Going Deaf

I have no doubt that I am going deaf. Although this will become just another annoyance to the people that I have regular contact with, it is certainly bound to become one of the more frustrating "quirks" that I exhibit....that is constantly responding to people with "Huh?". I realized last week that I had to continually ask my business associates to repeat themselves, particularly in public places where the ambient noise is louder than normal. I ended up trying to read lips as well as I listened intently but it didn't help. My grandmother and father are both virtually deaf so I suppose it is a genetic predisposition. Of course, all of the years of loud music hasn't helped I'm sure. Naturally, I'm blind without contacts and that sucks too. Given the choice though, I would rather go deaf than blind.

I read an interesting article this week in Scientific American about how music actually affects your sense of taste. So certain music will either enhance or dull the taste of certain foods. Additional research is to come, but many high level restaurants are of course very interested in this.

With the exception of my brother-n-law, I never met anyone named Adam who I liked.