February 22, 2007

Thursday tidbits - Feb. 22

Rambling on...

* Looking at my dealings this morning with various medical claim adjusters and such, you would not think I am the cousin of two doctors (one deceased) who have/held various important positions in the medical field at local area hospitals. It took me until just a few minutes ago to find out exactly what an adjustor's role and a case manager's role was. Turned out I had them both backwards, and almost made an appointment with a second doctor without getting the adjustor's approval.

People claim they don't understand me when I say I need a secretary of my own to sort out my paperwork & thoughts for me. It's not to say I would refuse to do my own work, but my scenario is indeed confusing, and for one that was not officially taught how to deal with the medical profession, it has become increasingly embarassing with each passing day.

* How could we have a "freeze advisory" in effect the other day for this area, when in fact it should have been a "thaw warning", as snow actually began to turn to slush around here after a 3-week cold snap? Then I figured it out: Dense fog that morning could have deposited ice alongside bridges & lesser-travelled roads.

Food for thought: I was set on learning meterology before I settled into television production as a life major. Guess that wouldn't have "digested" well.

* Isn't anything else going on in the entertainment world? ENOUGH about Britney and Anna Nicole! The judge in the Anna Nicole case is trying to become the next Judge Judy, per rumors? How warped and out of proportion do these cases have to be blown? A case expert on CNBC said this morning the longest this trial should have lasted is two hours, in and out.

Gee, that wouldn't have brought in ratings.

As far as Britney's trevails go, two one-day round trips in & out of rehab tells me all I need to know. She's in trouble, and yet she uses it for publicity. Don't tell me at least some of this isn't premeditated. She won't garner sympathy this way, and it may turn off those who really would want to help her.

The worst feeling you can have is one of total lonlieness... and she is headed down that dark path now.

Don't we have a war to report on now? Aren't those the lost lives we should be concerning ourselves with?