Why?

The original Medicare plan that I have has worked well and is fair and efficient. Easy to sign up for, easy to understand and for the most part efficient .Most doctors take assignment and file for their patients..

By contrast, the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan D is indeed a convoluted mess. I consider myself computer savvy enough to utilize the www.medicare.gov web site and I have compared plans. With all the road blocks, sign up hurdles, donut holes, hidden costs and kowtowing to the drug companies it defies logic that Congress allowed this plan take effect.

My main gripe with those who produced this new "Drug Benefit" is this: WHY DID YOU MAKE IT SO COMPLICATED?

TVSeries

What is your favorite TV show? Right now my favorite is "Boston Legal" At times the story line can get far fetched but that is just the nature of the beast of a TV series. I especially like Allan Shore and Denny Crane and the nightly ritual of musing over their day as they enjoy a brandy or a beer and cigar on the balcony of the law firm's building. In many ways James spader ( Allan Shore ) reminds me of Charles Laughton in some of the old black and white films. His mannerisms and the pacing of his dialogue are similar to Laughton's. He and William Shatner make a good team. Good writers superior direction and writers make this an interesting series. And on occasion they throw in some gentle digs at the Bush administration which I enjoy.

Pull a rabbit out of your hat. That's the secret both to trial law and life." - Denny Crane



"You have a job to do, and
so do it. Yours is to sell
socks and suspenders. Mine is to cross examine people like you and crush them."
- Alan Shore

Today

February is such a humdrum month. Schizoid weather patterns abound this month in Atlanta with 60 to 70 degrees one day and then a few days later we get 28 degrees with freezing rain. The daffodils are coming up and blooming...then the freeze gets them. The pansies seem to like the changes in temperature and are blooming their little heads off in riots of color.

So, Hooray for the stalwart pansies.

Western Union sends last telegram

I had a humorous experience with Western Union back in the '60's

A friend of mine entered the Pillsbury Bake Off Contest. Her recipe was for "Batter-Up Beef Pie" made with canned Dinty Moore Beef Stew and Pillsbury flour and so on.
She had my husband and I over to taste test it and it was not bad but we did not think she had a chance of winning.

Lo and behold Caroline did win the regional bake off and won a trip to Los angeles for the nation wide "Bake-Off. We were frankly surprised. One reason being Caroline looked like Eva Gabor and was very glamorous. Not your typical picture of a bake off winner.

The day of the Bake Off, we sent Caroline a dozen roses and a telegram saying:

"Everything's coming up roses. Good luck."

The next day, after losing the Bake Off, Caroline called Western Union to reply and said:

"Roses dead. So is Stew"

The shocked Western Union Operator interrupted and said:

"Oh I am so sorry. How did they die?"

(Easier to communicate in writing than over the telephone :))

Caroline did win a new stove and the trip to LA.....