Ugh.

I got a notice today from a debt collector. Regarding a bill related to my kidney stone in August. For a bill that I never received.

About ten different entities have billed me regarding my ER visit and follow-ups. I have no idea which one this is about. I have no record of any bill in the amount given.

This isn't the only bill of mine that got screwed up. I'm pretty sure that I got charged my deductible twice, so I'm out an extra $400.

I hate this bullshit. Hate. Hate. Hate. Every single fucking time I visit the hospital my bill gets screwed up in some way.

Laga -

bart is the name of one of the versions of The Flash. which?

Google is your friend.

Kneadless Bread Recipe:

Thank you, Nutty! I think I need an oven save pot.

I got the final papers I need for mac.

I got a notice today from a debt collector. Regarding a bill related to my kidney stone in August. For a bill that I never received.

Oh Tom, I'm sorry. My advice (I used to work in hospital billing yonks ago), call the hospital billing office from which the bill would have originated, before it was turned over to the collection agency. Put on your stompy feet, and refuse to take no for an answer. No matter what they tell you, they can call the debt back from the collection agency, and rebill you. They won't want to. They don't like to. But they can. If you have to, threaten to call the Attorney General's office, and report them for unfair billing practices.

Scola! Talk to your benefits person at work and beg ask for an intervention. This flavor of bullshit is common where hospitals and insurance companies fight for the right to screw you over. Drug companies stand off to the side and and laugh and point and collect mad cash.

Most Chinese restaurants are off limits.

Not in San Francisco, where "No MSG" signs abound. But I do feel your pain. There's a lot of processed foods out there.

Welcome, Thomas!

We're watching a lot of Avatar this weekend. I made Emmett leave the house. We took a tennis ball, because that is essential for all of our walks. (There's much bouncing off walls and overhead and behind the back and between the legs throwing and catching going on.) The rule was: ten dog walk. Emmett couldn't go home until he had stopped and petted ten dogs. Included within that number was: two Cavalier King James Spaniels (though not Hypno-Pup), a Gordon Setter / Basset mixed, chihuahua puppy, a very affectionate scruffily faced mid sized dog that got all happy and did The Lean of Dog Affection.

I got the final papers I need for mac.

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I got the final papers I need for mac.

Wheeee! And omg omg omg!

I think I should have just given in to the leftover monster and stayed inside all day rather than going out tonight. Overpriced sushi that included cleverly disguised octopus was nowhere near as good as a second meal of turkey & dressing would have been.

Silver lining: I'm feeling flushed from about 2 ounces of plum wine, which can't be normal—I shouldn't get a buzz from Everclear in that amount.

t smacks Tom's hospital

I hate that kind of ineptitude. I had a similar issue recently with my insurance company and am contesting an urgent care bill they decided not to cover (apparently my emergency wasn't urgent enough to justify going outside of my HMO), and it just reinforces my hatred for this country's so-called healthcare system.

msbelle, WOOT!

Hec, I'm loving the ten-dog walk rule. Too cute.

In meme news, I'm writing report card comments forEVER. I have to do a 14-line typed narrative comment for each of my students. It doesn't sound like it would take that long, but considering I have to emcompass their performance for the entire first trimester while being "personal and specific" (which I achieve by going through and observing patterns in all of the work they've done so far), it's a bit of a nightmare. I've written eight comments so far. it's been three hours. Yeah. Anyway, when I reach comment number 10, I get a shower. This is my carrot. I have to do 20 a day in order to be finished by Sunday night, so I'm almost halfway done with today's task. Bah. WHY did I have to be sick all last week when I had time to work on these?!?

Yay msbelle!

On the crack puzzle -- any hints for the thing to the left of flaming Lamborghini and the one right on top of those two? I really don't know cocktails, it seems.

Hi, For the one on the left of flaming lamborghini, it's another flaming drink. The one above them is a song, and something a bartender might do as he served you one of those drinks.