I have to get a physical today for a life insurance policy. I always thought getting your car fixed was one of the least fulfilling ways to spend money. All you get is the status quo ante minus a few hundred bucks.

But this might be worse. I understand it’s the mature, responsible, grown-up and, uh, [reading from talking-points handed to me by wife] fatherly thing to do. But any gains in peace-of-mind one might get from thinking that your family will be okay when you die is overwhelmed by the bummer of the realization that you’re A) gonna die and B) worth more (financially) in that state than you are alive. And for the money I’m spending I could be a lot closer to a flat screen TV.