Nimbus Sneeze

Nimbus Sneeze, originally uploaded by fusionpanda.

CAT SNEEZE

Why yes, yes it is.

I heard a carnival barker-style bellowing ad on the car radio yesterday while listening to the all-news AM station. It was the usual mortgage broker appeal to refinance, this time with the added warning that rates were going up. The ad concluded:

"It's the biggest no-brainer in the history of Mankind!

Life in These Here Now United States (health care mix)

My health benefits provider (Blue Shield California) sent me a nastygram in the U.S. Mail saying I was cancelled, cancelled, cancelled. I looked on their website, saw that this was not so, and didn't panic.

Then TriNet, who manages our benefits, sent an apologetic email saying the cancellations were their mistake and were being rectified.

Finally, they just now sent another email saying that they typed their customer service phone number wrong and were even sorrier.

"The persons responsible for sacking the previous persons have been sacked. And now, llamas!"

Planet Bacon

Planet Bacon, originally uploaded by grickily.

That's one small step...

I love Dan Goodsell's stuff.

cheshire madness

I was about to post that alcohol, even in small quantities, is a gateway drug for cheese.

Then I realized that I was in a deep state of denial and cheese was, in fact, a primary pathology in my life. Isn't that great news?

Anyway I am enjoying some Double Gloucester right now.