There's nothing quite like losing all your hair and having it grow back to discover all at once how much gray you have. The first time around, my hair was about half gray and half dark blonde, making for an appallingly mousy color that I remedied with chemicals as soon as possible. This time, it's all gray, but at least it has some nice variations. It's also wispy and sticks out in all directions, so I'm still wearing scarves. Perhaps I need to take up wearing a red fedora.

I just fed some trolls on the NY Times site. I may be losing my mind.

Is silver significantly different from platinum?

As a color-color, no. As a hair color, yes. I think of platinum as a blonde hair color, and this is really the metal color.

Perhaps I need to take up wearing a red fedora.

That sounds like a good plan! I'm also trying to promote fashion turbans, just generally.

I have talked to a human at the hospital and learned one reason why the bills make no sense. Unlike every other business, they don't assign the account number to the person. Instead, they assign the account number to the service, so they generate a new account number for each different service I have. The mind boggles.

Oh Lord, Ginger. Glad you talked to a human that had some answers (regardless of how stupid the answer was) at least?

When did 3-4 inch long beards become fashionable again?

Heh. Working with brewers, I can assure you, it is definitely a thing in the beer world. That dude's beard in AoS was terrible though.

This Time piece lets you determine what your name would be if born today, based on the rank in popularity of your name when you were born: [link]

My name, if I was born now, would be Harper. Makes face.

Unlike every other business, they don't assign the account number to the person. Instead, they assign the account number to the service, so they generate a new account number for each different service I have. The mind boggles.

This is no consolation at all to you, but I'm just this minute taking a break from beating my head against the wall trying to figure out why we don't have better data on medical services at small clinics in a developing country, so it is some consolation to me that the US also doesn't have this figured out.

At our hospital, you the online system doesn't even allow you to see how much you owe. You log in, put in the account number on your bill, and then type in how much you owe yourself? It is pretty strange.

My name would be Hanna, which is nice, I think. My 1990's name would be Baby! My 1970's name would be Pearl which is weird, because wouldn't my 1970's name be my name? Since I was born in the 1970's? Also, my grade school nemesis was named Pearl.

This Time piece lets you determine what your name would be if born today, based on the rank in popularity of your name when you were born:

So I was all ready to make my case for why mine is wrong, because I have a much less popular version of a super-popular-at-the-time name, but then what I got was "Lesly," and sure, I guess.

wouldn't my 1970's name be my name? Since I was born in the 1970's?

That's so weird! They say my 70s name is Kellye -- I wonder if they are doing something more subtle than just giving the same rank, because your name and Pearl kind of go together? I've got nothing on Sue and Harper, though.

Huh, I can't find "the following interactive" and I'm so curious what my results would be.

Biked to work! It's Bike to Work Day, so. But I made it! All of 2.4 miles, but includes a pedestrian bridge over the railroad tracks and crossing highway 12, so kind of an adventure. Not sanguine about getting home, but after working all day maybe that will be more appealing...