Our medical insurance policy is with Cigna. We’re on the Open Access Plus plan. After I renewed my Cigna policy recently, I got our new insurance cards, and noticed that the premiums and copays increased as follows:
PCP Visit ($20 vs $15)
Specialist ($40 vs $30)
Hospital ER ($100 vs $50)
Urgent Care ($50 vs $25)
Rx ($10/25/50 vs $10/20/45)
Those [...]
» Go to this postYou probably don’t know that I also write for Photografr. Lately, I’ve been posting photos from among my Flickr faves there.
On Friday, I wanted to blog a photo that one of my contacts from Flickr, Andie Smith, had published. I noticed she didn’t have the “Blog This” button enabled on that photo, so I posted [...]
Here’s what will work, because it’s backed by law.
Unwanted phone calls
What I did to cut down on my telemarketing phone calls was to register with the National Do Not Call Registry (it’s free). I screen all my phone calls as well, through Caller ID and voicemail. I let telemarketers and phone numbers that [...]
Receiving knowledge, originally uploaded by raoulpop.
This photo of mine currently has the most views at Flickr (out of all my other posted photos).
Pork’s Dirty Secret: The nation’s top hog producer is also one of America’s worst polluters : Rolling Stone.
I’m shocked beyond belief by what I read in Rolling Stone magazine today, in the article pointed about above. Let me quote a few excerpts to draw your attention to the crimes that have gone unpunished for the [...]
I suppose I should call this “Trip to the C&O Canal - Part Three”, since it’s the third time I write about the C&O Canal (Chesapeake and Ohio Canal) on my site. Here is Part 1 and Part 2. But it’s certainly not our third trip, because we’ve been there numerous times, during various times [...]
» Go to this postFrom The Economist, “Politics this week: 19th-25th July 2008″ edition:
“Italy’s parliament approved a controversial law giving four senior officials immunity from prosecution, including the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi. The law still has to be signed by the president; it is likely also to be challenged in the constitutional court.”
This comes on the heels of the [...]
I’ve recently had the chance to try out three noise-canceling headphones:
Bose QuietComfort 2
Creative Aurvana X-Fi
Philips SHN9500
I looked at these criteria as I used the headphones:
Effectiveness of noise-canceling technology
Quality of sound
Fit and comfort
Price
What may or may not surprise you is that all noise-canceling headphones block only low sounds, like the rumble of jet airplane engines. They [...]
» Go to this postI wrote about the problem with e-waste and pollution in China back in April, but this topic is worth harping on every chance I get. It’s very serious, and it will affect us as well, in the very near future. The Earth is smaller than we think, and its ecosystem is fragile enough already.
Please watch [...]
The idea for this post has been sitting among my drafts for a long time. I always thought it’d be a good idea to share how I work and what equipment I use, for the benefit of those of you that want to put together a similar setup. Let me make it clear that I’m [...]
» Go to this postMy mother received a death threat last night. A real, bonafide death threat. Someone called her on her cellphone and left a clear, unequivocal death threat. Her phone didn’t list the number. It simply said “Unknown Caller”. She didn’t recognize the voice of the caller, and she didn’t know what to do.
She forwarded the voicemail [...]
A little boy loses his parents during the depression, and his grandparents take him to live with them in their mountain cabin. The premise is simple, but the lessons are many. I liked this movie because it taught respect for native Indians.
Let’s face it, the “red skins”, as they used to be called, owned this [...]
