Chilled, golden moose nuggets simmering in the sun; Royce update; six reverse Metro studies
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 4:00AM ;)
This morning, I walked only around the block, because Margie planned to drive into town and spend all afternoon and evening babysitting Jobe and Kalib - both to allow Jacob and Lavina to get out and celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary and for her own joy.
This meant that I would have to walk to Metro Cafe in the afternoon, so I figured there was no point taking a real walk in the morning, but I had to get out and get a breath of the air.
I hadn't gone far before before I came upon these chilled moose nuggets, simmering in the sun.
;)
I am in the midst of processing a few hundred photos and I always start this process in a program called Lightroom. It is an excellent program, but sometimes it goes haywire and does some really strange things. Like last night, when I was downloading pictures from the Barrow basketball games, for some reason totally unbeknownst to me, it started the job properly and then, just a few frames into it, decided that it would only download every other picture that I had taken and that's how it went to the end.
This could have been disastrous for me, as I might well have believed that the images had downloaded completely and then I would have erased the completely full, 16 gigabyte disk and I would have lost half the images on it.
I discovered the fluke pretty much by accident, then I did a second download and this time the skipped photos came into my computer.
Today, Lightroom acted up in a completely different manner - but I won't explain, other than to say that it cost me several hours of wasted time.
During one period of frustration, I stepped out of my office and into the house and found Royce, posing.
Although he is now the skinniest cat I have ever seen - except for Chicago for a brief period in 2001 when she almost left this life - and it is a little horrible to pick him up or stroke him while he sits on my lap because I can feel every bone, he has considerable energy and seldom throws up anymore.
Before I started medicating him twice a day, he was throwing up maybe six to 10 times a day.
;)
So I walked to Metro. I need to get an NPR ap for my iPhone. If I had one, I could have listened to the news as I walked.
I thought about doing so, its just that with all the hassles Lightroom put me through, I didn't want to take the time.
Since I walked, I wound up inside and saw this lady outside, where I usually sit in my car to do my through the window studies.
Those two smoothies both went to her.
Anyway, this image is:
Reverse Metro Study, #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9 #9... #9... #9... #9... #9... #9...
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Reverse Metro Study, #42
Now Nicole is fixing my drink.
;)
Reverse Metro Study #193
Carmen with Serenity and Mia, who like to come into the cafe and help her out.
;)
Reverse Metro Study, #17
Carmen and Mike, from her church.
;)
Reverse Metro Study, #2901
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Reverse Metro Study, #628
Carmen and Claudia, who works in pharmaceuticals.
When she learned that I am one of those growing numbers of Americans who have lost their health insurance because the __________ insurance companies can do whatever the ______ they want and after 15 years of robbing me of my money and giving me very little back, my _______ insurance company, the _________ Mega Life and Health applied a formula to me that told them that it was time to get rid of me before I became a liability and so jacked up my rates overnight to the point where I could no longer pay them, Claudia said that I was in tough spot.
Now, the only reason that I put in blank spaces above is because of my ten-year old reader, Riana.
The words that are in my head go way beyond the "damns" and "hells" that she has busted me for.
Fifteen years worth of health insurance premiums - thrown away.
Senator Murkowski....???????????
Don Young.... ?????????
Reader Comments (12)
Yeah. Insurance. My new job offers insurance. It costs a fortune, and actually provides very little coverage (up to $2000 per year) but it is better than nothing, and we'll take it, having nothing at all.
Insurance companies have one purpose in life. This is to make a profit. No other purpose. To make a profit. Wanna hear what makes me furious? To hear the horror stories about other countries' socialized medicine. Why don't we rack those up against the horror stories of our own healthcare system.
i hope that something good will come out of health care reform (if it goes through)
Living in Canada I thank my lucky stars for "socialised" medicare. Royce looks pretty good, glad he is better.
Insert the words "moose nugget" in each blank space... perfect sense and poetic too!
Healthcare. Isn't it a crock? Talk about horror stories. I don't think our government realizes how people are struggling and suffering by not having it. I finally gave up and "worked the system", which is all I can do. Wade and I aren't married, not that we don't want to, but because we can't get health insurance if we are married. Make too much money, but can't pay $1200 premiums a month. Separate, I can get state insurance for me and our child. But that's it. Wade is left uncovered and uses Urgent Care at $90 a pop. The rule in this house is, you only use the ER for compound fractures, arterial bleeds and any time we've been knocked unconscious. We go about once a year average and spend the year paying it off.
I hope they change something soon. This is ridiculous. I hope you can figure out something to get covered.
A girl I work with has 2 kids, a husband who is laid off and can't find work. She makes decent money, but has to supplement with WIC (Women, Infants and Children Services) to get milk and dairy products in her house. How is it that you can work all day long, all week, and still not make it? I know a bunch of people living like that, just barely hanging on. Change is needed, but I don't see it coming.
Can't tell you how wonderful it was when bright eyed Royce popped up on my screen this morning. Positive way to start the day and end the workweek. Thanks.
(Hi Riana!)
Beautiful shot of Royce, ill or not. I'm sending kisses to him via cyberspace and be sure to tell him "You've been a great, great, wonderful kittykat to my friend Bill and Margie. kiss,kiss,kiss..."
I can hear him purrrrring now...
Keep the faith keep the faith keep the faith Bill. We are soooo close on health care. Not sure how old you are, but you might qualify for the new Medicaid eligibility, and I think it takes effect within a couple months. I understand my Sen Brown from Ohio and his HELP committee are looking at legislation to offer early Medicare to 55 -65, and I am not sure what the premiums would be.
I can relate to your frustration with the camera. Stoopid, Stoopid technology, and even worse when your livelihood is depending on it. The basketball pictures are really good, I hope you make a small bundle from them!
Royce looks good! Like Funny Face, I noticed the bright eyes right away.
Hang in there Bill. Your light is shining out to the world.
Metro study 2901: Is that young girl holding a container of (gag) moose nuggets?
Thank you, thank you, thank you Bill. You make everyone's morning so much brighter with your photo's and stories! Royce looks so much better, hope he starts putting on weight soon. Hope Kalib is getting better today and Margie has a wonderful day with those boys. I really believe we WILL get the Health bill passed. Too bad it will take so long for it to start working, many don't have the time for that and get help. Thanks again for all you do.
Riana's grandma thinks the same thing about the _______ insurance company's ripoffs.
Oh bill.. Ive been off for awhile! I have missed my favorite wasillian's..! Royce does look thin, but more peppy.. you can tell that he feels better. And can I just say carmen is BEAUTIFUL! I love her hair!!
Anyways.. I am having health insurance nightmares currently.. I am feeling very __bleeping!$!@((@(@*!*! mad.
Whatever happens with this health care bill.. it's long to late for alot of people.
Anyways, glad to be back to read your stories and see Wasilla.. through you!
Hi it"s Riana.it"s ok . you can swear. I know it"s a grown up blog im used to it. lol. thank you for being so nice. YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)