Since updating this website to WordPress v2.8 in the middle of June they’ve released two additional security updates. Unfortunately, the latest update also required a little extra tinkering and work on my part. I look on constant security fixes for this fantastic (free!) open source software as a small price to pay for increased security.
Again, the calculators should all be completely impervious to changes in the WordPress program itself. However, its theoretically possible you might notice a little weirdness in how the website looks/acts. If so, please drop me a line and let me know so I can take a look.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled rating…
One has to wonder which would have given Kafka a bigger headache – MPN’s or voice mail message systems. ((I think I dislike voice mail message systems more…)) ((Photo courtesy of marcelgermain)) Finding a medical provider within an MPN is no walk in the park. ((Heck, I’m a defense attorney and I’m not crazy about Medical Provider Networks.))
I get frustrated when I need to find a medical provider within an MPN. If I’m very lucky, I get lost in a maze of badly laid out pages or meaningless search screens. If I’m not so lucky the MPN website has changed, moved, or no longer exists.
Anyhow, I wanted to extend a “thank you” to all the users of this website who help me maintain my Medical Provider Network website page. It seems like just about every week some kind person sends me a new MPN website link or updated MPN password. ((Once an insurance company sent me their updated MPN page!))
This last weekend I stayed overnight at a hotel in Chico. In the planters next to the parking lot they had placed these disclaimers/warning labels that read, “OXFORD SUITE HOTEL NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WATER SPOTTING DUE TO SPRINKLERS.” ((Sign, parking lot, shrubbery, and wood chips are the sole responsibility of Oxford Suite Hotel – no matter what disclaimers they put up. Photo by Jay Shergill, all rights reserved.))
This brought to mind any number of responses:
“Oxford Suite Hotel not responsible for water”
“Oxfor Suite Hotel not responsible for H2O on your H2”
“Oxford Suite Hotel: You failed physics in high school, didn’t you?”
“Oxford Suite Hotel: Newton and Einstein – what bastards!”
“Oxford Suite Hotel: Life’s tough. Buy a helmet.”
“Oxford Suite Hotel not responsible for the administration of midnight beating for people who complain about water spotting due to sprinklers. You brought that on yourself.”
I’m sure some idiot called their management to complain about how the sprinklers had left spots on their car. When you think about it, Oxford Suite Hotel should be responsible for the installation, functioning, and maintenance of their own sprinklers, just as people who own vehicles should be responsible for the care and maintenance of their own vehicles.
There’s no making some people happy. If they are going to complain about thier vehicle getting wet, while it’s outside, they’re going to complain about the lighting, the room, the service, the sheets, the ice being too cold, the A.C. being too loud, and the TV being too dry.
Here’s a decent business model: sprinklers automatically spray a customer’s car as soon as they pull up. If they moan about spotting, send them on their way. If they thank you for washing their car, offer them a complimentary breakfast with their stay.
In any case, I blame the huge evil sign industry that has purchased our elected officials.
Yesterday morning I was driving to the San Jose Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board along 680 in the midst of some pretty gnarly traffic. A woman followed me in her black Infiniti from roughly Danville to Dublin, tailgating. ((Photo courtesy of BillyPalooza))
She was following me so closely, I could literally read her lips as she was chanting, “Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.”
