Insurance Reforms

Something weird happened to me. I wasn't really going to share it with people because it makes me sound like an idiot. But I am so angry that I have to tell someone.

About a month ago I was sleeping in my bed. I had the window open to let in a nice breeze because I like the cool fall breeze at night. Anyway while I was sleeping I had the strangest feeling that I was being watched. I was half awake so when I saw two giant black eyes peering at me through the window I thought I was just dreaming.

I went back to sleep and in the morning everything was normal. I would have left it at that. I would have thought that nothing happened and it was just a dream. But here is the part that really makes me angry.

I got a statement from my health insurance company yesterday. In the explaination of benefits it had charges from these nocturnal visitors. I never asked for an anal probe. And what's more my insurance wouldn't cover it because they are an out of network provider.

I am so mad! I'm not going to pay it. I'm not even sure where I would send a check anyway.

Theaters Unfair to ADHD Sufferers

I took my family to see Wall-E a couple of weeks ago. I think there was about a paragraph of dialogue in the whole movie. But that isn't what I wanted to blog about. When I bought the tickets it occurred to me that even though I am paying for 5 seats, I get the children's seats cheaper than the adult seats. I don't think that as an adult I am getting any better service from the staff at the theater. I don't get extra padded seats. I don't really get anything of any extra value that the kids do. In fact, kids actually should cost more than adults because they are noisy, they can't sit still and they can reduce the value of the experience for adults.

So am I saying they should raise the price of tickets for children at the movies? No, I just think they should charge less for adults or provide something extra for the extra money that adults pay to see a movie. Also last time I checked 14 year old kids weren't adults, but I pay the adult rate for my 14 year old daughter...oh wow I just figured the whole thing out. They charge more for people that actually can sit still through the movie because they actually are seeing more of the movie. My 2 year old pays less because he only sees 5% of the movie. The rest of the time he is running up and down the isle.

If this is the reason than there should be a discount for people who are ADHD.

Handy Crafts for Criminals

I was thinking the idea to keep kids safer by putting orange tips on toy guns was a nice idea. I have read news stories where someone was holding a toy gun and police thought it was real and shot the person. I am not sure how often it happens, but when I checked google there were quite a few of these stories.

While I was thinking about how great all of this was I wondered, "Why don't criminals just by some flourescent paint and paint the tips of their guns?".