I’m ditching rehab this morning. Primarily because I’ve got a sinus headache right now that is killing me and working out in the last thing in my mind. Of course it will probably be gone by the time I have to leave for work. Too frustrating. I think allergies aren’t really hitting me THAT hard this year, just hard enough to be annoying in little ways like this.

First the bad.  My kitchen sink.  I’d mentioned this a few weeks ago.  I still hadn’t heard anything from my landlord in over a week, so I called again today.  I found out they are going to have to replace my whole sink.  Which kind of sucks because I have to clean everything off of it and clean it out.  In some ways this is good because it was old and I like the idea of getting a new sink, maybe I can even get a garbage disposal.

The good.  Blue Cross Blue Shield.  These guys rock.  I’m supposed to be taking Actonel to help with my bone density, but up until a month ago BCBS didn’t cover it.  So I’d been working with my doctor to have them make an exception.  It turns out they update their drug coverages on April 1st and Actonel is now covered! This is the second time this has happened with a medicaiton I’ve been perscribed.  I really like how well they keep adapting to my medical needs.

Ever felt like complaining to a telemarketer?  Or maybe just abusing them a little bit? Newsday has an article about a comedian who “went undercover at a telemarketing convention in the nation’s capitol Monday to turn the tables on an industry he loves to hate. “

I especially love the bit about some of his conversations with telemarketers (like the burial plot one).

Adam posted more pictures of the Rotorjet flight crew.  I’ve never been on a helicopter, maybe this is an excuse to take a trip.  ^_^

Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Children are all foreigners.”

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I just got into work and right now I just want to crawl right back into bed.  I was sleeping so wonderfully last night and just didn’t want to wake up this morning.  At least it will be partly sunny today, and getting better all week.

This weekend I was at HMV and noticed that they had copies of the Amelie soundtrack that were bundled with a VCD of it.  I have to admit I was pretty tempted because it wasn’t that expensive at all.

Anyone here know much about VCD?  I think I got most of my questions answered already, but any input helps.

Alice Kahn. “For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three.”

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jenett.radio has a link to a CNET story about people who click on things they may not want to:

Stop! Look before you click.  Mark Hochhauser, a psychologist who specializes in the readability of online documents, explains why Web surfers mindlessly click on contracts that could hijack their computers or make them targets of aggressive advertisers.  [CNET News.com]

It seems ad-supported software preys on people’s urge to try to get something for nothing. Do these adware companies appeal to our lowest urges?
Yes. Anything that says “free,” people want. But eventually people will realize there’s not really such thing as “free” software. It comes with a price–in this case the annoyance of advertising, or possibly privacy violations.

Well said… [jenett.radio]

I actually think this also ties into this basic level of trust people seem to have in the Internet.  It’s like the people who will open up any attachment sent to them just because someone told them it was cool or it was from someone they know.  They could have been told 30 times not to open a file called ‘foo.exe’ but as soon as they see it they can’t keep from opening it.

What the heck is going on.  It was in the 90s last week and now it’s raining and snowing some.  I just don’t get it.

I want spring! Real spring! not just a little tease of a spring.