$63>$5
When I got my stents, they put me on Effient, which is now $63 a month for my copay. At the time, we asked why that versus Plavix, which is $5, and the hospital cardiologist thought it possible, even...
View ArticleFinally, someone’s making sense:
UfYH She’s not the only one, but there are fewer people taking this seriously than I’d like to see. And besides, I have a total blog-crush on UfYH.
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Knitting
Because I have nothing more to say about politics at this point, lookit my pretty scarf!
View ArticleMystery Solved
There is a mystery that has haunted me since 1971. I never knew the name of my first crush, in fourth grade. My second was not until seventh grade, and in fourth I didn’t understand what I was...
View ArticleHappy Anniversary!
On this day nine years ago, we were on our way from Fresno to Las Vegas, arriving late in the afternoon at the Luxor. After checking in, we searched for the place where you pay the government for the...
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Like Ground Beef?
You Are Grounded If slow and steady wins the race, then you’re going to be crowned grand champion. You are consistently consistent. You pride yourself on being dependable and reliable. You are a rock,...
View ArticleFacebook and Me
Once upon a time, I was in the fourth grade, lo these many years ago. 1970/1971, to be exact. I had my first crush, which was not something I understood or could have labeled at the time. She was in...
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Speaking of Obsessing…
You Are a Red Gummy Bear You are the gummy bear most associated with raspberry and cherry flavors. And like a berry, you pack a lot of flavor. You are an intense person with strong feelings and...
View ArticleMarriage
Speaking of being late to the party, some of us have been talking about privatizing marriage and polyamory for years: So let’s start with the fundamental question: What is marriage—and what do we want...
View ArticleIf I Were Religious…
I might be intrigued by the fact that only 4.9% of the universe is matter and such that we can perceive. Most of the rest is dark energy. Plus some dark matter thrown in. OK, even if I were ot...
View ArticleVisual Death
Nope, not a bad web design. An infographic on 20th century death causes. Fascinating stuff.
View ArticleAwesome Sex
Dear Daughter hit a nerve because it is exactly how I feel, and I’d lately seen too much of the dad with shotgun meme. We always had a saying for how we treated our kids: they’re little, not stupid....
View ArticleSprechen Sie Deutch?
There are 21 counties in America where a substantial number speak German at home, which I agree is more fascinating than the amazing number where that is true of Spanish. The real story lies in where,...
View ArticleThinking
I was getting ready to start this post and happened upon this one, in which Julie says one of the things I have been thinking, but in fewer words than I might have achieved. I have worried about...
View ArticlePosting Under the Influence…
Of grief and anger, of feeling the fool, of the overdue shedding of illusion or delusion, however much self-inflicted, is not necessarily conducive to writing only well-considered, entirely accurate,...
View ArticleCivl Rights
“Civil Rights” are those enshrined in the Constitution. What do you call it when you’re agitating to get a new right explicitly recognized that is not already enshrined? Or are they all enshrined...
View ArticleMaps!
When I first saw 40 maps that explain the world, I spent a solid hour poring over them. I love maps, geography, history, random trivia, and any time things aren’t precisely as you might expect. Well,...
View ArticleI May Have Started This
Waaaaaaay back about 2003 I described Die Hard as my favorite Christmas movie. I feel like it has taken ten years for it to become something of a meme, enough for people to say that, yes, Die Hard is...
View ArticleTinderbox?
I have the weirdest dreams! Had a sequence of them that included standard, if in some cases rare, settings of a mall, an old amusement park, my great-grandmother’s house, and my grandmother’s house....
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