“Matlock” was a very popular TV show in the 90’s starring Andy Griffith.  I rarely watched it so that’s why, when I heard about the “Matlock Effect,” it stuck with me.  The syndrome is as follows:  you watch the show maybe once a year.  Then EVERY time you watch it (i.e. the next year) it’s ALWAYS the same episode.

I left my appendix in Maryland during Thanksgiving 2011.  Not as romantic as Tony Bennett crooning about San Francisco, but dramatic nonetheless.  After all the kerfuffle my thought was, “well, I don’t have to worry about that useless thing anymore.”  Then I watched Dr. Oz today – the first time in about a year.  He’s doing a thing on appendices and how they are actually very important, saving up good bacteria for times when, say, eating a diet of foreign foods wipes out the other good stuff in your gut.  Hmm…timing is everything.  I hop on the plane this Friday.