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#1 Jun 29 2012 at 8:04 AM Rating: Good
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It's rainy and blechy. I'm only working a half day with plans to pick quarts upon quarts of strawberries after work.

Tomorrow we're going to greek festival. This has gotten to be one of my annual highlights. Should be fun.

I got an orchid for mother's day last year (2011). It came with one sorry little flower on it. Finally yesterday, it bloomed again - with two flowers and two more buds almost ready to pop.

I don't have any great ideas. But this mornings musing have all swirled around the topic du'jour - health care. I'm rather ambivalent about obama-care. I think it's necessary for the government to play a role in healthcare distribution, but as it stands now, it's not going to do much to slow the down the accelerating price of health-care nor our increasing reliance on medications to be able to live a normalish type existence.

Is it our lazy-*** lifestyles that came first, or the drugs to counter-act the effects of that lifestyle that allowed us to overindulge?

Do we over-test? Have we all gone hypochondriac...Are we being deceived into believing we have to have all these tests strictly for the sake of profit. Does over- testing lead to over-treatment?

Are bio-pharmaceuticals really that much better than traditional medicine that we have to break the bank to pay for them? Should patents expire and generics be allowed?

Is wellness part of healthcare? Instead of Lipitor couldn't a doctor prescribe greens a rice-steamer and a treadmill? Will insurance pay for it?

We've let our health and the health industry get so out of control. I have a nagging feeling we were led on a bit.




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I'm going to take apart the back half of my car tomorrow. Seems like a good idea at the time. (technically just the right rear axle shaft to replace the wheel bearing and axle seal, but it involves opening the differential, which is scary!)

Also, taking over the world with the assistance of australian minions. There is no greater idea!
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#3 Jun 29 2012 at 8:13 AM Rating: Excellent
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Gonna be hotish Saturday, which seems like just the perfect day to go to a zoo against my will.
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#4 Jun 29 2012 at 8:17 AM Rating: Good
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Gonna be hotish Saturday, which seems like just the perfect day to go to a zoo against my will.


Make a game out of the adventure by trying to find and photograph animals who are having sex or jacking-off.
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#5 Jun 29 2012 at 9:10 AM Rating: Excellent
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Gonna be hotish Saturday, which seems like just the perfect day to go to a zoo against my will.

Nothing is more rewarding than looking at a bunch of empty exhibits because the animals said "fuck this noise" and are sitting inside their privacy enclosure in the shade.

"Look honey! Over there! No, way back there... see, up on the fiberglass rocks? You can sort of make out the back of the lion wedged into that crevice and facing away from us..."
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#6 Jun 29 2012 at 9:11 AM Rating: Good
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It's going to be freaking hot this weekend (today's high of 106 with a real feel of 115) so we're hunkering down in the house with the ac. I even bought a few sundresses to survive.
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Flea and I are going to Ravinia tomorrow which is one of those outdoor park type things where they have performances and you can sit in the lawn and have a picnic and bottle of wine and listen to the music. Sarah McLachlan is performing which is about perfect for me. I haven't paid attention to her since the mid 90's so she hits the sweet spot of pleasant enough to listen to while sitting on a lawn and drinking wine but no one I care enough about to be upset that I'm not seeing the actual performance.
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#8 Jun 29 2012 at 9:30 AM Rating: Good
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In continuing the trend, I'm going to completely ignore the questions Elinda posed and just talk about myself.

Wedding plans are a struggle, and I'm just trying to power us through them. A few friends are making it difficult, and the two major people that the fiancee wanted to be there can no longer come. She's quite bummed about it. There are further attendee complications, but they're a bit too personal to share. Nothing catastrophic, but definitely headache-inducing.

The weekend will be for writing, gaming, chores, and trying to teach the dog to use the fake grass thing that we have to pee. She's having some trouble holding it when we're gone for extended periods, and there's no place to go in our 2nd floor apt. 'cept the carpet right now.

The situation needs to be remedied.

Edited, Jun 29th 2012 11:30am by Eske
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In continuing the trend, I'm going to completely ignore the questions Elinda posed and just talk about myself.

I just pour peroxide on it until it's better. It'd be nice if the government would pay for my 88 cent bottles of peroxide though.

You think I'm kidding about the first point but I'm not. Ask Flea.
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#10 Jun 29 2012 at 9:37 AM Rating: Good
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Since I finished the term last weekend and don't start the next till next weekend, I'm going to enjoy this one. Going out on my friends boat tomorrow, then we're going to brew up a batch of beer in the evening. Not much planned for Sunday, probably a lazy day.

I'm under contract on the house, so I'm scrambling to get things knocked out before closing. We did the inspection yesterday which went pretty well, the appraisal is next week. Trying to get some estimates done beforehand for some work I'd like to do prior to moving in.
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#11 Jun 29 2012 at 9:47 AM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:

Wedding plans are a struggle, and I'm just trying to power us through them. A few friends are making it difficult, and the two major people that the fiancee wanted to be there can no longer come. She's quite bummed about it. There are further attendee complications, but they're a bit too personal to share. Nothing catastrophic, but definitely headache-inducing.

Elope. I've not yet regretted it as so many warned me I would.
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#12 Jun 29 2012 at 9:53 AM Rating: Excellent
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Elinda wrote:
Is it our lazy-*** lifestyles that came first, or the drugs to counter-act the effects of that lifestyle that allowed us to overindulge?


Chicken and egg, don't try to separate them.

Elinda wrote:
Do we over-test?


Yes

Elinda wrote:
Does over- testing lead to over-treatment?


Yes

Elinda wrote:
Are bio-pharmaceuticals really that much better than traditional medicine that we have to break the bank to pay for them?


The difference between dying young and living longer with higher fees, personal choice.

Elinda wrote:
Should patents expire and generics be allowed?


Yes, but you still have to allow for some profit for the drug companies, drug development isn't cheap, and there's a big grey area there.

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Is wellness part of healthcare? Instead of Lipitor couldn't a doctor prescribe greens a rice-steamer and a treadmill? Will insurance pay for it?


Yes, doubtful, probably not. However my insurance gives me a discount if I exercise regularly. Smiley: cool

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We've let our health and the health industry get so out of control. I have a nagging feeling we were led on a bit.


Not really, those funding the healthcare get to choose what we study. For example our hospital is a public/private partnership, which means we get state funds, fees from use, individual researchers get grants from the government and other places, and we get donations from individuals. Private donations from wealthy individuals are way up, government contribution is slacking (just in general over the last 20 years or so). If you have the money to donate $50 million to research, you won't care if the drug they develop costs $15,000 a month.

But it isn't just that, in some other thread I was lamenting the general cost of these things. To some degree we've solved a lot of the simple problems, and a lot of the things people are dying of now are harder and more expensive to treat. I mean, it wasn't that long ago that dying of a heart attack at 65 meant you had lived a long, full, and successful life.

Anyway, Mom in town this weekend, and we leave on vacation here soon. Some visiting and a lot of preparation are planned. Also I want to play D3, but we'll see how much that happens.

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#13 Jun 29 2012 at 10:09 AM Rating: Decent
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Going out for a delicious bowl of pho tonight with some spring roll action. Cooking out tomorrow evening. Will probably light up the fire pit to make smores and drinks. Going away party at a local restaurant on Sunday for a coworker. I'm thinking my other time will be spent sleeping, playing video games, and exercising.
#14 Jun 29 2012 at 10:15 AM Rating: Good
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Been crashing at the parents' house while they've been away for the past two weeks. They're back on Sunday. Better clean the house...
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#15 Jun 29 2012 at 10:42 AM Rating: Good
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We're meeting my sister, her partner, and my nephew at the park to take some age 3 pictures of my son and get a few of him and my nephew together. Other than that the weekend is wide open.

I'm sure by the end of it, chasing a 3 year old around for 2.5 days wll have completely exhausted me.
#16 Jun 29 2012 at 10:50 AM Rating: Good
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Elinda wrote:
Eske Esquire wrote:

Wedding plans are a struggle, and I'm just trying to power us through them. A few friends are making it difficult, and the two major people that the fiancee wanted to be there can no longer come. She's quite bummed about it. There are further attendee complications, but they're a bit too personal to share. Nothing catastrophic, but definitely headache-inducing.

Elope. I've not yet regretted it as so many warned me I would.


Mmm, that's what the fiancee keeps saying when she gets stressed out about the plans.

I'd be fine with it, myself. But I don't think that she really would. She talks a big game about not caring for all the production, but she makes far too many comments that subconsciously suggest that she really does want a lot of it. I suspect if we eloped, I'd be hearing about how she wished we hadn't within a few years.

My current line of thinking is that things will settle down once things start getting booked. When there's a degree of certainty to the plans, I think she might be able to relax a bit.

We'll see though.
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#18 Jun 29 2012 at 11:07 AM Rating: Good
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Eske Esquire wrote:
Elinda wrote:
Eske Esquire wrote:

Wedding plans are a struggle, and I'm just trying to power us through them. A few friends are making it difficult, and the two major people that the fiancee wanted to be there can no longer come. She's quite bummed about it. There are further attendee complications, but they're a bit too personal to share. Nothing catastrophic, but definitely headache-inducing.

Elope. I've not yet regretted it as so many warned me I would.


Mmm, that's what the fiancee keeps saying when she gets stressed out about the plans.

I'd be fine with it, myself. But I don't think that she really would. She talks a big game about not caring for all the production, but she makes far too many comments that subconsciously suggest that she really does want a lot of it. I suspect if we eloped, I'd be hearing about how she wished we hadn't within a few years.

My current line of thinking is that things will settle down once things start getting booked. When there's a degree of certainty to the plans, I think she might be able to relax a bit.

We'll see though.


It's obvious she cares because when you're traveling to Hawaii to get married you can't expect that everyone you want to be there can or will be there. I don't understand why when two people decide to get hitched that they expect everyone else to spend money on them.

BT and I got married in the courthouse and we're going to be together forever.

I did have a post typed out about my weekend plans and fitting an early morning trip to the farmer's market in between two late shifts, and how being vegan is actually *gasp* cheaper than eating meat, and blah blah healthy living blah blah other people's health blah blah other **** that nobody really cares about or thinks about apparently. I guess I'll just gloat that I have a three day "weekend" that is Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and I'm super stoked. Probably going to play in the garden. It's going to be close but I might even have some tomatoes ripe by then... Smiley: drool2
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Hotter than I prefer this weekend (aka in the 100s) so my lawn can suffer, I am not going out in this heat. Got Red Dead Redemption in the mail so I guess I will be spending the weekend shooting zombies on the back of my horse acting like a badass. Until they knock me off my horse and I scream like a little girl as they use me as an all you can eat buffet.
#20 Jun 29 2012 at 11:57 AM Rating: Decent
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Guenny wrote:
Eske Esquire wrote:
Elinda wrote:
Eske Esquire wrote:

Wedding plans are a struggle, and I'm just trying to power us through them. A few friends are making it difficult, and the two major people that the fiancee wanted to be there can no longer come. She's quite bummed about it. There are further attendee complications, but they're a bit too personal to share. Nothing catastrophic, but definitely headache-inducing.

Elope. I've not yet regretted it as so many warned me I would.


Mmm, that's what the fiancee keeps saying when she gets stressed out about the plans.

I'd be fine with it, myself. But I don't think that she really would. She talks a big game about not caring for all the production, but she makes far too many comments that subconsciously suggest that she really does want a lot of it. I suspect if we eloped, I'd be hearing about how she wished we hadn't within a few years.

My current line of thinking is that things will settle down once things start getting booked. When there's a degree of certainty to the plans, I think she might be able to relax a bit.

We'll see though.


It's obvious she cares because when you're traveling to Hawaii to get married you can't expect that everyone you want to be there can or will be there. I don't understand why when two people decide to get hitched that they expect everyone else to spend money on them.

BT and I got married in the courthouse and we're going to be together forever.


La-de-fucking-da for you.

Guenny, you're not privy to our situation, so I'll thank you to not use my fiancee as an opportunity to get on your soapbox. I haven't given you near enough details to make those kind of assumptions.

Edited, Jun 29th 2012 1:58pm by Eske
#21 Jun 29 2012 at 12:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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Eske Esquire wrote:
I haven't given you near enough details to make those kind of assumptions.


Like that's ever stopped anyone. Smiley: rolleyes

My uninformed advice would be not to sweat things too much. We went through 3 different wedding coordinators when planning our destination wedding. One retired, then we had a temp while they searched for a replacement, and finally we had the replacement. We ended up finally being told a couple of months before the ceremony that we needed to provide our own minister person, photographer, and something else (sorry, it's been a couple of years...), after being told by the temp those were being taken care of. Lousy temps... Smiley: glare

Anyhoo, the day were off without a hitch. Some people never made it, but honestly our core family was there, and that was the most important for us. There's always something that doesn't go the way you want it to, but as long as you can laugh about it and make some good memories it'll be ok in the end. Of course that doesn't mean you all won't stress like crazy for the next couple of months, that's just part of the deal. Smiley: wink
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My uninformed advice would be not to sweat things too much. We went through 3 different wedding coordinators when planning our destination wedding. One retired, then we had a temp while they searched for a replacement, and finally we had the replacement. We ended up finally being told a couple of months before the ceremony that we needed to provide our own minister person, photographer, and something else (sorry, it's been a couple of years...), after being told by the temp those were being taken care of. Lousy temps... Smiley: glare

Anyhoo, the day were off without a hitch. Some people never made it, but honestly our core family was there, and that was the most important for us. There's always something that doesn't go the way you want it to, but as long as you can laugh about it and make some good memories it'll be ok in the end. Of course that doesn't mean you all won't stress like crazy for the next couple of months, that's just part of the deal. Smiley: wink

This. I had the most ridiculous arguments I have ever had with any other human being on the eve of my wedding. My mother kindly invested in a wedding planner as a gift for me-I only had her for the last couple of weeks and the day of, but God Bless Her. Ran interference with everyone and allowed me to enjoy the day. I could send people ******** about the flowers and my lack of attention to liquor and my thoughtlessness about blablabla to her and say "I honestly don't know what the status is, call Amy." Oh, heaven. The wedding was lovely, but it makes little difference in the marriage long-term. No matter what she does, the two of you will be there and that's the clincher. Once I saw Joph, I could have given ****-all about anyone else there. Just hang on to each other-good practice for the future.
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In continuing the trend, I'm going to completely ignore the questions Elinda posed and just talk about myself.

I just pour peroxide on it until it's better. It'd be nice if the government would pay for my 88 cent bottles of peroxide though.

You think I'm kidding about the first point but I'm not. Ask Flea.
No health scare that Joph can't solve with an exacto blade and a bottle of peroxide. He is a suburban Rambo.
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someproteinguy wrote:
Eske Esquire wrote:
I haven't given you near enough details to make those kind of assumptions.


Like that's ever stopped anyone. Smiley: rolleyes

My uninformed advice would be not to sweat things too much. We went through 3 different wedding coordinators when planning our destination wedding. One retired, then we had a temp while they searched for a replacement, and finally we had the replacement. We ended up finally being told a couple of months before the ceremony that we needed to provide our own minister person, photographer, and something else (sorry, it's been a couple of years...), after being told by the temp those were being taken care of. Lousy temps... Smiley: glare

Anyhoo, the day were off without a hitch. Some people never made it, but honestly our core family was there, and that was the most important for us. There's always something that doesn't go the way you want it to, but as long as you can laugh about it and make some good memories it'll be ok in the end. Of course that doesn't mean you all won't stress like crazy for the next couple of months, that's just part of the deal. Smiley: wink


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Thanks, that's good to hear.

It's a bit of an odd situation for us, as neither of us are really close with our parents. I have no relationship with mine, and she's never been really close with hers, so there's no core family. I guess it's a bit freeing to not have to worry about obsessive parental control (my mom would have been a nightmare to deal with). The trade off is that we're pretty much on our own. The maid of honor has been AWOL ever since being named, and will no longer be attending, too.

I think we're capable of handling it, all the same. But I roll with the punches much better than the fiancee; the trick is getting her to laugh off the problems and enjoy the moment, I guess.

I really think it's gonna be a lot of fun. I don't get to travel much, so it's doubly exciting.

Edited, Jun 29th 2012 2:45pm by Eske
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You know, I never used to double post, and now it's happened like 8 times in the past two weeks. What gives? I feel like something in the site redesign isn't clicking for me.

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