If you don't kill yourself, you see that after a certain age, people aren't having much fun doing it. Among other things, you turn into a potato. Joel's potatoes arrive french fried in a clump, with a cheese and bacon sandwich and a Diet Coke. I ask him about his health, a concern since diabetes was diagnosed eight years ago, when he was 45. I do have to take three shots of insulin a day.
Most people think that's a big deal.
There are times when it's awkward. We're out a lot to dinner, and I have to take one shot before dinner. Which means a trip to a men's room stall with the needle. Hey, wait a minute. Both are into the club scene and music and art-house movies.