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antigeekess

Moving Along

Re #15: Ditto that. Book it tonight.
— November 17, 2009 11:12 p.m.

XX is in Trouble

Being a female and a "feminist" is almost as bad as being a human and a "humanist" in some circles. You're absolutely right that women are obviously regarded as second-class citizens when it comes to health care. But again, the motivation for that is money. Only so much money to go around, ya know. Anything associated with the phallus, whether it's prostate cancer or Viagra, is going to be a top priority for said fat old white-haired billy goats. They may not be chick magnets anymore, but their aging pee-pees are certainly mini money magnets.
— November 17, 2009 11:08 p.m.

Ill Postino & Kid Unemployed (The Choose Your Own Adventure Version)

"I've positioned myself while looking for jobs on Craigslist so that I can see out the window in case the mailman comes. Since we're having a bit of a warm spell, I thought I'd bring him some water. With cyanide." That's a nice idea. Maybe it'll even give John Q. Psycho a great idea for next summer. What makes you think you have the same mail carrier every day? Are you sure there's even a carrier assigned to your route at all, or is it a vacant position? What if amid the restructuring, perhaps a section of a route (where you are) simply fell through the cracks due to an administrative oversight? That sounds like a very good possibility to me. You can register a complaint at 1-800-ASK-USPS. Or here: http://faq.usps.com/eCustomer/iq/usps/request.do?… You can easily find the direct line to your individual office as well. Go to the office locator and put in your address. When your office comes up in the list, click "More Info." There's nothing more irritating to an exhausted, rushed substitute mail carrier than to get stuck in an unwanted conversation with some p*ssed-off, longwinded a-hole who wants to hold him/her up for 10 minutes b*tching about what somebody else did or didn't do. The person you're jumping on a.)probably isn't the person responsible for the error, and b.)definitely can't do a damn thing about what some other employee did. You're wasting his/her time, your time, and accomplishing nothing. Call a supervisor and stress THEM out. They get paid to listen to b*tching. Carriers don't, and don't have time for it.
— November 17, 2009 10:54 p.m.

XX is in Trouble

Ah, HERE is the breast cancer blog. I worked with a terrific gal who had a double mastectomy at age 31. She had breast cancer on only one side, but her family history was so completely riddled with it that she decided to do both at the same time, reconstruct both at the same time, and be done with it. I understand Canadian women do the preventative double mastectomy more often -- even to the point of having breasts removed and reconstructed BEFORE they get ANY cancer if they come from families where practically every woman gets it. Perhaps it's not such a bad idea, when women so often have work of one kind or another done to their breasts anyway. "This is real. We need to wake up and realize that every day our access to medical care that could save our lives is slowly being stripped away." Yes, indeed. Health insurance will continue to pay for less and less, and disease and death will result. I'm sure that cost/benefit analyses have been performed that tell them that it's cheaper to disallow diagnostic tests and preventative measures, because by the time the disease has progressed to the point that it can be detected by the patient on her own, it will be too late for a lot of expensive treatment. "Nothing we can do." It's far cheaper to let people die than to treat them. "And for what reason? XX." Almost. $$.
— November 17, 2009 10:13 p.m.

Hmmm... http://www.tequilasource.com/grancentenario/index… Interesting. Not a tequila drinker, myself. I'll even make margaritas with vodka. Vodka is our friend. Vodka good. :)
— November 17, 2009 9:59 p.m.

Feeding the Beast

That kitty is the Tao, Buddha, and Shiva the destroyer, all wrapped into one. :) BWING IT!!!
— November 17, 2009 9:47 p.m.

Moving Along

First, glad to hear your dad is out of the ICU! Awesome! Second... "I will confess that it is the smoothest tequila I’ve ever had." Well, what WAS it, dammit? :)
— November 17, 2009 9:42 p.m.

It Gets Worse

"Get Tested: Starting at age 20, women should be getting clinical breast exams at least every three years. After age 40, get annual clinical breast exams, mammograms..." Nuh-uh. I hadn't heard that they're now trying to cut Pap Smears. The one I saw reports on at least 3 times yesterday was this: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_he_me/u… $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ The reason for EVERYTHING. EV. RY. THING. Grant, please don't tell me you still believe your government, or insurance companies, or the board of directors or stockholders of any given corporation give a tiny rat's ass whether you live or die? BTW, what a turkey ObamaCare has turned out to be. $5300yr/$440 month per person, or a $750 fine to NOT have it. Thanks a lot, homey.
— November 17, 2009 9:22 p.m.

Feeding the Beast

Grant threw down: "Bring it on. My company has very deep pockets." http://data.rockyou.com/images/stickers/147/14730… :)
— November 17, 2009 8:35 p.m.

Not of This World

Just watched it last night, Joe? For the peanut gallery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9I1P6-hgw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IONyLZn0pLI :)
— November 16, 2009 9:52 p.m.

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