And, really, what’s not to love about free permanent disability calculators?12
A few days ago I disparaged the MicroSoft and their new search engine, Bing.com. Today I tried a search for “permanent disability calculator” on their site. Guess who’s at the top?3
Search engine optimization, like fortune, is a fickle creature.45
I recently posted about how to buy a new computer. First, you need to think about balancing wants versus needs. My second post was about the new laptop category of cheap and lightweight netbooks.
If you are highly concerned about cost, portability, battery life and not as concerned about optical drives 1 , screen size, or keyboard size you probably want a netbook. It will probably run you between $300 – $500.2
If cost-be-damned you just must have absolutely everything, well, then get yourself a high end laptop.3 The sky’s the limit with a computer like this. You can configure an Alienware laptop that will make Deep Thought hide its processor in shame for $5,000.00 or so.
If you are concerned about cost but just cannot sacrifice optical drives, screen size, or keyboard size, you probably want a basic laptop. A basic laptop is all about compromises. You get the hardware you need from a desktop, but without the thin, light, elegant, and portable design. These laptops typically weigh between 6 and 8 pounds and cost between $600 and $1000 or so.
There are so many nearly indistinguishable computers in this category, there is no real point in suggesting a particular laptop. Just about every manufacturer has several choices for basic laptops.
Life’s too short to watch a bad movie. 1 Unfortunately, the only way to really determine whether a movie is bad is to wait until the end credits roll.2
I have a simple rule about watching movies that has saved me countless hours of agony. I don’t care about reviews, awards won, who’s in the movie, what’s going on in the movie, or what’s about to happen. If I’m not entertained within 30 minutes, I shut it off. 3
Before I created this rule I sat through innumerable movies in the hopes that they might somehow get better. Eventually I came to the realization that the people who made the movie boring me cannot be trusted to improve the movie before its end.
Don’t believe me? Try and think of one good movie that bored you for the first half hour. 4
What’s the worst movie you’ve seen?
For context, its best to see the prior post about the WCAB’s Weiner v. Ralph’s (en banc) decision. There’s even a link to the Weiner v. Ralphs (en banc) decision for download – just so you can play along at home.
The question in the title of the post is really a question about the WCAB’s rationale – not their end legal justification behind Weiner. I believe the Weiner case hints that the WCAB is going to go the other way and uphold their rulings in Almaraz/Guzman and Ogilvie.
However, I think the WCAB’s rationale for ending vocational rehabilitation was because of the potential for enormous retroactive vocational rehabilitation maintenance allowance awards at the temporary total disability rate outside the cap (VRTD).12
Last night I updated this website to use WordPress v2.8. There’s a lot of new features under the hood. One that I really like is the ability to browse new website themes.
The calculators should all be completely impervious to changes in WordPress. However, its theoretically possible you might notice a little bit of weirdness in how the rest of the website looks/acts. If so, please drop me a line and let me know so I can look into it.
Enjoy!
