We had lunch with Ruth and Morrie on Friday. The best Osso bucco I’ve ever eaten is at Satyricon on Market and 15th.
Ruth and Morrie are in their 80s. Ruth said that someone should make sure that life-extending medicine doesn’t exceed life-enhancing medicine.
Ruth, I think commerce is doing that for us. Life-enhancing medicine is doing extraordinary work. Lets begin with dentistry. The worst pain of the 19th century, our teeth, has moved into the unnoticed realm. We can chew indefinitely with no pain.
My personal favorite is laser eye surgery. It can get rid of glasses and cataracts. For us reading bloggers, that is a blessing.
Hip replacement is a winner as are many other forms of surgery that start making improvements from birth, such as cleft palates and leg and foot deformities.
I’ve left out many, because my point is made with just a few examples. The winning example is, of course, Viagra.

I have to add a note of caution on the last. A single friend of mine in her mid-sixties reports that a few of her longtime good male friends have become a nuisance lately. Now that they have Viagra they are hitting on her.