the difference between me and oprah....

ok, so i have concluded that the difference between me and her....aside from the annual income thing....aside from the fact that we both have good friends named gail....and like to read really good books....and both have devoted partners........is that oprah can say what she thinks without upsetting people.....and i cannot.....not that i try very hard at this....just this morning her name was evoked ..if vaguely...when we were discussing how we would handle a colleague's spouse, who i have heard all about but never met, after her demise......'i will surely ask him...at the funeral home...just what was wrong with your banana cake......?' i chortled......"i won't be able to help it...it will just come out of my mouth.........of course...he will probably up and hit me......'i laughed......'oprah would probably handle the situation better......'gentle readers.....we in public health are not blessed with the available viewing time slot to watch the queen of daytime....and even if the waiting room television is tuned to oprah.....it can never be so loud as for anyone int he office to actually follow the dialogue.....and so what we know of her show is what we might watch on a random day off when everything else is done......the groceries put up...the children picked up.....and then the tv comes on.....i can name on 1 hand the shows that i have watched in toto...and those were either on days that i was too sick to change the channel....or the guest was too grand to......well maybe not...i cannot think that i have ever taped her show.....maybe i shoudl do that.....but......i remain on a minimal television lifestyle.....the only show that i watch faithfully is alias...from 9-10 on wednesday evenings.....and even that was a partial viewing on wednesday due to boom club.......oprah....i am sure that we ahve more that makes us similar than we have that makes us different.....i will give it more thought and get back to you..........