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Urgent Care does not = Emergency Room

Did everyone else already know that? I didn't know that. Turns out, I have insurance for Urgent Care but not for Emergency Room visits. Stupid me, to have an accident, think a toe was broken, go ho...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:19:00 GMT

What? Why?

What is wrong with me? Why can't I appreciate the weather I have been DREAMING of for so long? I was so, so sick of winter. It's been winter for four months. I longed for warmth and sun and tried ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:49:00 GMT

Turning the other cheek is exhausting

When someone puts me down, I would much rather be petty. In fact, I am petty, but I try to not be in front of other people. Really, you just end up embarrassing yourself. What you thought would be ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:10:00 GMT

nevermind...

Um... So... The whole $551 medical bill thing was a mistake. Northwest Acute Care billed some other division of my conglomerated health insurance company and they couldn't find me in their records s...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 13:54:00 GMT

*@&#*%^$

So, yesterday I got a lovely, funny Valentines Day card from my friend Elie. My only other piece of mail was from Northwest Acute Care. I thought for a moment that it might have been a check; some ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:08:00 GMT

Free Cookies

This serves as both a blog entry and a public service announcement (for those of you in Portland): Every Tuesday, while supplies last, the Hollywood Trader Joes (Halsey & 41st/42nd) is GIVING AWAY...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:11:00 GMT

Astoria again

After my bubble-bursting trip to Astoria in '07, I was happy to get the chance to go back last week. I had a friend and her husband-- all the way from NoVa -- in town and she, turns out, is an even b...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:50:00 GMT

That does it: I like Steve Carell but I’m done with Michael Scott

I hate Michael Scott. I have since the beginning of "The Office." What keeps me watching are all the rest of the characters he abuses. They are well-written and hilarious and worth my half an hour;...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:26:00 GMT

Does everyone love "Heroes" but me?

NBC acts like this show is the Second Coming, and I hear people gushing about it all the time. A radio DJ was talking about it yesterday and he couldn't even say why he liked it, he just said 'I love...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:43:00 GMT

Smile

One Thursday, a couple weeks ago, I was walking up 20th Ave from the Salmon Street Farmers Market. I was about to cross Sandy Blvd. when I saw a woman with a stroller, walking in my direction. The c...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:35:00 GMT