Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.

Andrew ,'Damage'


Natter 64: Yes, we still need you  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2009 10:12:29 am PST #16612 of 30001
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Well, that sucks. Not for me, but in general. Also, they couch it such vague terms that it is hard to understand.

And insurance sucks, and I have no idea how to choose a plan and I hardly use it. I think the best option might be the one with a Health Savings Account, and a really high deductible (which you put in the HSA just in case) However, I can find no information on how exactly the HSA works, and frankly, if I have to be sending in paperwork for reimbursement, I am just going to be losing that money. I am so tempted to pay the high price and go back to having co-pays, but I know that I pretty much only see the doctore once or twice a year.


Dana - Nov 02, 2009 10:27:30 am PST #16613 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

There's a potluck happening in the meeting room next to my office. It is loud.


Nora Deirdre - Nov 02, 2009 10:29:38 am PST #16614 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

The HSA we have has a credit card which is really convenient, though it sometimes triggers requests for receipts. Also, you can upload electronic copies of stuff that you can't use the card for and it will deposit straight into your account. It is really pretty handy.


§ ita § - Nov 02, 2009 10:30:42 am PST #16615 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

My boss has just asked me to keep my work to 40 hours a week. I know he doesn't want me to come in later, there's nowhere to go for an hour at lunch every day--can I really leave an hour earlier?


Stephanie - Nov 02, 2009 10:36:16 am PST #16616 of 30001
Trust my rage

I know he doesn't want me to come in later, there's nowhere to go for an hour at lunch every day--can I really leave an hour earlier?

When I worked for the government, we *had* to take at least a 30 minute lunch or we were violating some law. Does he care if you leave early? Can you reduce lunch to 30 minutes maybe?


-t - Nov 02, 2009 10:43:14 am PST #16617 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

We have the HSA with a high deductible. It's worked out okay, mostly. The only real problem I've run into is that I've had to pay some expense that don't count towards my deductible - like therapist visits are supposed to cost us less than we actually pay, so the only lesser amount comes out of the deductible - so we actually just ran out of money and have yet to meet the deductible. But we haven't had to file our own claims or anything, and if you don't use the money in the HSA, it's still yours, you just have to pay taxes on it if you use it for a different purpos. It doesn't disappear like Cafeteria funds


Jessica - Nov 02, 2009 10:47:52 am PST #16618 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Very cool student geneology project!

All US Presidents except Martin Van Buren are distantly related:

BridgeAnne d'Avignon, who attends Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, traced that Obama, and all other U.S. presidents except Martin Van Buren, are related to John "Lackland" Plantagenet, a king of England and signer of the Magna Carta.

The student and her grandfather, who is a genealogist, spent this past summer designing the first known family tree chart in history that shows the presidents' direct relationship. BridgeAnne's grandfather has researched president genealogy for 60 years.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2009 10:53:42 am PST #16619 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

Thank you for the HSA info. This is too confusing, and I probably should go to an info session. And I am about 20 kinds of angry right now between the legal married same sex partner benefits being taxable!!!!! and the OMGWTFBBQ anti obesity craziness in the manual that I just read to try and figure out the HSA.

ETA- How the heck is EVERYONE related except Martin Van Buren of all people! Where did he come from?


Polter-Cow - Nov 02, 2009 10:54:06 am PST #16620 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

What! Wow! That's cool. How weird that Martin Van Buren, of all people, is the excluded one. Obama was clearly BORN to be President!

Now she should see how any of the losing candidates were related to this guy and see if there's some sort of cosmic destiny thing going on.


Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2009 10:56:26 am PST #16621 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I can't read the geneology link. For some reason every time I open the page, it scrolls to the bottom and I can't get it back up.