Anthem Blue Cross, heal thyself

07May10

Health care reform is a BFD.

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Tags: capitalism, crazy, health care, health insurance, i'm a special snowflake, insurance companies, power, privilege, stress

Catastrophe

27Apr10

I’ve been having incredibly vivid and strange dreams lately. And a lot of them have imagery that I can’t quite explain or figure out. I was alone, and the world was in the midst of some kind of major, massive-scale disaster. A huge, worldwide flood. I was in a house that was dry (and was [...]

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Tags: brain, crazy, dream, miscellany, psychology, symbolism, thoughts, weird

Anti-information

27Jan10

A school district in Riverside County, CA had banned dictionaries from its 4th and 5th grade classes earlier this week, due to the presence of a definition for “oral sex.” Today, they have apparently rescinded the ban. Really, parents? Really?! The dictionary, incidentally, also has things like murder, mayhem, machine guns, machetes, marijuana, and methamphetamine. [...]

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Tags: crazy, education, information, kids, people, sex