Our esteemed employer recognizes that investing in preventive medicine is a good thing, saving bigger money down the road. So they contract with an esteemed health-care provider to bombard us with emails about our shitty health habits. They don’t actually know (or aren’t supposed to, anyway) that we have shitty health habits. But, hey, going by statistics of the average American population and adding up the healthcare expenditures for this insured pool, they can make some pretty good guesses. And, shoot, emails are cheap.
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Author Archives: kwinker
No Country for Short-Legged Moose
A moose walked through the yard yesterday and left a nice natural history tale in the snow.
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The American Health Care Act (AHCA) Stinks
Health care was on my Watch List of things likely to get worse with a Trump administration. Yes, he promised the exact opposite, and his supporters may have believed that, but it was a con. Hang on—you’re about to get really screwed. And so are a lot of others. It’s not too late: call your representative in the House and urge that person not to vote to approve it (they are pushing for a vote on Thursday).
Special Meteors
Years go by, and you get used to certain things. You stop looking closely, and so probably miss interesting little details.
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The Snowblower Gets a Cupholder
Wow, did we ever get a lot of snow recently!
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