Ah, indeed. I use the -- break to signify the excerpt. :) I remember the Barthes reading being pretty easy to understand, though I also remember wanting to occasionally throw Mythologies across the room. I was writing my thesis at the time, however, and may have just been in a volatile passion of intellectual thought!

Your thoughts on medicine are fascinating--and a little troublesome! I'd like for the whole of the medical establishment to generally come to conclusions on how our bodies work.