In Which Mozart Speaks

[rolanni]

Now, if only I could figure out what "mack-mack-ow" means. Obviously, it's of vital importance, as he makes sure to make eye contact before beginning his speech, and repeats it several times. Could be he wants me to turn off the wind, of which there has been -- and continues to be -- Prodigious Amounts this day.

We will here observe a moment of silence in order to offer thanks to Bud and Dustin, whose amazing feats with shingle and window last year means that the wind is not as I type wailing through my office and icing up the monitor.

The day was consumed with mundane things. The information for DirigoChoice has finally arrived. It's impenetrable, of course, so I've made an appointment with an "Anthem Agent" in town for Monday to see if the thing might be put to me in plain English. I'd love for Dirigo to be the Affordable Healthcare it pretends to be, but I'm not taking any chances on turning blue, here...

Did a good chunk of SRM work, and totted up the bills. Made lentil soup for supper -- good day for it.

...and Mozart has given up on me, and gone down the hall to the kitchen. Not a bad idea, that.

Comments

health insurance costs

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

My HMO plan will cost 40% more next year. I can switch to a cheaper plan with the same HMO, but: having taken early retirement from a Federal job, I also pay the employer's cost.

Minnesota only allows non-profit HMOs, and mine does better than most at holding down costs.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Humans just are _dense_. There's a long-hair black and white cat on the next block that has something _important_ to tell us, even crosses the street when he sees us coming to continue the discourse. But we just don't seem to Get It.

Probably involves those opposable thumbs and either doors or can-openers.

[christymarx.livejournal.com]

Tribble says mack-mack-ow to me a lot. It usually involves giving him lots of attention of some sort.

He also goes wuff-wuff-wuff to me sometimes, which I find quite amusing. I think it's a more urgent version of mack-mack-ow.

Here's Tribble in an icon between makng funny noises.