Cosmos with Tyson on Fox
I sure hope this turns out to be true. Cosmos with Carl Sagan in the 1980’s was inspirational. You can watch all the episodes here, and it’s well worth your time to do so, but I think the kids today… Continue Reading
Month: August 2011
Giving In To Peer Pressure
The sample chapter of A Game Of Thrones seduced me with this bit from the prologue: “His cloak was his crowning glory; sable, thick and black and soft as sin.” So through one of LOOG’s Amazon associate links, I bought… Continue Reading
Charity, Religion, Immigration, and Federalism
The state of Alabama has enacted a new law which would restrict the flow of various benefits to people not legally present in the country. You can read the entire text of the new law here. Alabama’s new law has… Continue Reading
I’d Just As Soon Pay A Parking Ticket
In Vilnius, Lithuania, illegally-parked cars are a scourge on the city’s commerce. So the mayor is doing something about it: Well, it was staged, of course. If you look close you can see the ramp and the roving camera. And… Continue Reading
Time Driven Medical Billing
It seems to be becoming a trend in these parts to consider cuts in Medicare. I’m going to offer a more speculative thought than a digestion of the real-life policies. What if your doctor billed you the way your lawyer billed… Continue Reading
Patient Care & Reimbursements
Russell Saunders has a post up about the Medicare reimbursement cuts that we are going to see with the new deal coming out of congress. Russell quite correctly points out that changes to providers are going to mean changes to… Continue Reading
Just Wondering
It seems to be mostly men here around LOOG. Granted, the word “Gentlemen” is right there in the title, but Gentlewomen are obviously welcome — or at least, it ought to obvious that they are. Is it just that we’re… Continue Reading
Same As It Ever Was
The only place I can get information on the substance of the deal right now is TPM; admittedly not the most neutral of sources but it appears to have the nuts and bolts spelled out where no one else does. I’m… Continue Reading
Monday Trivia, No. 22
Eric Bana, Mel Blanc, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Charlton Heston, Camille Saint-Saëns, Homer Simpson (well, actually Dan Castellenata), Mark Twain, and Rick Wakeman are all artistically linked. How?