the screws holding the plate waer too long and were causing irritation of the next metatarsal – so it has been 8 going on 9 months of limited mobility and limited opportunity to hit all buy the highest priorities.

Like getting to the bathroom before it’s too late, shaving and bathing every couple of days, getting dressed, getting undressed, and th elike. Slow but independent mostly.

I have started writing an essay on Moses Maimnides’ A guife for the Perplexed and willinclude it here when it is more orless complete. Basically henotes the four types of perfection that humans seek: material goods, physical perfection, social ethics, and seeking truth, or knowledge. I address these in more detail in the essay, but the bottom linr id hid: We need enough material possessions to be sa independent as possible for as long as possile, we need to stay active and physically fit enugh that we don’t cause  medical issues,  we should be ethical in our dealings with others, and we should seek the truth, which ti me means using the scientific mehtod to determine which treatments work best for which patients, what causes different illnesses, and how “fuzzy” logic might help us to get closer to the truth in some cases than strict categorical thinking..

Maimonides clearly though that he last of these was the “highest” form of perfectiontobe sough sfter, while I argue that a balanceamongst allfour of these elements is best.

That will come later. For I havemiles to go befoe I go to sleep and will not go gently into that good night anytime soon, to plagiarize a couple of famous dead poets..