I started a thread about my landlord installing new washing machines The Incompetence Of My Landlord
Today, I finally used them (I have a lot of clothes and have done laundry at a friend’s while staying the weekend). It used to be $1.50 for the washer and $1 for the dryer. It is now $1.75 for the washer and $1.50 for the dryer. Of course, there was no notice from management about the increase.
Heavy thunderstorms were forecast for today, so I rescheduled everything for Thursday and stayed home today. It turned out to be a beautiful, sunny day. I bet we’ll have storms tomorrow. [sigh]
I heard a blurb that Clarence Thomas had COVID… but I couldn’t find any articles to back it up.
Today’s news cycle seems filled with rumors.
I heard the opposite. He was hospitalized and they wouldn’t say why, but insisted it wasn’t Covid.
Thomas entered Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, DC, Friday after experiencing flu-like symptoms. He has been absent from the bench all week.
At the time, she specified that Thomas does not have Covid-19 and said that his symptoms are “abating, he is resting comfortably and he expects to be released from the hospital in a day or two.”
Maybe the “not Covid” part of the story is what got people confused.
… unless, of course, he can’t leave the hospital, in which case a different reason for his illness will be generated.
Sorry, but this does remind me of the times The Previous Prez went in for things like “a routine part 2 of his physical”… in the middle of the night. Or “Covid, but he beat it completely in two days”.
Absolutely, it wouldn’t be shocking if the story changes. And they’ve been pretty evasive about what’s wrong, aside from being an infection of some kind.
But if he’s on antibiotics, it’s not Covid.
I’ll also add, given his age, it might not just be a question of when he leaves the hospital, but if.
In his questioning of Judge Jackson, Ted Cruz brings the transphobia; he’d have you believe that people change their gender faster than most people change their underwear.
I was scrolling through Facebook. One of the sponsored or suggested posts was about Florida Governor Desantis passing some resolution that a cis woman was the “real winner”. At times like this, I fear for the future.
ETA
The really scary thing was- either they were really fast at deleting negative responses, or people had only left positive feedback about this.
Given that Jen Psaki, Senator Casey, and Hillary Clinton all tested positive this week, I’d like to remain neutral. In the game of life, those three chess pieces are worth a whole lot more to me than that one.
Psaki at least seems young and healthy, I’m sure she’ll be fine.
When he’s not bed-ridden with Covid, I think Senator Casey would like a Word with you…
Thoughts and prayers. May the bacteria stay strong and healthy.
So today must be the day. The day when software developers flip the switch marked, “Fuck up everybody’s computers that worked just fine yesterday.”
Suddenly apps on my phone decide they’re no longer going to work, same thing happens to various web sites on my computer. What “improvements” have been made this time that will once again cause me to put in time, work and effort on devices that are supposed to be working for me?
You misspelled “how.”
True, he could be leaving under a sheet.
My question of the day is: why do the garbage pickup people hate me?
I ranted before that I left a garbage bag on the curb and everyone’s garbage was picked up except mine. I called the help line and there was no explanation and nothing happened; they just got it on the next scheduled pickup.
So now we have these great big wheeled bins for garbage and recycling. I put them out at the end of the driveway in plain sight, where automated trucks pick them up. “That’s the end of that problem”, I says to myself.
Wrong. Once again, I was shunned by the garbage crew, this time it was the recycling bin that was ignored. Once again I called the city, and once again they said they would send a ticket to the contractor and see what could be done. My neighbours’ stuff had all been picked up earlier that afternoon – including my immediate next-door neighbour (I checked).
Lo and behold, barely an hour after I called, one of the standard automated trucks showed up and dumped the bin, and drove off. AFAIK, mine was the only bin on the street they had to deal with.
I still have no idea why these things happen to me. I think it’s a conspiracy to raise my blood pressure.
I visited a cardiologist today. Followup from a visit 8 (!) years back, that had noted some minor valve issues that should be rechecked. Yeah, I shoulda gone there 3 years ago.
Came out of the appointment with orders for an echocardiogram, a radioactive stress test, and a venous sufficiency scan.
Front desk insisted they could not all be done at one visit, that insurance wouldn’t let them. They INSISTED.
I made the THREE separate appointments, mentally grumbling, and said I’d call the insurance company to confirm whether I could get them all done in the same visit.
Me to insurance: Imma need these 3 tests, any problem doing 'em all same day?
Insurance: Huh? As long as you’re not receiving DUPLICATE services, no problem
Me to doctor’s office: Insurance says okey dokey
Office: Really? Are you SURE? Did you give them the codes for the procedures? You NEED THEM TO CONFIRM THAT IT’S REALLY OK
Me to insurer: I just called a few minutes ago. Doc’s office is being strange. Here are the codes. Are they really OK to do all on one day?
Insurer: (baffled): Do you mean it’s a safety thing? or they’re just worried about billing? (checks all 3 codes): Well, each one of them says you may have one of that specific service on a specific day. Nothing about having multiple DIFFERENT services each day. You could have them contact us for preapproval - you should do that even if you do them on different days.
Me to doctor’s office: OK. I spoke with the insurer. They said no problem. Really. But of course do a preapproval.
Receptionist: ZOMG ARE YOU SURE??? ARE YOU WILLING TO SIGN SOMETHING SAYING THAT WHEN THE INSURER DENIES THINGS YOU’LL PAY???
Me: (smacking head against steering wheel), Yes. Now can I schedule them now?
When I had a bunch of these tests 8 years ago (carotid doppler instead of the leg vein thingy though), there was no question at all about this. I can’t imagine why there would be. I mean, a full cardio workup would involve numerous tests. And from what I recall, there’s a fair bit of downtime in the 4-hour test, and they do the others during that downtime.
Yeesh. I spent more time arguing with the receptionist and talking with the insurance company, than I did with the doctor.
On the bright side: near the end of the actual visit, a medication change was made that could, conceivably, cause my blood potassium levels to get a bit low (adding a diuretic for a short time). “If you have x symptoms, call me”. I said “So basically, take two bananas and call me in the morning?”. Doc cracked up.
People, I have to tell you: except for the chocolate, I think I hate Easter.
I need to find a way to work out all of these bad thoughts…
“I’ve never seen Godzilla so quiet before.”
“Really? How so?”
“Not a peep out of him.”
I forget if I posted about this. Years ago, I got (what I think) was an Italian statue carved from grey coral. It was about 15 inches tall and was a hunchbacked, bugeyed man wearing a conical hat. I wanted to put it outside my front window, but was worried somebody would take it. Last year I decided I was being silly and put it outside. Two weeks ago, it disappeared. I had secured it in place between two large stones. It was definitely moved by human hands. The statue cost me about $2 and wasn’t worth much more than that.
In the past few weeks, I’ve noticed footballs and such deliberately place behind the tires of parked cars. I’m certain some petty vandal (likely a pre teen) is doing this. I feel they did the same to my poor statue. The driver failed to notice it and drove over it.