Category: a series of tubes
10/06/07 09:41 - 71ºF - ID#41523
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: mental health
10/04/07 12:18 - 73ºF - ID#41491
future perfect & quantum mechanics
The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics (WIKIPEDIA - Schrodinger's cat) states that all of the possible outcomes of an experiment - even if contradictory - are true until the outcome is observed. This is a purely theoretical thought experiment, since it can only be validated by observation and it's not possible to observe an experiment before it has been observed. Thank you, Bohr and Heisenberg, for being such jackoffs.
Which brings me to the point I was trying to make: health insurance. We signed up for Healthy NY and our coverage took effect 1 August. We were shuffling around finances at the time, and missed our first bill. We received a notice postmarked 10 September saying that they'd cancelled our coverage effective 1 Sept, and if we wanted to continue coverage we'd have to pay for coverage received and prepay one month's worth. I sent the payment off, but upon further inspection I thought, damn this is a lot of money. Instead of the two months' payment I had expected [August, the payment we missed, and October, the prepayment], it was for three months. So I called.
Me: Am I covered?
Univera: ...no.
Z: OK, I sent my payment 27 Sept. How long will that take to process?
U: Couple days, don't worry about it. Any other questions?
Z: Yeah, so I [explain the situation]. August and October I understand, but where does this third month come in?
U: That's for September.
Z: OK, but I got a letter saying that I wasn't covered in September.
U: Because you didn't pay.
Z: Right. So what am I paying for?
U: August, September and October.
Z: What about this letter I got?
U: When your payment goes through, you will have been covered for September.
Z: Woah, hold on. When I was told I didn't have insurance I canceled my doctors appointments. [Not true but it could be.]
U: We would have covered them.
Z: But you dropped my coverage.
U: We would have covered them once the payment went through.
Z: OK. So let's say I broke my leg today.
U: You are not covered, but once your payment goes through you will have been covered.
Z: So am I covered today or not?
U: You are not covered for today. But once your payment goes through you will have been covered for today.
Z: I don't understand. Was I covered in September or not?
U: You are not yet covered for September, but once we receive your payment you will have been covered.
Z: So this letter I got ... was I actually dropped or not?
And I basically just talked in circles for fifteen minutes with two separate customer service representatives until we reached an agreement: that I am completely incapable of understanding my own health insurance coverage.
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: a series of tubes
09/28/07 12:28 - 59ºF - ID#41378
please... bring me a toothpick
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Words: 19
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
09/27/07 11:43 - 61ºF - ID#41354
i hate bush
Permalink: i_hate_bush.html
Words: 17
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: blogging
09/23/07 02:01 - 71ºF - ID#41268
buffalo blogtoberfest
Roll call: Mr. and Mrs. Punaro were there, and also seemed to be the only people who knew what was going on. We were told Michael Rebmann was 'here somewhere, I think ...'
Meanwhile (e:strip) managed to send a full delegation on short notice [(e:dragonlady7) (e:james) (e:jim) (e:libertad) (e:metalpeter) (e:mike) (e:paul) (e:terry) (e:zobar)] and then hauled our asses out to Youngstown for another (e:strip) event [+ (e:theecarey) (e:vincent)]. I filed a motion with (e:paul) to change motto to '(e:strip) - the blogging community that organizes events ... and then goes to them.'
- Z
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Permalink: buffalo_blogtoberfest.html
Words: 187
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: wtf
09/19/07 09:22 - 68ºF - ID#41200
wtf?
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Words: 11
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: schadenfreude
09/17/07 04:31 - 70ºF - ID#41157
this shit makes me ill
LOT 352: 1997 FERRARI 550M RED/TAN 19,000 MILES, MANUALS, TOOLKIT, VIN#ZFFZR491A1V0109057, CA PLATE 5K0G100 - CALIFORNIA CAR
LOT 353: 2006 FORD F350 DUALLY KING RANCH EDITION 14,500 MILES, V8 6.0L TURBO DIESEL, 4WD VIN# 1FTWW33P06EC47159, NEVADA REGISTRATION
LOT 547A: HUMAN TOUCH BLACK MASSAGE CHAIR WITH OTTOMAN
LOTS 629-632: CPU [?]
LOT 1002: APPLE 30in HD CINEMA DISPLAY 81083
LOT 1196: BGW 1100 POWERED SUBWOOFER
LOTS 1238-1241: [Exceedingly cool classic arcade games]
LOTS 1242-1244: ROCKET
LOT 1245: FOOSEBALL TABLE
LOT 1246: BASKET BALL HOOP
LOT 1385: 20in RIMS
Part 2: I guess the Internet finally killed somebody.
- Z
Permalink: this_shit_makes_me_ill.html
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Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: a series of tubes
09/12/07 08:12 - 62ºF - ID#41067
line status: showtime
2: One of my coworkers lived across the street from these girls [NSFW]. She says they're total bitches.
2a: Anyone you know on here? It's tough to tell, they've got some stuff on their faces.
2b: No offense to all yall, but Buffalo is not exactly the place I would start looking for hot porno chicks.
That is all!
- Z
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Words: 134
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: a series of tubes
09/05/07 04:07 - 83ºF - ID#40950
cootie catcher
Now on with our regularly-scheduled post:
OK, I was discussing cootie catchers/fortune tellers with (e:dragonlady7). She said she didn't know how to make one, so I Googled it. It is not surprising to me that I found instructions for making a cootie catcher on the Internet. You may follow the link but the URL itself is more interesting than the page.
girlpower.gov/girlarea/gamespuz/cootiecatcher.htm
How wrong is this URL? Let me count the ways:
1: There are instructions on a US Government [.gov] website for making a cootie catcher.
2: There is a website called girlpower.gov at all.
3: I just visited a website's girl area.
Now I feel dirty.
- Z
Permalink: cootie_catcher.html
Words: 147
Location: Buffalo, NY
Category: politics
08/27/07 02:45 - 77ºF - ID#40757
flip flop
2: Usually I stay away from politics, but here's something to chew on.
Both major political parties have diverse, complex, and often contradictory platforms that go far beyond the simplistic conservative/liberal split. What is interesting is how they take sides when an issue is not addressed by the traditional party platform.
To whit: the electoral college. Republicans typically support it, and Democrats typically oppose it. Both sides can come up with long lists of lofty ideals that support/oppose it, but what it comes down to for both sides is that the electoral college elected a Republican twice in a row.
In the electoral college, most states use the Winner Takes All method but two states [Maine (D x4) and Nebraska (R x5)] use an alternate approach that arguably gives better direct representation. The Democratic Party proposed switching Colorado (R x9) to the new system in 2004, and failed.
Now it seems Republicans are all about more direct representation in the electoral college, but only in California (D x55). And who is defending the status quo? Yeah, the Democrats.
Conclusion: Only losers want election reform, but only the winners have the power to do it.
- Z
Permalink: flip_flop.html
Words: 216
Location: Buffalo, NY
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