My university is self-insured, so it is actually them raising the rates.

So basically they raised the rates because of peer pressure. Or rather, because everyone else was doing it, they figured they could, too.

The other thing that seems crazy to me is that all my doctors work for the same place that I work for. So, basically I pay $20.00 a week. When I go to the doctor (where I work) I don't pay because they have to send the bill to my "insurance" (where I work) to have it be denied and then they send me a bill. It seems like they are employing a giant bureacracy when it might be simpler to just, like, set up an infirmary or something like when my mom worked here in the 50's.

Assiduous academic rickrolling.

This is a concept which I somehow doubt will reach production, but....

Retro rotary-dial cellphone concept hides a brilliant idea

I'd so like one of these, just to observe the wtf-looks people would give me.

Buffista lawyers, is this woman on crack?

If you're a woman, you pretty much run through the following routine every morning:
— splash some water on your face, followed by gentle exfoliating cleanser, toner and preventative spot treatment
— apply some combo of undereye serum, facial moisturizer, sunscreen, foundation primer, foundation, undereye concealer and a light dusting of powder
— curl your eyelashes with a cold metal squeegee prod, avoid puncturing eyelid in process, fail 40% of the time, attend to punctured eyelid
— apply basic eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara and blush (remembering to blend, blend, blend) brush, highlight, tweeze, trim and fill in any spare patches in your eyebrows
— spritz your hair with volumizing root spray while using a round brush and blow dryer to remove stray kinks, bumps and frizz caused by sleeping
— heat up curling iron and/or flat iron and apply to one-inch sections of hair until entire head covered and apply anti-frizz shine serum to ends of hair (or, in the alternative: style hair into twist, ponytail or other simple updo)
— locate earrings in overnight jewelry-cleaner
— soak and place on ears, along with matching necklace, rings, bracelets or other trinkets
— apply perfume on pulse points
— run a deodorant stick under your arms
— get dressed in a work-appropriate business casual ensemble, making sure to avoid cleavage, hemlines, fabrics styles, cuts, colors or trends that could be inappropriately distracting, whorey, casual or generally offensive to anyone working in a 2-block radius of your office building

She claims it takes a female lawyer 45-75 minutes to groom on a weekday morning, and it's just not fair.

She has to curl her eyelashes every day?

All that seems like it would take 30 minutes, tops, although maybe not with the hair stuff.

But ... you don't have to do all that stuff. And she could think about getting a shorter haircut, for one.

She also sounds like the kind of whiner I would love to smack.

She has to curl her eyelashes every day?

They don't curl themselves! Of course, I can't work out how she's injuring herself so often, but it's been a while since I last curled my own.

All that seems like it would take 30 minutes, tops, although maybe not with the hair stuff.

Maybe she added in shower time. But my shower and prep takes 20 minutes. I've made some hair decisions that totally help me along, but they aren't unprofessional decisions.

I'd totally not listen to her complain about this in person. Just tiresome.

I was going to say, if she's injuring herself so often curling her lashes, she's doing it wrong.