Yesterday was not the day I was hoping for when I woke up. Got to work about the usual time, and started trying to work. But I had to deal with multiple government offices once they opened for the day to deal with mom’s Medicare Part D coverage, which had been helpfully cancelled by someone (it’s still not clear exactly what happened) after we’d gotten it set up back in December. The phone calls rapidly turned up the frustration level to the point that I gave up on getting any work done and took personal time for the rest of the day. I came home and spent all afternoon playing phone-tag, and finally got things resolved about 4pm. Well, kinda resolved. At least the right forms are supposed to be in the mail to me, and it should all be sorted out for March. Ugh. And even that wouldn’t have happened without the great gal at the Senior LinkAge Line® who guided me through the process and spent almost two hours on the phone with me, making something like eight different three-way calls.
As I mentioned yesterday, I don’t have any plans for today. I’m probably going to try and work an extra hour or two to make up for being out all yesterday afternoon. Pretty romantic, eh?
And in a bit of followup, multiple readers pointed out to me that DFL stands for “Dead F***in’ Last”. Thanks for the help. I had a mental block because I kept thinking of Minnesota’s Democrat-Farmer-Labor party, and couldn’t figure out what in the world they had to do with the Olympics.
- iMockery has a new crop of Valentine’s Day cards for your loved ones! for 2006. Enjoy! [fark!]
- Nobody to help drown your sorrows tonight, and you don’t feel like drinking alone? Pop in the Drinking with Steve DVD, and you’ve got an instant drinking buddy. A little light on the interaction, but what the hell, you’ve got booze.
- Just remember that there are new fines for parties in Minneapolis. Don’t get too loud. [daily]
- The Song Tapper lets you
Search for music by tapping the rhythm of the song’s melody.
Handy? I dunno. I haven’t actually tried it, so it might even be a scam. [kottke] - And speaking of music, the ELP Laser Turntable plays vinyl records without a needle. Awfully cool, and I remember when Popular Science told me sometime in the mid-70s that this sort of thing was coming. They weren’t predicting a $15,000 purchase-price, though. Still, if you’ve got a huge collection of vinyl, and too much money… [boing boing]