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I just watched Patterns (on a rainy Sunday morning) per your recommendation Celia. What a treat with a theme that is truly timeless. Maybe some day we’ll see a remake of it - but this time it will take place at Pfizer headquarters where there’s an executive with a conscience witnessing the immoral actions of Bourla and his ilk. And his persistence leads to revelations about this criminal syndicate disguised as a pharmaceutical corporation. Wouldn’t that be interesting?

And speaking of Rod Serling, I have mentioned before about my brief encounter with him alone in an elevator when I was 16 where answering my question about the Twilight Zone, he confirmed that it’s not pure fiction. But until now I was unaware of the circumstances surrounding his death on the operating table during a coronary bypass surgery in 1975. My father (also a onetime heavy smoker who had suffered a prior heart attack at age 45) was having chest pains around the same time as Rod. He met with heart surgeons at both Emory and at Mass General both who advised him against it as they didn’t think he’d survive it. And shortly after that he had a second attack, this time fatal.

And six years ago after experiencing angina, I had a double bypass operation where everything went smoothly allowing me a chance to continue my journey in good heath with revitalization of spirit. The connections between my father, Rod Serling and myself are indeed most intriguing. So once again I’m grateful for crossing paths with you Celia here on Substack. So here’s to joy, heath and the lessons learned in the Twilight Zone.

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DBArizona's avatar

I watched the "Twilight Zone" when I was a kid,now it feels like we are living in a episode of the "Twilight Zone "

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