Big day in Syracuse today, as the USBC Women’s Bowling Championships kicks off 88 days of bowling excitement, all leading to the crowning of a champ in, um, about 88 days, I guess. For three months, our fair city will be filled with hot babes, all with one arm massively larger than the other. You’ve probably noticed the amazing pulchritude that epitomizes the typical male bowler, and, from the report and interviews I just saw on the lo-cal news, female bowlers are just as impressive. We’ve hosted the men’s championships in the past (oh, I know, when you think of bowling, you probably don’t think of Syracuse – personally, I think of Buffalo, or maybe Cleveland), and it’s just fortunate that these things aren’t held in the same city at the same time, or in between their kegeling, these folks would be back at the hotel hoisting a few pitchers before retiring to their rooms to breed a master race of athletes that could take over the world. I kinda feel sorry for these ladies. I mean, Syracuse doesn’t seem like much of a reward for earning a spot at the championships. At least it’ll be warm(ish) for them.
It’s also a big day for me, as I’ll be getting my two permanent crowns cemented on (I hope), and then killing a few hours at work before putting a premature end to the week (remind me to water my office plants before I leave). Tomorrow, I get Dish if all goes well (I’m a bit concerned by the rather enormous pine trees to the south), and the weather is supposed to be decent, so maybe I can get some stuff done.
Sure would be nice to have my bucket forks.
A 75-year-old Georgian woman is facing jail time after she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and causing all Internet services in neighboring Armenia to crash.
As the BBC is reporting, the Georgian Interior Ministry confirmed the woman admitted to damaging fiber optic cables while scavenging for copper in the village of Ksani on March 28. Owned by the Georgian Railway Telecom company, the cables service eastern Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
“She found the cable while collecting scrap metal and cut it with a view to stealing it,” Georgian interior ministry spokesman Zura Gvenetadze is quoted by the AFP as saying. “Taking into account her advancing years, she has been released pending the end of the investigation and subsequent trial.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/06/georgian-woman-armenia-internet-_n_845834.html
I’m sure this is upsetting news to the Republicans who wonder why our old folks aren’t out there digging up scrap metal to stave off starvation. But, they’re working on it.
Ah, crap. The bottom crown didn’t fit right, and they have to send it back. And that one’s been killing me for three weeks. Now I have to go back again in two weeks.
It’s gettin’ to be about time to check out the viability of this whole “after life” theory.
Except I don’t wanna go to Valhalla without my bucket forks.
Mayor Bloomy believes that schools should be run like businesses and if they were, they would be successful. (He also believes that no one who has ever taught knows as much as he does about education.) And so, theory in tow, he appointed Cathy Black a person with only CEO experience who never attended public school and sent her own kiddies to boarding school.
That was the status of things when I sent to work this morning. When I left at noon Black was no longer chancellor and Dennis Walcott was.
Walcott taught kindergarten for 2 years, attended public school as did his kids, served on the Bd of Ed and was Deputy Mayor in charge of education. An improvement over Black to be sure.
Now suppose he appointed someone who had taught for 15 years. Had taught several grades and subjects. Someone who had run a school and perhaps a school district. Perhaps then we would have a chancellor who at least understood the system. But, I ask too much.
Remember when the Teabag loons were saying that they did not want to focus on divisive social issues? Not anymore. Harry Reid says the issues that are keeping a budget from being enacted are abortion and clean air.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/07/government-shutdown-culture-war_n_846097.html
Hubby went to the doctor this evening because he has a bad cold. He was given a prescription for an antibiotic but instead of handing it to him they faxed it to Duane Reade Pharmacy. The patient has no choice in the matter so obviously there is a financial benefit from doing this.
But, that means that instead of going home you have to wait around downtown Brooklyn until the druggist fills your prescription. Not comfortable, not fair.
Not an expert by any means, but I would also say that’s not legal. I know you City folks have your own ways that are strange and mystical to us simple farm folks, but I’m pretty certain the doctor can’t force you to use a specific pharmacy. Granny is the expert on these things, so we’ll have to see what she has to say.
#6 – Sounds not Kosher :rabbi: on at least 2 levels:
1. If the illness was, indeed, a “cold”, i.e. viral infection, antibiotics are not effective against viruses — maybe the rationale for prescribing was to prevent or treat secondary bacterial infection that could cause pneumonia?? Maybe — I hope the doc explained the rationale for prescribing an antibiotic if the infection is suspected to be viral in origin.
2. Unless the payor (insurance or patient) has a contract with a specific pharmacy or has a preference for a specific pharmacy, the doctor’s office should not be faxing or calling any pharmacy of THEIR choice without explaining to the patient (who is generally the co-payor) or insurance company (if there are preferred vendors under their insurance contract).
Doesn’t make any sense, nor is it ethical, for Doctors office to tell you the script is being faxed to THEIR preferred pharmacy without explaining WHY.
Hindsight is always easier. I wouldn’t trust the antibiotic if you didn’t get a good explanation as to why it was necessary or even appropriate. Generic antibiotics are fairly inexpensive (hence pharmacies in these here parts are now offering them free so that you buy everything else from them), but the fancy schmancy still-under-copyright ones can be mighty expensive.
I can only say that I would advise people to be very cautious about taking antibiotics and research whatever is prescribed. Big Pharma is not in the antibiotic/drug busine$$ to help you recover from illness or have a better life.
Wonder if hubby’s doc has some kind of an “agreement” with that pharmacy — that would certainly not be acceptable. 😡 Nor is it :rabbi: — I do not believe it meets the standard of medical practice to circumvent “patient choice” where the patient actually has a “choice” not decided by their insurance coverage.
Hope Hubby is feeling better, antibiotic or not.
RG, I thought it was very strange. We were not given any choice, nor was anyone else who was there. Worse, when we went to the drugstore they had not received the fax, so we had to go back to the doctor to see what the problem was. Her assistant came out and said she would fax it again and just about ran away. I was very concerned because Mike is allergic to Penicillin and the doctor had neither asked him what his allergies were nor told him which antibiotic she had prescribed. I had to run after her assistant to find out that the prescription was for Cipro.
I have no idea whether that was appropriate. A cold was just shorthand for a respiratory infection which increasingly grew worse, infecting his sinuses and giving him a hacking cough. We went to the after hours clinic of our health insurance provider because Mike was really feeling ill.
Complaining is useless. Just an endless maze of robot voices with no resolution ever.