Absent For A Bit ....

I am away for a little while working on a few or more episodes for The Adventures of My Space Alien Alter Ego story ... will return (to Earth) soon!

Notice: Blogger has screwed up and lost a bunch of photos out of my blog! They are replaced with a gray silhouette of a human head. I will eventually get them replaced with the correct photo, it may take a while to find and fix everything. So some of my stories don't make much sense without their photos, sorry for the inconvenience.

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2010-10-06

Twenty

I think I figured out what's wrong with health care in the USA. They have been waiting for me to retire to pay for everyone. I found out today that my former employer is charging me more than $20,000 a year for retiree medical coverage for myself and spouse. I thought the "bene" in the word benefit meant "good" ?

I realize that my wife's medical expenses are a little bit higher than mine, but I think my total medical purchases during the last 20 months after my job have been ~10 dollars for one bottle of severe headache medicine, a bottle of ibuprofen, and a box of band aids. And zero visits to see a doctor.

A little later I remembered there would also be a couple bottles of vitamin B-12 at 250 pills per bottle, so that escalates the total into the 20 dollar range, or around a dollar a month.

So I have easily spent slightly more the 10 times that much money on health care for my dog (more than $200) in that same time period, but he isn't covered by the insurance policy.

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New Blog for My Abstract Art ... Come Visit

Click HERE for the Art of Ernest S B Boston

These are pieces that I have generated mainly using computer art tools. Enjoy !

Something New:

I am also in the process of linking my poetry blog entries together. This project is only partially finished. A "Poetry LINK" at the bottom of the blog entry points to the next older piece of poetry.


First poem in the series of linked poems ....

Turn Gold Out of the Darkness

Turn Gold Out of the Darkness

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My Art

These are some of my abstract art pieces. They are available as prints, send me a note if you are interested.

Couch Glow

Couch Glow

Gold As Smoke

Gold As Smoke

Flowing Wood

Flowing Wood