One tube of blood. Eight tests for cholesterol, kidney function, liver function, and PSA (prostate specific antigen). Total cost: $391.40 Insurance: $305.90 My Co-pay: $ 85.50 Note: this has nothing to do with the colonoscopy. This is just the annual exam.
Say you’re a House Democrat in a swing district, one that’s not overly wealthy or disproportionately poor. Say you’ve got a credible opponent running against you in November. Say you need a big issue to separate yourself from that opponent. Then why in the name of all that’s sensible would you not want to make …
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This has to be one of the most underrated songs in the entire S&G catalog.
Down here I mentioned I’d really like to read Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson’s Winner-Take-All Politics, because it told the tale of how big business figured out how to lobby the Feds. Well, it arrived at the library a week or so ago and it turns out I was the first one in the state …
The colonoscopy was done, painlessly. The results were excellent: not a polyp or any other growth in sight. “Come back in five years” the doctor says. Oh, good. That almost makes up for a lousy night. When the label on the glop says you should start seeing results within the first hour of drinking the …
Wil Wheaton. Jon Scalzi. And a chimera. Oh, and a downloadable collection of short stories, for the unbelievably-low suggested price of five bucks. Why have you not clicked over there yet?
I’m starving to death in advance of drinking a gallon of this stuff. For best results, no solid food should be ingested during the 3 to 4 hour period prior to the initiation of GaviLyte- C. Now that’s just annoying.
Blogrolling.com, the widget which has allowed you to maintain your blogroll without getting into your main blog template, is going away, perhaps as soon as this weekend. See this thread at their support service site. Because we’re now finally in the process of shutting down Blogrolling we won’t be working on a fix for this. …
I’ve spent one evening in New York City in my entire life, so my view of the place is skewed by books, magazine articles, movies and television. That’s why a story like this boggles me. I read these paragaphs in a story about the storm that hit the city yesterday Buildings and houses were severely …
Mattingly to Replace Torre as Dodgers Manager I’ve got nothing in particular against Mattingly. He was certainly a great player. He’s had no managerial experience, though. Yeah, yeah, everybody’s got to start somewhere, but this is starting at the top level without paying any dues and learning the trade. I’m not sure he’s the right …