Something I've learned with the countries I work with is that hospitals there charge different amounts based on who is paying. If a person without insurance is paying, they'll charge a lot less to that person then they would to the insurance company that is paying for another person. Public and private insurance companies get charged differently as ( Read more... )

I took my car in for some work today. Nothing big really: change the oil and oil filter, and check the battery, alternator, brakes and brake fluids ( Read more... )

As I said earlier, I had an awesome weekend. I took the day off on Friday and had an amazingly good lunch with a friend, who loaned me her Danish language instruction cassettes. Haven't had a chance to listen to them yet, but hopefully they'll help more than my crappy Berlitz books did. I also obtained several new shinies, including a LG 20" LCD ( Read more... )

That's right, hold your Wii and move it around. Aren't you excited?

^_^

Well it's apparently official: the Wii has a set launch date and price. A very attractive price too I might add, although if that article is correct you will only get one controller, and additional controllers (both the remote and the nunchuck, sold seperately) will cost $60 ( Read more... )