Ha! I did it again and got 8. Of course, now I have all these ghosts of lines in my field of vision.
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
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.
Happy birthday Hec! And since I forgot to say it yesterday, Happy birthday JZ!
I tried the color test last night and didn't get through the first line before I had a headache and my vision was all blurry. All the shades seemed so close together.
Look, I'm in my fucking physical office 40+ hours a week. I answer the phone. I reply to emails promptly. I've restored the system from home at past midnight. No, I do not fucking want chat.
I will say, I was pissy as hell when we had to institute chat, for that very reason. But I love it. It eases the email flow, and I can see if someone is available or at least online before I try to reach them. I'm now aggravated at the people who are not using it because it's more of a PITA to connect with them.
Health Care: the individual mandate survives as a tax.
Also, motherfuck:
The Supreme Court has struck down the individual mandate for health care - the legislation that requires all to have health insurance.
Huh. CNN and whoever seem to see it differently?
SCOTUSblog says it is very complicated, but that the CJ joined the left leaning justices.
Medicaid: limited.
MSNBC: Individual mandate is constitutional under the taxation clause.
Both Deb's birthday and Nic's (and also my Aunt Pauly's, but nobody here knows her. I don't think. If she's lurking, happy birthday, Aunt Pauly!).
Matilda quote just for Scrappy:
As she was struggling with her footie pajamas a few minutes ago she paused to ponder the foot that was causing most of the trouble, and then said, "I was thinking. If I made a little birdhouse in my soul, I would probably get a splinter."