Turns out I’ve had two valid passports for most of my adult life, this is the first time I’ve two from different countries. It turns out that once you go to Israel, Russia, Saudi Arabia, China and a few other … Continue reading Passport Palooza
I post from time to time about segments or whole This American Life shows. The program is remarkable both in content and durability. In a recent program, Act 1. was about Ghost stories. Specifically, it was about ghost stories in … Continue reading When Stories Go Bad
I regularly post here about how backward, slow and relatively useless the American banking system is. This post is another in that series, but one that potentially impact’s you every time you use your bank or credit card. How so? … Continue reading More Backwards Banking
This isn’t a post about AI, and chatGPT has a very long way to go before it becomes factually useful, if you want to see a recent experiment I did with it, see this thread of mine on twitter. Until … Continue reading The Innovators Dilemma – Google
Just to wrap up on a less than perfect start to the year, I have no idea if my appeal on my suspension from Mastodon was even read, but the 30-days came and went, just like my Mastodon ID. Gone. … Continue reading Mastodon – Gone
Amazon pharmacy is such a mess I could laugh, but it’s also potentially dangerous. If you read my earlier post on troubles with my Part-D drug insurance and moving the prescriptions to Amazon, you’ll enjoy this, or maybe not. Turns … Continue reading Amazon Prescription Update
RTD Denver[1]https://www.rtd-denver.com/ is hosting a selective set of public meetings for the long promised frontrange #NorthWestRail corridor that was supposed to connect Denver to the ‘burbs and Boulder plus Longmont. There is a very long story to this, which goes … Continue reading Northwest Rail – Say what?
through inefficiency and failed systems. By complete coincidence I moved my prescriptions to Amazon Pharmacy[1]https://pharmacy.amazon.com/ the week they launched their $5 RXpass[2]https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2023/01/28/amazons-bold-5-prescription-drug-program-is-the-future-of-pharmacy/?sh=1468546a116c. It hasn’t gone well, 7-days later I’m still waiting for my first refill and have been out of that drug for 4-days. One of the lessons of qualifying for Medicare is you are pretty much required to pay for a Part-D drug plan. Even if you have Part-C insurance, it often won’t include drug insurance. If you don’t take out a Part-D plan, you can be assessed for a penalty payment in Medicare which you will pay for … Continue reading Amazon Pharmacy Could Kill You
When twitter started its impending collapse right after Elon Musk took over, I like many jumped over to Mastodon, or more specifically to the mstdn.social[1]https://mstdn.social server. By now, anyone even vaguely interested knows “Mastodon” isn’t a thing, it’s not a … Continue reading Mastodon: Enter At Your Own Risk!
We are approaching the fourth major marketing blitz in two months. It’s never ending. First, it’s “Thanksgiving”, then in short order after the Thanksgiving marketing blitz, the “Black Friday” blitz starts. Just as Black Friday comes to an end followed … Continue reading Try An e-mail Detox