My therapist has told me that he thinks I'm addicted to unhappiness. Unfortunately, he's probably right, and that really bums me out!

Hah. Anyway, in an effort combat that, I'm going to try to write one positive thing that's happened lately and not dwell on negativity.

So.... when my parents were in town visiting, the most amazing thing happened. The ( Read more... )

So I was looking through Father's Day cards yesterday. I'm excited because I get to buy my brother a Father's Day card for the first time. He and his wife just had a baby about 3 months ago and he is really, really excited about it. Even started a blog for his kid and everything. Hah, cute.

But what I found not so cute was the content of the Father' ( Read more... )

I finally caught Shaun of the Dead last night. Everybody has been telling me since it came out that it's an awesome movie, really funny, and that I had to see it. Well, it always takes me a while to get around to watching movies (I just saw Seabiscuit two nights ago and Monster last week) and a lot of the same people who were pushing SotD on me ( Read more... )

so it turns out it's not going to be as expensive as I feared. I'm splitting a hotel room with a friend and the room is only $70/night, so that won't be so bad. I can wear my suit, I don't have to get a tux, so I save on that. So now we're talking about $525 for the flight plus $150 or so for the hotel. $50 for the gift. $725, plus the expenses I'd ( Read more... )

I have a weird fixation on John Mayer and Fiona Apple. Fiona Apple was born on the exact same day as me, September 13, 1977, only she was born in NYC and I was born in the NYC suburbs. I feel this makes us linked somehow ( Read more... )

At some point, I think weddings are just inconsiderate. My friend is getting married in South Dakota of all places in 6 weeks and I pretty much have to go. So that means a $400 plane ticket (because who flies to South Dakota?) Then I have to rent a tux probably because I'm going to be an usher. $100 more. The bachelor party starts on Friday morning ( Read more... )

I finally finished Taken Hostage last night, the story of the Iran Hostage Crisis from late 1978 to early 1980.

A few things jumped out at me about the book. The first was that the CIA-led coup in 1953 we hear so much about that deposed the current government and installed the Shah really wasn't as dramatic as it sounds. In light of the troubles ( Read more... )

Yay, I finally figured out what I'm going to do for my new Healthcare blog. I'm going to focus on Medicaid and other government payors, behavioral health, and HIPAA-related issues. I'm not really going to have a perspective on Medicaid, per se, but I will try to educate my readers about Medicaid issues they may not be aware of. Medicaid is so ( Read more... )

I finally finished Second Wind, by Bill Russell. All I can say is Wow. I know a lot of people are probably thinking "what can a basketball player from the '60s have to say that's so interesting?" but really, it is more than interesting. Though Russell is known to most as the most successful winner in sports (11 Championships with the Celtics in ( Read more... )

So I just got an email from a friend of mine who is having a little boyfriend trouble at the moment. I looked over at the google ads in my gmail and they were: "How to get your lover back", "send a bracelet to your deployed boyfriend or girlfriend," and "Unlucky in love ( Read more... )