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[singdaw]

PAGE FOUR!!!!

[George]

The last time I got a shot in my right arm we still lived in Ashland.  It hit something connected with my injury.  Not only did it hurt, the pain was scary.

Oh, no!

[bk]

Back from the blood test. A bit late getting to me, because they came out and called my first name, which I did NOT hear, and some other Bruce, despite it not being his time, went in. But once in it went very quickly. Not quite the gentle touch of the last gal, but not terrible.

[bk]

Little traffic going there until halfway to Sunset, at which point is was a crawl all the way down because - street work and one lane completely closed. Absolutely ridiculous. Once past that, it was easy.

[bk]

Rather than park in the building, I found a two-hour space three blocks away. Of course, the minute I began the three-block walk there were suddenly ten empty spaces including one a half-block away from the building.

[bk]

The drive back was fine - street work was done and gone.

[George]

The online health care application has a Date of Death field right next to the Date of Birth field. This is because in some cases a family member that has died is still considered part of that household for the rest of the calendar year.

In any case, people often don't read and put their Date of Birth in both fields. The system considers that person deceased, and they are not eligible for any benefits.

Internally, we call these "Zombie" cases. The living dead.

I have often stated that if the State did a cost benefit analysis, fixing the application would pay for itself in no time. We spend far too many resources fixing problems for people who don't read.

You'd think that there could be a check message, something like: "You entered the same date for DOB and DOD. Did you mean to do this?" before it actually "sends."  And that would allow the user to correct the mistake.  I mean it's the 21st century!  These kinds of check messages are all over online forms.

[bk]

Picked up a small package.

[bk]

Stopped at Gelson's and got some lox and bagels and some shrimp cocktail shrimp for later.

[bk]

Ate two bagels and lox and cream cheese.

[bk]

Brief visitor is gone.

[bk]

And now - the rest of the day is mine all mine.

[George]

My mom's physical therapy session went well.  She took me out to Denny's afterward.

[George]

After I dropped her off at home, I went to my friend Margo's to help her and my friend Shelly with getting her dog to the vet for a checkup because the dog got a whole ankle replacement last week.  She is doing quite well.

[George]

Then, Margo bought us all lunch from Wendy's as a thank you.

[Freddie]

In the ‘70s, beer can collecting was all the rage, and my brother had quite the collection. One time I was riding up our block on a toy horse on wheels, when a friend of my brother came up and told me my brother had wanted to give him a can, would I go get one? So I chose the one that looked the neatest, which was his rarest, a can from Hawaii. When my brother got home, I happily told him how I’d helped, only he went berserk. The kid had lied and scammed me. I was in trouble. My dad had to go visit the kid’s parents. High-level negotiations were had, by nightfall, the can was returned and I was off the hook. Scammers of the innocent have always been a fact of life.

When the scammer is your own brother and his wife, what do you do?

From personal experience, sister never my brother, you are screwed.

Was your situation about money?

My whole life though I didn't realize what was happening until I got older.  I also have great memories with her.  It was very sad.

Are you able to talk here about what kind of scam she pulled, or do you keep that information private?

[singdaw]

WOW, DR George - you are eating like a King today!   

[singdaw]

  You'd think that there could be a check message

You WOULD think, wouldn't you?       

[singdaw]

But alas, no.

[Freddie]

After I dropped her off at home, I went to my friend Margo's to help her and my friend Shelly with getting her dog to the vet for a checkup because the dog got a whole ankle replacement last week.  She is doing quite well.

Healing vibes for the dog!

[singdaw]

Today, my 50th anniversary edition of the original concept album of Jesus Christ Superstar arrived. It has a book and an extra disc of outtakes and rarities.

[singdaw]

  Healing vibes for the dog!

And for DR George's mom, too!   

[Jane]

The online health care application has a Date of Death field right next to the Date of Birth field. This is because in some cases a family member that has died is still considered part of that household for the rest of the calendar year.

In any case, people often don't read and put their Date of Birth in both fields. The system considers that person deceased, and they are not eligible for any benefits.

Internally, we call these "Zombie" cases. The living dead.

I have often stated that if the State did a cost benefit analysis, fixing the application would pay for itself in no time. We spend far too many resources fixing problems for people who don't read.

Oh my!

[Jane]

"Zombie" cases. The living dead.

[singdaw]

When I listen to Bach's "Goldberg Variations," I usually prefer the renditions on a modern piano. But I'm listening to a very good performance on harpsichord right now, by the aptly named Jean Rondeau.

[Jane]

The online health care application has a Date of Death field right next to the Date of Birth field. This is because in some cases a family member that has died is still considered part of that household for the rest of the calendar year.

In any case, people often don't read and put their Date of Birth in both fields. The system considers that person deceased, and they are not eligible for any benefits.

Internally, we call these "Zombie" cases. The living dead.

I have often stated that if the State did a cost benefit analysis, fixing the application would pay for itself in no time. We spend far too many resources fixing problems for people who don't read.

You'd think that there could be a check message, something like: "You entered the same date for DOB and DOD. Did you mean to do this?" before it actually "sends."  And that would allow the user to correct the mistake.  I mean it's the 21st century!  These kinds of check messages are all over online forms.

You would think so.

[Jane]

My mom's physical therapy session went well.  She took me out to Denny's afterward.

Excellent!

[Jane]

DR George did you take a full day off of work?

[singdaw]

I received an email today entitled "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sourdough, But Were Afraid to Ask."