He was a better fuck than Mick as well.
I was always more of a Bowie girl myself…Post + Comments (23)
by Sarah, Proud and Tall| 23 Comments
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He was a better fuck than Mick as well.
I was always more of a Bowie girl myself…Post + Comments (23)
by John Cole| 40 Comments
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Stones:
Also too, Via Michael D:
“Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR, and PBS crashed the stock market, wiped out half of our 401Ks, took trillions in TARP money, gave themselves billions in bonuses, and paid no taxes? Yeah.. Me neither.”
This post is in: Garden Chats, Open Threads
From commentor Linda Featheringill:
Here you go. One is a picture of the whole garden and the other is a shot of our first tomato [yes, you’ll have to look for it].
From commentor Mark D:
First, let me just say how much I really enjoy the garden threads. I’ve learned a great deal, saved many a link, and can’t wait to try out some of the techniques and plants suggested by others… Anyway, I’ll be uploading pics this weekend of our GIGANTIC FREAKING HOSTAS — seriously. They are the biggest I’ve ever seen (I credit the compost tea we water them with)…
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So … here’s last year’s lilies:
… And the snake that keeps guard of our front garden. He (or she?) is back this year, and got quite a bit larger over the winter ……
And my gnome, given to me on my 30th (can’t believe it’s now 10 years old!), and perhaps the coolest one I’ve ever seen. And the fact he’s smoking a bowl adds a whole other layer to it … ;-)
Not much to report from New England this week. The tomatoes are growing in all directions, sending out flowers, starting to set fruit. Unfortunately, the Sun Gold front & center in the most prominent planter is yellowing & may be infected… I should pull it out before the contagion spreads, but I’m not sure enough of my diagnosis to be brutal.
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How are things in your gardens this week?
by John Cole| 34 Comments
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Back from the dinner party- was a good time. Should be people coming over in a little bit, so I have to clean up the house and furminate Tunch.
I’ve got a funny story I’ll tell tomorrow or some other time.
This post is in: Open Threads, Readership Capture, Assholes
I’m almost afraid to do this, but I will be going to a party for my friends who are getting married on Saturday, and I have to leave the blog unattended for a few hours. Yesterday, I took a 45 minute nap in the afternoon, and that was enough time for you all to crayon the walls, put saran wrap on the toilet seats, feed Rosie a half pound of chocolate, and by the time I woke up the Wednesday race riot had broken out and JSF was daring EEMOM to stick her tongue in the wall sockets.
I’m begging you all. Please behave.
by Kay| 94 Comments
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I went to a panel on health care reform at NN. A representative from HHS was there, and he spoke at length about the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, or PCIP.
PCIP was designed as a bridge to get to 2014, when health insurance for people with pre-existing conditions will be folded into the exchanges. Simply, the guarantee behind the PCIP is this: comprehensive health insurance coverage for people with pre-existing conditions at about the same price that people without a pre-existing condition pay.
The program is administered by state governments in 27 states and by the federal government in 23 states and D.C.
Here are the states (and D.C.) that are in the federally-administered plan:
Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississipi, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The remaining states chose to administer their own plan.
I wanted to see what a monthly premium might cost, were I a person with a pre-existing condition. I went to the Ohio site, because that’s where I live. Ohio has a state-administered plan.
Filling out my actual information- but inventing an unspecified pre-existing condition- my health insurance monthly premium would be around 300 dollars. This is a subsidized rate. The funding for it came out of the PPACA. I then went to Texas, because I knew Texas opted out of creating a state plan so ended up with the default, which is the federal plan. In both instances, I chose the higher-value plan. The Texas rates are about like Ohio.
The rates for any state can be found here.
A problem with this interim measure is that one must be uninsured for 6 months to be eligible.
This post is in: KULCHA!, Music, Open Threads
…Last night I ran across perhaps the most awesomest example of utterly unexpected juxtapositions whilst others were burning down the blog. I mentioned it in a thread, but really, it deserves much more prominent billing.
And while it is tempting to try some snarkilicious gloss on the title and treatment of the material below, sometimes cigars are just…strange (and delightful)…as here:
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I invite you to try and top the pure glorious absurdity of this one. Consider this an open thread.