On my way back from buying a mattress for the baby's crib at Sears (25% off today and yesterday only!), I shared the elevator down to the parking lot with two young women of Asian heritage who were loudly gossiping about plastic surgery.

At first I didn't clue in or really listen to what they were talking about but then they started going on about how one person went to a B from a C (or was it from a C to a B?) and how it cost $6000 for one person and $6500 for another.

Hmmm, I must be getting old and pretentious (and I know that breast reduction can relieve back strain in many cases and is therefore essential rather than merely cosmetic) but all I could think was: O tempora o mores. If only the energy and money that devoted to needless plastic surgery was diverted to something more meaningful, what a wonderful world this could be.