I haven't blogged in several weeks, mostly because I really haven't had anything to say. I'm almost done with my summer class, and I'm still irritated that Caucasians are referred to as "whites" and "white man" yet skin color is never used for any other ethnic group.
I saw my first Christmas stuff in the store last weekend (July 11th) at Fleet Farm in Plymouth. A whole aisle of lights, lawn ornaments, decorations, artificial trees, and other assorted Christmas items. They were having a Christmas in July sale, which is lame. I'm wondering at what point the stores will have year round Christmas sales and just be done with the pretense of suffering through the non-Christmas shopping season.
My workplace, Columbia Hospital, celebrated its 100th anniversary today. I have worked there 20 years, and as of October 2010, will close. Columbia and St. Mary's hospital form CSM (Columbia St. Mary's) and will have a new hospital at the St. Mary's Milwaukee site. The employees are continually told that this is a wonderful thing, but I'm sad that a once great hospital, Columbia, will close and forever be forgotten. And, at what point will the "C" in CSM be erased from the name because it doesn't exist anymore. The merging of employees will prove to be stressful and interesting. All the Columbia employees will be like the step-children in a new blended marriage. The ones relegated to trying to fit in and make a place for themselves. At least the ones that still have a job.
Why is our government spending money it will never have? Why are all these programs and far reaching plans being passed RIGHT NOW instead of being discussed and debated for a reasonable amount of time so we know what we are getting ourselves in to? What is the hurry?
Why do people think a national health care plan will be run any better than what Medicare is run now? Just ask any person on Medicare about the plan and you will hear nothing positive. As a person who deals with Medicare from a providers point of view, if we get the same reimbursement from the new Medicare, we will be bankrupt within the first year. You think you wait a long time for treatment or a doctor's appointment now? Just wait until there are only a handful of doctors and hospitals and you are triaged based on age, life-style habits, and whether or not you really qualify for treatment.
Why are there so many Michael Jackson fans all of a sudden? Where were they when he was on trial? Personally, I was never a fan and didn't really care for his music. I think he was a strange person and don't feel any differently about him now that he is dead. Why does death change some people's perception of the deceased?
And finally, why isn't The Amazing Race show in HD?
