I keep trying to opt out of my employer’s health coverage. I keep running into hurdles. I am about ready to strangle somebody.
Hopefully the person you strangle has proper health coverage.
I have an actual mini rant now.
I am a big fan of reading books on my phone. Generally, I use the Books (formerly iBooks) and Kindle apps (it’s an iPhone). Since my phone is almost always with me, and I love reading (I always have, ever since I was tiny) it’s perfect. I can read and stop at any time, it isn’t a noisy activity, it’s great.
Lately I have noticed that frequently with the Books app, if I open it up to go back to the book I am reading, it has advanced me to a random page farther on in the book rather than the last page I was on. If I flip back to the previous page then back forward a page it puts me on the correct page. It just loses track temporarily, like the cache is screwed up. (This is a new thing, I don’t remember seeing this behavior until a week or so ago.)
One book I was reading, it advanced me to a page where the main character was screaming about getting revenge for his love interest being murdered. Something that doesn’t happen for many chapters. It completely spoiled it, and sure enough, hey look, she gets shot in the neck and bleeds out. That would have been a completely shocking revelation if I wasn’t anticipating it page after page. 
It sucks when the book reader app itself practically says, “Hey this book is great, enjoy it, I can’t believe they killed off one of the main characters in this series. Just wait until you get to that part, it’s crazy!”
I made the call to the vet this afternoon, and I have an 8 o’clock appointment to take Shiva in. The vet will do a QoL exam, but I think it’s time. He won’t eat anything, even scrambled eggs, he’s barely drinking, he just gets up, walks a couple of feet, and collapses on his side. He doesn’t even want to be cuddled. Well, he’s never been big on cuddling, but still.
He’s 18. He’s been sick with hyperthyroid and IBD for years now. He’s bloody annoying because he has a very good set of lungs and he uses them to demand … whatever he’s after. Mostly food. But he’s barely said a word for two days now. He poops and pees all over the house, so much that I’ll be replacing carpeting and subflooring and parts of the wood floor and even drywall and a couple doors (he’s talented, he is).
I’m going to miss the little boy.
After screaming myself hoarse and giving myself a headache due to all the frustration in dealing with my employer’s insurance, I called the help line. I expected more aggravation and to have to repeatedly explain “I’m very angry and frustrated with the system- not you.”. Instead, it turns out that the agent on the phone could just (after verifying my identity) go ahead and just do what I’d been trying to accomplish for hours. I’ll receive some e-mails in a few minutes. I also have to send in a signed affidavit and proof of coverage.
If only all my problems could be solved as easily.
{{{Morgyn}}}
Yeah, that can confuse people. Clearly Miracle Whip is the devil’s spooge. Mayonnaise is a necessary evil (assuming you like tuna salad, or lobster rolls).
I could never get past it. It tastes so wrong. My mouth puckers just thinking about it.
It’s like mayo mixed with pickle brine.
The miracle is that it is tangy and very bland all at once.
This discussion has brought back memories of opening my lunchbox to find a half of a baloney sandwich with a light film of Miracle Whip inside.
And obnoxiously sweet as well.
I am so sorry, I know you love him so much.
I get moved backwards. Which I should be grateful for, spoilers-wise.
I have all my audiobooks in iTunes, and I use the “Music” app to listen to them. Absolutely no problems, and some real bonuses (like I can apply any artwork I want to each “disk” of a book). I like this arrangement so much that I’m purposely a couple of releases behind on iOS, MacOS and iTunes.
But lately, once every day or two I’ll open up “Sherlock/S. Fry, Disk 3” and suddenly I’m starting Disk 3 all over again.
So, and this might be a workaround for you as well, when I’m done listening I’ll take a screen shot of my phone. Then, if it opens to somewhere in the book I’m sure I wasn’t at, I’ll check my Photos: “Disk 3, 54:30, ok!”
This is also indispensable at night, when I set my timer to “in 20 minutes, stop playing”, and fall asleep to Bertie Wooster (or anything with a light, British narrator).
I always check that screenshot in the morning, because I should only have to back up 20 minutes, but sometimes I’ll roll over on the “play” button on my earbuds, and listen to 5 or 6 hours before I wake up.
Are you referring to this post?
When my current employer sent me an e-mail I needed to digitally sign to accept their offer of a job, there was no way to digitally sign it. Eventually, they told me to open it in Paint and just draw in a signature.
I need to fill out an affidavit to waive the company’s medical insurance. You guessed it. It’s another PDF with no way to digitally fill out or sign.
At the request of management, I’m attending a meeting about the medical coverage. My current trainer sent us an e-mail with an attachment. The attachment has a blue, underlined link “Click Here To Join The Meeting”. The link doesn’t work. Fortunately, the attachment also gave a phone number to call to join the meeting in audio only. Currently, other callers are discussing this very issue.
ETA I don’t want to give the impression I dislike the company I work for. They’re quite accomodating. The training staff has been very friendly and very good at their jobs. In an e-mail about being named one the best places to work in the state the CEO said ‘This is a great accomplishment, and all the credit is on you guys. Good job!’
That does look familiar! 
Nm, I was bad at math for a minute
This post made me read that whole thread, and I ALMOST contributed to it with the observation that a pitcher who returns to the mound after someone else has taken his natural turn in the batting order isn’t really playing baseball. But I decided not to, and NOT because of my reluctance to zombify the thread.
It was because there’s nothing controversial about the observation.
The shoe issue is resolved. My red sneakers are failing in several places. But, while looking under my futon I found yet another pair of sneakers. These fit and are in good shape.
My current mini rant- I tried trimming my mustache without looking in a mirror. Now, one half is thick and full. The other half is all but bare. I considered cutting off the surviving half. But, I decided to just wait it out a few days.
I had my water heater replaced today. Over 30 years old, so it had a good run, but it developed a small leak from an unknown source.
Anyway, I hire a guy to replace it. Shows up on time, gives me advance notice, generally friendly. Installs the unit and it seems to be working fine.
It’s Friday and I decide to fuck off from work a bit and screw around in my garage/machine shop (where the water heater is) after he leaves. I smell gas. I thought maybe there was just a little pocket or something near the floor that collected there while he was working. I use a leafblower to air it out, and it seems ok at first–but I can smell it again after a couple of minutes.
I use a few squirts of soapy water to quickly diagnose the problem: some gas pipe fittings which not only had no thread sealant, but were only finger-tight. Great. Well, at least they were behind the gas valve. I shut it off. No hot water, but at least my garage won’t go all Fight Club on me. The contractor is coming by to fix it tomorrow. Yay.
For those claiming mayonnaise is a necessary evil for tuna salad, etc., try making those with plain Greek yoghurt instead. Vasly improved taste for only a small extra cost, and makes the devil ejaculate in vain.