A number of years ago, then Attorney General Andrew Cuomo conducted a press conference in the library where I have worked for the past 8 years. The topic was predatory lending to college students and the media was there with notepads and cameras. This may have been the first time I became aware of Cuomo's … Continue reading Reading between the (budget) lines
Category: Rant
Can’t get no satisfaction
If only everything was as good as Yono's pork bellyMaybe this is the payback for eating a mess of pork belly and bakmi last night? Despite the brilliant warm sunshine today, I seem to be having the most frustrating day I can remember. Here's how it has gone down, dare I say, so far...Woke up … Continue reading Can’t get no satisfaction
Unassured
Last week I got a postcard in the mail touting a program my insurance company, I mean Health Plan, offers. There's some sort of rewards program that I can opt into earning points towards gift cards and other discounts if I register and then log my healthy choices. I went on line and registered already … Continue reading Unassured
Shower of filth
I have been sick to my stomach since yesterday morning when I read Maureen Dowd's column about the Penn State child sexual abuse cases. She deftly wove a child's perspective throughout the paragraphs and, at one point, I literally threw the newspaper down because I was so distressed by the explicit description of one of … Continue reading Shower of filth
Scariest things at Fright Fest
Yesterday afternoon the boys and I headed up to the Great Escape's Fright Fest in an attempt to get into the spirit of Halloween. We had been persuaded to buy season's passes for 2012 by what seemed to be a pretty good deal - $49.95 per person with free parking for the year along with … Continue reading Scariest things at Fright Fest
April Foolishness
image from:http://amamasblog.files.wordpress.comGrown men who use the diminutive form of their nameThose silly stickers people place on the back of their vehicles showing the composition of their family.Medical facilities charging the uninsured more than they charge those with negotiated insurance rates.The incidence of double-parking in Albany, especially when there is a nearby legit space.The potholes all … Continue reading April Foolishness
A $9 Billion Problem
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