What brenda said.
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
'Trash'
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.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2009 9:24:46 am PDT #4727 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Liese S. - Aug 20, 2009 9:25:30 am PDT #4728 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Okay, hang in there. We're all pulling for you.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2009 9:25:40 am PDT #4729 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, so it sounds like everyone is on your side except the insurance company? That's still shitty shitty shitty, but at least other people are working on your behalf.
Sue - Aug 20, 2009 9:27:28 am PDT #4730 of 30001
hip deep in pie
I am so glad you have an understanding boss, msbelle. Sending your insurance a mental kick in the ass.
Theodosia - Aug 20, 2009 9:38:33 am PDT #4731 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Fingers and toes crossed hard here, msbelle. I was telling my therapist about you and mac this morning, so you know my thoughts are with you guys.
Jesse - Aug 20, 2009 9:40:24 am PDT #4732 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
In lighter news,
Dear Coworker: the reason the meeting is showing as "tentative" on your calendar is because you accepted tentatively. All you. Not me. xoxo.
Kat - Aug 20, 2009 9:46:44 am PDT #4733 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
IwillnotfeedtheenergycreaturesIwillnotfeedtheenergycreaturesIwillnotfeedtheenergycreatures.
jessica, I support you in this. The healthcare thing makes my blood boil.
msbelle, I am so sorry that insurance is being asshatty about all of this. Truly. If you need me too, even though I have no credit cards and only a passport I will figure out how to get on a plane to spend time being your person since I'm off for another two weeks.
It's this weird fucked up thing and it boggles that people think private insurance is anymore willing to approve things than a public option might be.
In other news, I spent two hours at the DMV today (no. really.) to replace my driver's license that is in my lost wallet. What is it about the DMV that is like the waiting room of the damned? It's like a land of broken people that I don't even want to be a tourist in.
I also replaced a AAA card and my costco card (they were on the way home from the DMV). Now I've got to figure out the rest. UGH.
Ginger - Aug 20, 2009 9:48:28 am PDT #4734 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Oh, msbelle, the situation is hard enough to deal with without added crap. This is the sort of thing I think of every time I hear one of the anti-reform nuts say, "Do you want bureaucrats making decisions about your health care?"
(too irritated to spell)
Kat - Aug 20, 2009 9:50:27 am PDT #4735 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Me too, Ginger.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2009 9:51:08 am PDT #4736 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This is the sort of thing I think of every time I here one of the anti-reform nuts say, "Do you want bureaucrats making decisions about your health care?"
So much this. To the point where if I try to talk rationally about it, flames start coming out of my ears.
[eta: I couldn't keep my mouth shut, so I went for broad moral values instead of direct engagement. This is what I wound up posting:
62% of bankruptcies in this country are due to medical costs which insurance companies refuse to pay. How anyone can realistically be arguing that a for-profit model of healthcare makes any sense at all baffles me.
We need a healthcare system whose business model is based on *providing healthcare*. Access to medical care should be considered a basic human right and something we DEMAND from our government, not something that politicians have to "ram down our throat."
The public option is a start. It's not perfect, but it's a start.... Read More
/rant