[katezbox]

Excellent posts,all. I had read bits and pieces before, but just downloaded this to read on my most recent trip.

Pooh wrote such a wonderful review, but as I was reading Lesuireville, a couple of thoughts stuck with me...

1. His comments on the Morse family and government were riddled with hyperbole, but like many journalists today, that seems to be par for the course.

2. He makes no mention of all the "grands" returning "home" to visit the little ones. No, he seems to want grandparents to live near their grandchildren. I have no grandchildren yet, but with one child in Boston and the other in Atlanta, I think it would be hard to do...

3. An elderly relative of my former husband lives in Sun City West. There children are only allowed to use the pools (and only some of them) for 1 -2 hours daily. Here there are pools specifically built to accommodate visiting families.

4. He seems way too fixated on the singles scene at KB's, etc., no to mention a wo/man struggling with a trans-gender identity. Why include this in the story at all? If he wanted to include interviews with same-sex couples, I would understand completely....as there are many here. But how many men awaiting sex change operations would you think are in TV? Keep in mind that even 1% would be more than 80!

k