Got a letter from Blue Shield yesterday. Initially I was terrified that my rates were going up AGAIN. Well, since I’d just switched to BS in March it would be the first increase after suffering many through Anthem Blue Cross. I open this letter, anticipating the loss of my temper…
No rate increase…phew!
Instead there is a [...]
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Blue Shield Dumps Late-Paying Subscribers…
Posted in Marin County, tagged Anthem, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, health care, Marin County on November 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve got some weird Hotmail email virus…
Posted in Marin County, tagged email, hotmail, virus on November 23, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The last couple weeks have had me getting truckloads of emails with “undeliverable” in the subject heading & stuff like that. At some point I realized similar stuff was going out to my friends (and many strangers) in my name. Looks like I’ve got some sort of Hotmail virus that’s going through my email contacts. [...]
How do keep your cat from annoying you at night…
Posted in Marin County, tagged cats, Marin County, novato on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The perpetrator? One Miss Soozy.
The crime? Walking on me & B while we’re sleeping, 2:00am, 5:00am. Back and forth, up and down. I pet her for a bit, she sits on B, who scratches her chin. She stops and The Puffball starts rubbing her cold, wet nose on any part of Keith not under the [...]
Michael Vick = Worst of the Worst…
Posted in Marin County, tagged animal cruelty, dog fighting, michael vick, pitbull on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reading this article on SF Gate about a Pitbull Rescue group responsible for Vick’s remaining dogs after his arrest. Her eyewitness accounts are beyond disturbing. The way Vick and Co. tortured these animals goes beyond ignorance or misunderstanding.
We’re talking a special kind of evil. One that really can’t be reasoned with or rehabilitated. At least, [...]
Petaluma Pumpkin Patch + 101 Traffic =
Posted in Marin County, tagged bay area, halloweek, Petaluma, rant, traffic on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ME wanting to beat rubberneckers senseless with their latte cups.
The culprit? Petaluma Pumpkin Patch, just north of Petaluma, starting the incline towards Cotati. What’s the freakin’ deal, morons? It’s a PUMPKIN PATCH! I could see slowing down traffic if Michael Jackson, Elvis or a reunited Beatles were suddenly jamming for the 101 drivers…but they’re not.
You’re [...]
Journey: Live in Manila DVD–Cool!
Posted in Marin County, tagged arnel pineda, guitar, journey on October 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Wasn’t really interested in this DVD at first. Already got the concert video that came with the Revelation package. But I had to seek out a Walmart to find the new KISS album (packaged the same way as Revelation, new/old/DVD) and right next to it was the Live in Manila DVD for ten bucks. Like [...]
“Opportunity Centers” Open in San Rafael, Novato
Posted in Marin County, tagged illegal immigration, Marin County, novato, san rafael on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m reading this article in today’s Marin IJ about a couple hiring halls opening in Novato and San Rafael. A quick quote from Richard Halstead’s piece…
“The new opportunity centers will provide workers with access to bathrooms, running water, computers, Internet service and phones. They will serve as multicultural, multiservice centers providing temporary workers with classes [...]
Shell Vacations Club/Kona SCAM!
Posted in Marin County, tagged Hawaii, kona, Marin County, scam, shell vacations on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alright, SCAM might be a loaded word, perhaps exaggerating, maybe unfair. But even though I’m based in Marin County I’m going to detail my recent experience to the Big Island and let you be the judge, perhaps dodge the timeshare insanity like I did.
Flew into Kona last month. For the uninitiated it works like this; [...]
Sausalito Chili Cook Off 9/29/09
Posted in Marin County, tagged chili, Marin County, Sausalito on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dragged the girlfriend and her parents to the Sausalito Chili Cookoff yesterday. In one word…
LETDOWN!
There were only seven booths competing in the tasting. SEVEN??? Last year there were at least twice that. And Petaluma’s cookoff had at least twenty something competitors, along with a salsa competition AND a beer garden where you could pass out [...]
Lynn Woolsey’s Petaluma Town Hall 8/31
Posted in Marin County, tagged health care, Marin County, woolsey on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Never been to a town hall meeting before and seeing the news reports of obnoxious inbreds hijacking such gatherings with inaccurate rhetoric I went to Petaluma last night to offer a voice of reason. Or at least fill a seat with someone who wouldn’t scream uneducated absurdities at our congresswoman.
The good news was that the [...]
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