A man shares his experience of being in a hospital, randomly overhearing conversations between doctors and patients, and his humorous reactions to it. Additionally, he recalls a past traumatic event involving a hospital visit that gives him anxiety.
The speaker shares his personal relation with Raymond Chandler's novel and how it helped him cope with his father's death every year.
A discussion about attitudes towards death between two individuals, one of whom has felt the shadow of death since age 18 and the other who approaches aging with a sense of rebelliousness.