Monday morning post (randomness included)

I have a busy day ahead of me, I believe, and that is a wonderful thing. I am having a bit of caffeinated tea to make sure I actually get off my duff, but even without it, I do want to do things, and that is a nice change of pace. Considering I started the day off very uncomfortable and icky, it's even nicer.

The Page (nee Babe) went off to winter camp very, very reluctantly. I'm afraid I was not very helpful getting him ready, thanks to my discomfort and ickiness, but Geoff reported that once he was in the car, he was just hunky-dory. *rolls eyes* That child hates change so much, I sometimes despair of his future. However, I do recognize that his resistance gets worse when he's feeling off, and he is definitely feeling off, the poor kid. His molars are coming in and he's got a mild cold. That's enough to make anyone cranky. Having a cranky, ill mom nagging him only makes things worse.

Fortunately for both of us, he is out of the house for the day now, and probably having lots of fun.

(And so I'm not just recalling the bad, it is really neat to see him take up Magic with Geoff. It warms my heart to see them play together, and especially seeing him play a game by the rules so Geoff can enjoy the game, too. Perhaps we'll be able to break out board games I can join in on soon.)


The day itself is looking pretty nasty. It snowed yesterday and was raining this morning, despite the freezing temps. Geoff said he passed a few accident aftermaths after dropping Page off at camp. He called from work offering me the car, but warned me about the road conditions. I happily told him to keep it. There are errands I need to run, but they can wait till later, when the roads aren't slick.


Geoff and I have been watching a lot of his birthday present, the complete series of Daria. And that led to a revelation last night: I am Daria (that's not news), and as I age, I am becoming more like her dad, Jake (or Mr. DeMartino... eep).

Not a particularly nice revelation, that. However, I think that if I do diligently partake in stress management, I may end up more like Helen (Mrs. Morgendorffer), or, better yet, Aunt Amy (since Mom is so obviously an older version of Quinn).


I have been watching so much Daria that last night, when I saw that Aurette had updated "Of Muggles and Magic," I started reading the chapter, only to stop because I was reading it in Daria's monotone. I thought it prudent to leave it till this morning. That also made for a lovely wake-up treat.


Oh, and I forgot to write down my odd dream from the night before last, so I shall do it now:

( We had just found our new home when the world died. )

And on that note... ;-D

Aaaand... a pet peeve

Meredith Crumb of Lafayette, Colo., reckons that Medi-Share paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat her leukemia, now in remission.

"I found it by word of mouth in the Christian community," said Crumb, 50. "I had top-notch care."

She worries what would have happened to her if she had to rely on government-regulated coverage. "I know with my medical conditions, if I lived in Canada or Europe, I'd be dead," she said.


No you fucking wouldn't, you bleeding moron. Life-threatening diseases get prompt care (and of the same quality if not better than here). But thanks for drinking the Medical Complex Kool-Aid! We all know how refreshing and healthy it is.

Pet peeve 2

"If your state can create a plan that can cover as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the Affordable Care Act does, without increasing the deficit, you can implement that plan and we'll work with you to do it," Obama told the governors.

Obama's offer is not as sweeping as it may sound at first. In fact, the law already allows states to propose their own framework for health care. But under the law, states cannot offer their plans until 2017. The president said Monday states could submit their ideas three years earlier, in 2014.

Liberal-leaning states like Vermont would be able to experiment with a coverage-for-all approach similar to Medicare while Republican-leaning states would be able to propose plans that don't rely on a government mandate to buy insurance. One alternative would be to automatically enroll people in health coverage. (emphasis mine)


How... Tell me, what does "automatically enrolling people in health coverage" even mean? And, um, how is that any different from compulsory insurance/government mandate?

I... just don't understand. I'm hoping it's because the writer isn't able to convey the information rather than my having caught the terminal stupidity engulfing this country.