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All neatly organized, here. Yay.
ESPN stuff:
Somewhat neatly organized, here.
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Where I'll be... Since August 4, 2003:
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Please watch this video if you haven’t already:
The Doors “Light My Fire” (from the Ed Sullivan show)
I’ve watched it three times and I still can’t figure out what Morrison’s on. I don’t think anyone can get that high smoking weed. Jack Daniels is a suspect, as is heroin—though I don’t know if he had a smack habit.
Anyone?
Speaking of New Moon, I’ve been digging this song from the soundtrack:
Sea Wolf— “The Violet Hour”
Might as well jump.
I am an independent contractor. No company gives me health insurance. However, I am fortunate enough to be able to pay for my own plan through the Freelancers Union. I don’t get sick or injured often and I am, for the most part, blessed with a well and able body.
I just got an email saying my health insurance monthly bill will increase by 21% in 2010. I am used to health insurance rates going up every year—but I wasn’t prepared for what I found when I investigated the “benefits” of my new plan. To wit:
*My deductible is increasing by 16%
*My co-insurance by 50%
*My out-of-network pocket max by 23%
*My generic prescription drug co-pay by 50%
*And lab tests in an outpatient facility went from being free to “subject to deductible and co-insurance”
(On the bright side: if I become diabetic or need a colonoscopy I’ll save money.)
In essence, I’m paying a lot more for a lot less. Why is this happening? I feel like punching a kitten. But then I’d need to pay a vet bill…
Maybe it’s just that I’m older and (hopefully) wiser than the characters and thus out of this movie’s target demographic, or maybe I’m a humorless feminist, but knowing that zillions of girls are seeing this getting the idea that a seriously unhealthy relationship is somehow the equivalent of true love — that is profoundly disturbing. Far scarier than a werewolf.
—
Ka3rning, on a brilliant post analyzing the Twilight series according to the National Domestic Violence hotline’s signs you may be in an abusive relationship. (via crumbler)
—(Ed note: BUT HE NEVER BITES HER, Casey!)
Nov
30th
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Can I have that setlist?
(From Webmaster J):
Tori took over the Los Angeles airwaves on The Sound’s My Turn earlier Sunday evening and spun a selection of songs of her choosing and told some fun stories about the artists in between.
The songs she played were:
* Cocteau Twins | Blue Bell Knoll
* Pretenders | Tattooed Love Boy
* Siouxsie and the Banshees | Cities in Dust
* Damien Rice | The Blower’s Daughter
* The Smiths | How Soon is Now
* Led Zeppelin | No Quarter
* The Cure | Pictures of You
* The Eurythmics | Here Comes the Rain Again
* Jeff Buckley | Grace
* The Clash | Rock the Casbah
Great mix—but I’d like to know what she listens to that was created in the last 15 years (besides D-Rice).
Oh, where do I begin? There’s so many people I’d like to work with still, but I’d like to maybe go outside of the box. My sister [Solange] has put me on to bands like [indie group] Of Montreal and some other different types of artists. I would love to do something like that on my next album.
— Beyonce, Guardian’s artist of the decade, on her plans for the future (via hailthepagesturning)
STEVE JOBS AT HOME IN 1982 — “This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”
