It’s a rarity to compliment the way a health insurance company does business, but I had a good interaction with Aetna yesterday. It all has to do with a $3,559.91 balance the hospital I had my spinal surgery at last December says I owe. I appreciate how the Aetna representative took ownership of my issue and conferenced in the hospital’s billing department so we all could speak to each other at the same time. I didn’t exactly get the result I was looking for, I’m being asked to file an appeal, but I appreciated how they set up direct and immediate communication with all parties. I’m sure that in itself will save some time, money, and headaches.
Hardin-Simmons University’s football team recently celebrated it’s 500th win. In 1948, they played in 4 bowl games.
A hill I’m willing to die on, Phil Collins is the best male singer to come out of Europe.
High-Res Images of Wings Over Dallas Mid-Air Collision 11/12/2022 – In both photos, you can see the first officer holding on to the frame outside of the window.
At trivia night, I guess a replay of the Ohio vs Ball State football game was on. A lineman with the jersey number 69 named “Titsworth” caught my attention. He’s taking advantage of the new college rules and has made himself a brand, pushing products on his website – Titsworth69.com. And I agree, I don’t need all those tabs open.
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I binged watched the latest season of The Crown. It was one of those shows I really enjoyed watching with the ex but I now watch by myself. This season made me think of her a lot since it centered on Chuck and Di’s divorce with a lot of Egyptian references. So much about this season reminded me of my season of purgatory.
A friend recently told me he thought witty t-shirts are no longer in fashion. I gave it about ten seconds of thought and agreed.
Whatever I do, I can’t get off of the University of Michigan’s Alumni mailing list. I suppose there are worse schools to be associated with.
I think former President Trump is doing the thumbs up in this photo taken at his daughter’s wedding.
BoyGeeding can now easily solve a Rubik’s Cube. He can do it in under three-minutes, and continues to find ways to solve it faster. We played several games of chess against each other for several hours yesterday.
I’ve never used the term brook for anything other than referencing it in a story. I don’t even know the difference between a brook and a stream.
When I was a kid, beer cans had tabs which came all the way off.
There are three fairly new books I’d like to read for enjoyment right now: the Bono memoir, the Jeff Pearlman book on Bo Jackson, and the Jimmy Johnson autobiography. It’s hard for me to read for enjoyment. My brother once instilled in me that I should not read any fiction or anything for enjoyment, just stuff that “enriches the mind.” Also, many people in my Baptist days would “encourage” only to read Christian books because if we weren’t reading to become closer to God we were wasting our time.
Here’s Bono trying to non-conspicuously promote his book at a bookstore.
Tempting set of four photos, which I warn you, is very, very not safe work, should not be those who are sensitive, and deals with medical gore – A particularly unfortunate impalement (NSFW)
Yesterday, I received a phone call from the hospital I had my surgery at back in December of last year. They claim I owe them over $3,000 and wanted to know how I would pay. I started to question the charges and asked why are they contacting me 11 months after the surgery and not sooner. They claim to have sent bills, but I ain’t received a single one. So, I asked them to verify the address. The rep was hesitant and again asked how I wanted to pay. We had a back and forth of sorts, and she finally verified my address. Again, she explained multiple bills have been sent and it would have been detailed in my Explanation of Benefits from my insurance. I logged on to my insurance’s website and saw nothing there which reflects anything she said. I explained to the rep that it’s a bit strange to get a phone call out of the blue asking for me to pay something expensive and immediately, and abruptly hung up on her, which I felt bad for doing so. Because, when I looked up the hospital’s phone number and called their billing department, they were able to verify the balance, but said “something” doesn’t look right, so she was going to get “somebody to research it” and I’d get a phone call “later.” ¡Ay, caramba! I hate our healthcare system.
Last month I was doing a bit of cleaning and started to throw a bunch of “old” paperwork away. Some of what I threw away dealt with my surgery back in December of last year. I figured by now, everything should be taken care of, and there’s no need for me to hold on to it anymore. I was so proud of myself for not being a hoarder anymore. Now, I’ve got me some regrets.
One way to goat me into losing my temper is talk over me when I’m talking, or interrupt me when I’m talking. I take it as such a huge sign of disrespect. I also realize it’s a weakness and it’s something I’m working on.
As a liberal, when it comes to Texas politics, I can see why conservatives are willing to vote for Abbott and Patrick. But Paxton and the corruption boggles me. But then again, Hershel Walker and Trump boggles me. I guess people choose to what they want to believe and the truth no longer matters. The truth, no longer matters.
Stories like these reminds me of when I first became aware of John Ashcroft. He lost a U.S. Senate race to a dead man. Then, President-Elect George W. Bush, nominated him to be our country’s next U.S. Attorney General. Per Wikipedia (the last sentence is a kicker):
In the midst of a tight race, Carnahan died in an airplane crash three weeks prior to the election. Ashcroft suspended all campaigning after the plane crash. Because of Missouri state election laws and the short time to election, Carnahan’s name remained on the ballot. Lieutenant Governor Roger B. Wilson became governor upon Carnahan’s death. Wilson said that should Carnahan be elected, he would appoint his widow, Jean Carnahan, to serve in her husband’s place; Mrs. Carnahan stated that, in accordance with her late husband’s goal, she would serve in the Senate if voters elected his name. Following these developments, Ashcroft resumed campaigning. Carnahan won the election 51% to 49%. No one had ever posthumously won election to the Senate, though voters had on at least three occasions chosen deceased candidates for the House of Representatives. Ashcroft remains the only U.S. Senator defeated for re-election by a dead person.
Jennifer Aniston is on the cover of Allure looking very provocative, but it’s been so photoshopped or AI made her look like a cousin of Jennifer Aniston and Iggy Pop.
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