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Here in Cincinnati, Clear Channel axed a couple of radio shows. Notably, Paul Daugherty's. A good journalist, and had a fine show. He still writes for the Cincinnati Enquirer. You know the biz - ratings, cut costs, get infomercial cash, and the like. There's only one local sports show left, now. And as expected, it leans towards the "shock jock" end of the spectrum.

Very chi-chi, old money, and the like. Reminds me of the Tuesday Morning Quarterback - Easterbrook, who used to refer to our former HC as..."the tastefully named Gregg Williams".

Nothing would compel me to go see a movie like Con Air, so I don't know. I merely mention that he has made a few decent movies, and seems to be an unpretentious fellow. I can't fault him for making dreck movies - most in the biz do so too, for the $$$.

Eh - AFAIK, he's a decent chap who knows he's not a Shakespearean actor or a Greek paragon of beauty. His work, acting, dialogue in Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Peggy Sue Got Married, It Could Be You and the umpteenth remake of City of Angels was decent, humorous where called for, and heartwarming.

Had a long film and tv career...as you note, a nice, decent fellow. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001123/

R.I.P.

A Doctor's group and a hospital here in Cincinnati are under a Federal indictment. They cooked up a sweetheart quid pro quo - the hospital provided free office space, and the Doctors steered their patients to the hospital's testing facilities - the whole gamut...radiology, cardiology, blood work, and so on.

That's right - moderation. I take a 1000 mg Omega-3 (Nature Made brand) per day, also 1,100 mg Calcium (slight osteopenia condition), 1/2 Centrum multi-vitamin (watch the vitamin intake - today's fortified foods can lead to excess), and approximately 100 mg additional vitamin C. I have to cut the OTC Vitamin C pills - they have too much. I used to be able to buy 250 mg pills, but they seem to have disappeared from the shelves. Here's an excellent site for nutrition values of foods: http://www.nutritiondata.com/

You're less than half the pecker I am.

Happy B'Day to all!

Yep. My provider has an easy mechanism to report fraud. I've used it several times, which personally got me some bucks back. They blacklist the perps, although they resurface as a new LLC or some sort. The last one was some bunch of fleas that claimed that they rented the hospital space for a colonoscopy procedure and provided post-procedure care. I checked their claim numbers on the bill they sent me - they falsified diagnostic codes and put out numbers that didn't jive with my providers' Explanation of Benefits mailing. These crumbs really play on the facts that folks are concerned about their health, and that they don't want to get in trouble for not paying. And if Congress wanted to do something worthwhile - I recommend a "Universal Billing Format" or some such. This $91 I recently paid...it was for "Hospital". Not what it was - blood work. And no date of service. A rule for everyone: Check before you cut that check. Contact your provider before any procedure.

And how!

Everybody knows that more taxpayer money for colleges, civil servants and unions will solve such problems. Get with the program and pay your taxes. (Insert the hands-on-hips smiley that we don't have).

Mohican, perhaps?

Sssh. You don't want to be branded as a malcontent.

Got any Black trash stories to relate, after all the many previous postings?

Is the Caps key problem mechanical, electrical, or congenital?

There is that...

Well, that is the coverage scheme they employ...

Borrow a keyboard and plug it in. If that solves it, you are in luck. Keyboards are so very cheap these days - less than 10 bucks.

Generally, your provider has a web site that lists authorized providers. And it can be quite specific - Doctors often have multiple offices they show up at during the week, and one that is on their approved list for renumeration at location A, B, C might not be authorized for coverage at D. If you visit office D - you are not covered. Doctors are continually setting up this or that corporation to get more cash out of the system. Several times, I've noticed delayed billings so they can toss their receivables into another tax quarter. Folks like to bash Big Insurance, and Big Pharmaceuticals, but Big Doctor is the source of most rip-offs, IMO. I can't begin to tell you the number of phony billings I've got from physicians through the years, charges from their sweetheart labs and so on. And you must arm yourself with info about lab work coverage and approved suppliers, too. I pay 5K for coverage with a 5K deductible. 2 months ago, my hematologist drew near a half-pint out of me for analysis (they did give me an 8 oz. box of apple juice so I wouldn't pass out, since I don't eat before I visit per their advice - and charged me 9 bucks for that 50 cent juice box). I asked where my blood would be toodling off to for testing. When they told me, I said no - not on the coverage list. I said, send it to this outfit, like before (the hemo/onco outfit I go to recently re-incorporated and struck new deal for pushing lab work to their new lab buddy). Had I not, the $91.44 bucks I did pay would have been $1,125.11. Funny, eh? Amazing, isn't it? That the lab with arrangements with my provider accepts 91 bucks and makes a profit on it, and one not approved would gladly raid my wallet for over a thousand bucks for the same service. Hmmm...kickback $$$ for Dear Old Doc, anyone? Also - be sure to look into your plan's Rx coverage - the formulary. That company rep that walks in with a bag of take-out for the staff while you wait and wait, gets his cost back from forking over trips, all-expense paid "seminars" in Hawaii or similar, when Dear Old Doc writies tons of Rx for their products. Always ask for generic alternatives, and/or say, why this, why not this product? A tip: Buy the Pill Book: http://www.epill.com/pillbook.html The paperback version is under seven bucks. Do not trust a physician to be especially knowledgable about interactions. Always ask the Pharmacist - and they generally let you know before you ask.

Urine... http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/story/11704642 Kids...what to do?