One of the supposed hallmarks of the U.S. system of providing health care is choice. “Don’t let the socialist boogeyman come and force you to see a doctor trained in Guatemala!” You may not realize it, but that’s pretty funny (not the bit about Guatemala… the part about choice). Well, it doesn’t quite rise to the level of expelling fluids through your…
This entry’s sole purpose is to complain, whine, and grumble. If you have any loose razor blades lying around, or anything else that could do you or anyone else harm, it’s strongly recommended that you put them away before reading any further.
I’ve been trying to find something to get excited about. Specifically, I’m looking for something to look forward to (there are lots…
On Friday I told a friend that last week was the first week I’d worked a full 40 hours since my diagnosis. As it turns out I was wrong. It was my second. I felt pretty good, a little tired maybe, but not exhausted. Or so I thought. I slept through most of the weekend. I hadn’t intended to… it just kind of happened.
Last night, after we finished eating pork chops in a ginger glaze…
I’ve long ago run out of words. Everyone is in bed, it’s just me, and I want to feel better. A Mac keyboard has been my outlet for a long time… going back to the good old Mac Plus days after my high school graduation. Now? Nothing.
It seems like even these words have graced my screen before. Simply put, my mind is a hollow shell.
In this ongoing medical drama, I feel worst about…
There’s been good news and bad news this week, but I’ll start with the good. The tree scare is finally coming to an end. To date we’ve talked to five tree guys, four experts, and too many friends to count. Opinions have ranged from “cut it down,” to thirteen thousand dollars of pins, cables, fertilizers, and injected fungi, to trimming it up a bit. Depending on the…
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 08/17/2007 | Commerce, Treasury funds helped boost GOP campaigns
Top Commerce and Treasury Departments officials appeared with Republican candidates and doled out millions in federal money in battleground congressional districts and states after receiving White House political briefings detailing GOP election strategy.
So what? How’s this different than members…
What’s more exciting that a new software release? Well… o.k., lots of things are. Still, a good time can be had on a Sunday morning, cradling a cup of coffee, with a software install running on your favorite Mac. Imagine the Sunday news shows on in the background, the kids playing in the family room with the makeshift tent you helped them build out of linens, pillows and seat cushions…
A couple times a week, my liberal bias goes to feed at Talking Points Memo (among other places). Today there was a fascinating post about a Republican Congressman who changed the language of a bill that had already been passed by congress, as it waited for President Bush’s signature.
That’s right kids, the bill that the legislature passed was different than the bill that the President…
There’s lots of news about government gone bad, but I thought this was an interesting example of a little bit of good it can do… when it’s responsive to the needs of it’s people. (I heard this on our local NPR station this morning.)
The story piqued my interest because I remember when school lunches in Pinellas whole-heartedly embraced the “ketchup as vegetable”…