In his 2021 book, Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old, Stephen Petrow described an event that is becoming a fixture of social gatherings with friends:
“First the fanfare: ‘What’s new with you?’ Then the overture: the high cholesterol, the prediabetes, and the bum knee. Before you know it, the music swells and it’s a full-blown concert of sciatica, an…
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