Comments for The Confused Neuron

Comment on Early Birthday Present by Christy

Christy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:57:06 +0000

Very happy you like it love.

Comment on Generations of Fun by Christy

Christy — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:43:22 +0000

Happy you both had such a fun time!

Comment on My Wife by Christy

Christy — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 01:34:09 +0000

My first instinct is to ask you if you were inebriated when you wrote this post. But then I just find myself smiling. Thank you, dear. If ever I needed to read something so thoughtful it would be right at this very moment. I honestly don’t know how either of us do it. It’s all worth it. Our family, the boys, us. It’s all worth the craziness. Though I would enjoy more than 3 hours of sleep at night. I love you babe, forever and forever again!

Comment on My Take on Health Care Reform by sisterbot

sisterbot — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:12:54 +0000

Incredibly well written! It makes me almost embarassed when I hear people who make comments about people who are uninsured being irresponsible. Having been uninsured and briefly on a county funded health plan I don’t think it’s about irresponsibility. There are entire work sectors that are not designed with the health and wellbeing of their workers in mind. (of course you know i’m talking about retail) No sick leave, or in some cases sick leave that doubles as ‘vacation time.’ (Ooh, i sure had a blast being out of work for two weeks with the flu! So glad I took that Influenzacation!) Pay raises that not only completely ignore cost of living increases, but are in most cases downright insulting (.10-.33/hour – I’m still looking at you retail!) and no chance for merit increases?

Yes, I have insurance through my employer because I worked my ass of for a year to prove to them that I was worth retaining as a full-time employee.

Could I use the money that I pay for it in other ways? Yes.
Can I afford to actually USE the insurance that I buy for preventative care? No. Wouldn’t even dream of it.
Can I afford to use ANY of the benefits that I pay for? No.
Am I confident that if I have an emergency, an illness or something terrible happen to me that I will not be made financially destitute because of it? No.

So what about me? I’m still taking a chance every day, especially in a job like mine where I could easily be injured on the job or develop or aggravate an injury that could lead to long-term pain. Am I irresponsible? Or am I just one of many victims of an industry that proudly regards its workforce as ‘disposable’?

Comment on Long Time No Blog by sisterbot

sisterbot — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:37:32 +0000

Welcome back to blogginghood! Can’t wait to hear more about how life / double fatherhood / iPhone / etc is treating you

Comment on Finn’s Shower by Christy

Christy — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:40:36 +0000

There are pictures on Flickr, I did it yesterday. =o)

http://scrink.com/blog/baby/2009/03/surprise-baby-shower.html

Comment on Stimulus? by sisterbot

sisterbot — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 02:10:21 +0000

Weird, did you happen to hear Obama’s weekly radio address this week? (I subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.. totally not a dork..) If you haven’t, you should seek it out!

Comment on Roll a Shammy by Christy

Christy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:15:07 +0000

You’ll have to let us know how it goes.

Comment on Disclaimer by Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:16:39 +0000

Hey John. I don’t mind you silently stalking my blog at all. Christy’s got a LOT of awesome ideas with design. I would recommend Wordpress as well. I’ve used Blogger and Typepad and Wordpress by far the easiest and most customizable option I’ve run across thus far, IMHO.

And yeah…I wasn’t too wild about the unicorns. Hah. Christy redid the graphics for me, took her like 5 minutes. She’s good. Very good.

Comment on Christmas Night by Christy

Christy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:35:25 +0000

Glad you had a very happy Christmas, so did I.