Yes, I bypassed the system so this would be published immediately.

There are always new articles, but they stay in the upcoming queue until people go vote for them.

Okay, I've added the Celsius conversion. Thirteen below zero.

I thought about trying to convey this idea in the post, but the terms I came up with (gatekeeper, first responder, front line diagnosis) all seemed wrong. Barbers who notice these details are life savers.

I really liked ER, too, but St. Elsewhere had more comic relief.

I read the daily newspaper cover to cover even as a child. It was part of our "lack of choice" that actually bound people together, although we didn't realize it at the time. There was one TV in the house, and it only got two channels, so the family watched TV together, even the 6 o'clock news. We listened to the same songs on the radio, because we didn't pick up many stations. The theater had one movie at a time, and no video rentals. Fragmented media and entertainment choices have their drawbacks.