Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it. –Alfred Hitchcock, film-maker (1899-1980)
Medicaid Application
Oh—I had to go apply for Medicaid today. I know that I don’t qualify, but I have to have a letter saying so for one of the drug companies’ patient assistance programs. So after class today, I went to the…
Read Being_Homeless
This does a really good job of explaining why I read being_homeless. I recommend adding her to your friends list if you are willing to reevaluate a lot of assumptions.
For RedCub
Hey redcub? One of my professors sent around a note this week asking if we wanted to take the Regent’s test online— – which means it wouldn’t have to be written out in longhand. Is your school doing that? You…
Medical Transcription?
Speaking of medical terminology and data entry in that last post reminds me—I would actually like to get back into medical transcription. I didn’t do it long enough for any new company to really consider it “experience” but I’m a…
School Thoughts
Well, I did my medical terminology quiz today, and I think I aced it. We’ll see. My “foundations of TCOM” class was split up into three teams. Two debated the place of rhetoric in technical communications, while my team acted…
Email Down
Problems with larp_dot_com mean that our email is down, and has been since sometime yesterday morning. We don’t know if any mail sent in the meantime will be recoverable or not. We don’t know when the problems will be resolved,…
Normal’s Birthday
Happy Birthday, normal!
Learning PageMaker
Last semester, I wrote a four-page document for a report that I intended to turn into something of a brochure. It’s about fibromyalgia and how it affects college students, and is intended for college faculty and staff members. I never…
Goodbye, Cultured Pearl Frost
Dammit, I think it is the nail polish. And I can’t find anybody selling that color any more. It’s my favorite “quiet” color (not red or purple), “cultured pearl frost.” It’s just barely there, a hint of lavender/pink in it…