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Sun. Sep 20, 2009

A Day For Accounting, 2009

Anyone who really knows me also knows that lists, statistics, and “counting” are Things Reid Likes. The following is a continuation of a now six year old tradition, “A Day for Accounting.” It was inspired by this from Crystal Lyn, and something that happened 51 years ago today.

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Thu. Sep 17, 2009

Health Prayer Reform

Our current “health care debate” has convinced me of one thing. We, as a country, are no longer capable of civil discourse about important topics. This is a straightjacket on democracy. We are no longer capable of doing Big Things, and we give off the appearance of a rather dumb country that is consumed by pettiness and increasingly incapable of civil discourse.

We, as a country, follow the examples set by our left/right leaders-celebrities, and regurgitate the ad hominem talking points they give us, or that we heard from some guy on the Internet. We try to shout each other down.

Because volume is a winning policy.

So many very angry people seem perfectly happy with the system we have. I know the majority of people have always been fully employed at a medium to large company that provides them with access to moderately priced insurance coverage. I know the majority of people have never run a small business, or been self-employed (two activities that allegedly cause this country to “thrive”), or wrestled with a COBRA payment after being laid off from their full time job, or worse, tried to convert COBRA to individual coverage. I know the majority of people have not encountered a major medical issue that strained or exceeded the limits of their existing coverage.

I know I may not be among the majority of American people on this topic. So I might have some differing insights to provide. And I am very very angry, too. It comes from two sources, both of which ought to anger you, too, even if you have moderately priced insurance.

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Wed. Aug 05, 2009

The One Where I Get Some Cheap Glasses

Getting old sucks. You hit your 40’s, and the single-vision glasses you’ve worn since youth no longer cut it, now you need bifocals.

Then you hit fifty, and your bifocals still work well at distance, and up close (about 12 inches or less), but your eyes have developed a new range (18”-36”) that simply isn’t covered well at all by your bifocals. Except this very narrow portion of the bifocal’s progressive transition, if you tip your head back just right.

That 18 to 36 inch range is where my monitors sit. Yeah, it became a real pain in the neck. So off I went to the eye doctor, to get a new prescription, and some new glasses. But the last time I did this, the wife and I went together and $1,000 later we both had new glasses. This time, I wanted to get more for my money.

And I did. For roughly the same amount of money ($561.65), I got four very nice pairs of glasses; one set by visiting a local optometrist, and three sets ordered online.

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Fri
Jun
19

2009

Ten Quick Questions

Jim started this, in case blame needs to be assigned.

Who are you?
Who’s askin’?

I am a beachball on the river of life.

I am the “fun” in “malfunction.”

I am the puff of wind in your ear just before some Willie inserts a wet finger.

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Tue
Dec
16

2008

Cecily Rose Turner

Cecily Rose Turner Things have been a bit hectic in the extended Stott family of late. In addition to the usual holiday mayhem, we’ve been awaiting a special newcomer.

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Sun
Oct
26

2008

Happy Anniversary To Us

12 years and 363 days ago (October 28, 1995), the Atlanta Braves won the World Series … and on that night I first met my future wife.

Six years ago today (October 26, 2002), we got married (photos here, plus my musings in Pre-Wedding Vignettes).

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Fri
Sep
19

2008

A Day For Accounting, 2008

Anyone who really knows me also knows that lists, statistics, and “counting” are Things Reid Likes. The following is a continuation of a now five year old tradition, “A Day for Accounting.” It was inspired by this from Crystal Lyn, and something that happened 50 years ago today.

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Mon. Sep 01, 2008

My 50th Anniversary iPhone

I know you’re thinking, “how can a phone that is barely a year old have a 50th anniversary edition?” Please re-read the title closely. It is my 50th anniversary on this planet (or, it will be in a few weeks), so I bought myself an iPhone. I think I was about the 6 millionth person to buy an iPhone 3G, so it’s not exactly like I have “breaking news” for you. But I thought I’d offer up my impressions just the same, pro and con, as well as the applications I’m using so far.

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Tue
Jun
03

2008

Notes During A Busy Week

I realize I have recently moved beyond the point where people can expect even one post a week from me here. There’s currently a confluence of reasons.

First of all, while my children run around barefoot, my clients have closets filed with the finest shoes money can buy. My shoe output over the past couple of months has been fairly phenomenal, you just haven’t seen the first sole or shoestring here.

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Tue
May
06

2008

Time For Another Solution

And so we awake to another Groundhog Day. Or as I said on twitter back in March, “It’s Weasel Day: the weasel came out of his hole this morning, saw his shadow, and predicted seven more weeks of Democratic primary inanity.” The weasel now says he’s not coming out of his damn hole ever again. Like Round 15 in a Rocky movie, it would appear this could go on forever.

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Wed
Apr
09

2008

I'm 49, Not Retired

In the mail yesterday, I got something that, at first, I thought was misdelivered. The envelope said it was from the AARP and that my card was enclosed.

Couldn’t be for me, I’m nowhere near retirement age, I work for a living.

But it was indeed correctly addressed to me, and the AARP was soliciting this 49 year old to join. Reading on, I see they now take people as young as 50, and I guess I’m in some database somewhere that shows I’m turning 50 this year.

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Sat
Feb
23

2008

Another Kitty Got Big

As with his brother Leo, same cat bed, same cat, seven and a half months later:

Kitty Got Big

Casper, July 3, 2007, and February 23, 2008. These kitties have Big Genes.

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Wed
Feb
20

2008

Kitty Got Big

Same cat bed, same cat, seven and a half months later:

Kitty Got Big

Leo, July 1, 2007, and February 19, 2008. He’s grown into a truly large boy. He’s long, tall, and thick, but as you can see, he still balls up pretty well.

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Fri. Dec 28, 2007

TiVo Made My Head Explode

When you step outside the arena of computers and cameras, our home is surprisingly lacking in high tech devices that are common in many homes. We have not even one iPod between the two of us. No PDA’s or iPhones or smart phones or bluetooth ear bugs. We don’t “text message” anyone. No GPS devices or mobile navigation systems. Technologically, we are in many ways virtual Neanderthals.

And, for the most part, we’re fine with it (though I foresee an iPhone or two in our future when our current cell phone contract expires next spring). But Susan had been whining for expressed a wish for a TiVo. And she did it long enough ago that by Christmas morning, she had forgotten about it. So it was a very good gift.

Until I had to set it up.

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Tue
Dec
25

2007

Best to You and Yours

It’s Christmas morning, a time which takes most of us back to pleasant childhood memories. However, as adults, the past two Christmas’ have been a bit sparse for Susan and I. But this year, we appear to be making up for lost time. And dang it, a man should have black leather Chuck’s to match his black MacBook.

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Mon
Dec
10

2007

December Time Bankruptcy

I’m completely overwhelmed with work, booked solid through year end. I came down with a stomach virus for a couple of days, which put me even further behind. My kitties ate my keyboard. The server on which this site resides has been ssssoooo sloooowwwww for sssssooooo lllooonnngg that my traffic has dropped by half in the past few weeks (this is supposed to be fixed after Wednesday).

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Tue
Nov
27

2007

More Is Not Always Good

Here in America, the Land Of Big Boxes, these boxes often have a colorful band around the top. This band acts like a volume marker, and the bold shouting text within it says things like “20% More For Free!”

How can this not be a Good Thing?

Well, when you’re buying a 21 pound box of cat litter. With a flimsy “handle” on top that is delicately attenuated to bear the strain of, oh, about 21.5 pounds. But when you add in that “Four More Pounds For Free,” you get a shelf full of boxes with broken handles that no one wants to drag out of the store like a cinder block on a four inch rope.

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Fri
Oct
26

2007

Counting Days and Days That Count

This week contains the anniversaries of some very happy times.

Two years ago Wednesday was “Gotcha Day” for Princess Caroli. 11 years and 363 days ago (two days shy of a dozen years, or alternately, a gross of months), the Atlanta Braves won the World Series … and on that night I first met my future wife.

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Thu
Sep
20

2007

A Day for Accounting, 2007

Anyone who really knows me also knows that lists, statistics, and “counting” are Things Reid Likes. The following is a continuation of a now four year old tradition, “A Day for Accounting.” It was inspired by this from Crystal Lyn, and something that happened 49 years ago today.

... » Full Article, 920 words »

Thu
Sep
13

2007

Mostly Busy With A Chance Of Disconnection

Goodness, what a week. So far. My working week was barely one hour old on Monday when the pipe through which my money flows clogged up tight. Long story short, Ma Bell screwed up my phone line (and therefore, my DSL) in ways I did not even know were possible.

Yes, I know, as my dear wife has reminded me, “they’re ATT now.” But I think you mean, “they’re not BellSouth Mobility, they’re not Cingular, they’re not BellSouth, they’re ATT ... again.” Like some monster from The Terminator, the Phone Entity that the government busted up about three decades ago is now beginning to glom back together into One Beast. And that beast, that bee-yotch, will always be Ma Bell to me.

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