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Health Care

February 1st, 2010 No comments

I've had it and haven't had it – insurance wise. What I did have was referred to as “Major Medical” – which is out of favor. The three times I needed it, it came with a thousand deductible that smarted. There was no Health Savings Account involved. I paid off those bills with after tax dollars. Read more...

Hoosier Thoughts

January 20th, 2010 2 comments

I am a Hoosier. That has good and bad connotations. It's associated with a conservative bent and a feisty attitude. Guilty as charged. Read more...

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Gift

January 11th, 2010 2 comments

This one is for The Wife.  The poor, purple clad lovely is going through rough times.  I thought I’d hearken back a few wars to get everyone on her page. Read more…

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Doctors

January 11th, 2010 No comments

I have a good one. He's a chiropractor Osteopath. (I like D.O.'s -- less arrogant on the whole.)  He has credentials in internal medicine. Every quarter he sends me to get blood drawn. Each fiscal year, some outfit sends me the first billings on my Medicare. Holy shit! Read more...

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Power

December 6th, 2009 No comments

Well, power is an oft used word. There is the Power Lunch and The Wife will wear her Power Suit to an important meeting – likely without the purple pumps. I have a friend that is an electrical engineer and his license plate is P EQ IV. Power is also associated with carbon emissions. Read more...

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The new Jimmies

December 2nd, 2009 No comments

Back in those good old days, some weren't as good as others. One of the lesser eras took place under the term of President Jimmy Carter who also moonlighted as a valet. His approach was austere. We need to limit our wants and needs. The U.S. was on the decline and he projected that it would continue on and on. Boy did that miss the mark. Read more…

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Dichotomy

August 31st, 2009 1 comment

1 : a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities <the dichotomy between theory and practice>; also : the process or practice of making such a division <dichotomy of the population into two opposed classes>

 Interesting word that you might see in Reader's Digest's Word Power.  I always enjoyed that page.  Vocabulary is power.  They named it properly.   But power is all around us.  Vocabulary power stays until senility anyway; the others are more transient. Read more...

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Because I told you

August 13th, 2009 5 comments

Yes, Mother.   OK, that a classic that even a properly shod modern mom might throw out there in frustration.  These days it has moved to political circles with a vengeance. Read more...

Simplification

July 31st, 2009 1 comment

In Space Balls – the movie, the parody reached ludicrous levels.  Ludicrous became a catchy term there.  The Darth Vadar clone flung ludicrous around with ludicrous abandon. Meet the sequel:  Washington Balls – only wish it were just a movie. Read more...

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Homer Hounds Revisited

July 14th, 2009 No comments

I just did a nice little article about the joys of small ball poker.  Small ball leads to longevity.  I'm always equating poker to life and that really connects these days. Read more...

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