E. D. Mecusker, D.O.

Three posters by Sen Diaz, artist/author of the Dresden Codak webcomic. On the left is a poster in shades of blue. It shows a large globe on top of a supine silhouette of a person, apparently crushing them. The caption states, "YES, IT IS INTERNET." The middle poster is in shades of brown and yellow. It depicts a pile of cartoon bones and a skull. A red broom is pushing the bones from the left. The caption reads, "KEEP OUR CITY CLEAN. REPORT YOUR DEATH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EXPIRATION." The right poster is black with white spotlights crossing each other. On the left is a cartoon resembling a 1920s flapper, looking at a phone while shaking a man's hand, who faces her from the right. The man's outline is repeated like an infinity mirror. The caption declares, "SOCIALIZE. COLLECT FRIENDS TO MAXIMIZE POINTS."

I have these posters up in my office. The center one, my favorite, isn't in view of my telehealth webcam for obvious reasons 💀

PREPARE

As a corollary to this I recommend completing an advance directive, aka a medical power of attorney. As a palliative care physician I see too often a family just broken by the uncertainty of what to do when a loved one can't speak for themselves. Use the UCSF resources at prepareforyourcare.org.

I still think fondly back to a time when Taco Bell had green sauce that didn't taste like syrup. My dad would sub the sauce on the Mexican Pizza with the green stuff. That's the flavor of my childhood. Along with practically drinking the Mild sauce. It's the vinegar that makes it pop.