I had an upper endoscopy on 2/1. The hospital charged $5093.24 for a procedure that takes 5 minutes of the surgeon’s time. (BTW, that charge doesn’t include the surgeon’s or the anesthesiologist’s charges). I got to the hospital two hours in advance and left after an hour after the procedure, so I was there about [...]
Tagged HealthGenerally speaking, I thought last night was weak. Carly – safe, predictable choice of song, sounded good. Syesha – A jazzy take on Me. & Mrs. Jones that about put me to sleep. Brooke – Best performance of the night as she completely nails Your So Vain. Ramele – Disco? I hate Disco. Kristi Lee [...]
Tagged IdolSo at the moment it’s Flu 2, ODonnells 2. Michelle and Delaney are down for the count, Breck and I are still healthy. I’ve read some online about Tamiflu as a preventive when another family member has the flu. Has anybody actually done that? For now I ma trying to stay outside of a 4 [...]
Tagged HealthI was lazy last week, but as one of the few homeschooling dads whose is not ashamed of watching AI, I will be writing about AI most weeks. So, this week we are down to 10 guys. Michael Johns – kind of boring, but chicks dig him so he’ll be around for a while. Jason [...]
Tagged IdolFrom a recent survey of 1200 public school teenagers 43% knew the Civil War was fought between 1850 and 1900. 52% could identify the theme of 1984. 51% knew that the controversy surrounding Sen. Joseph McCarthy focused on communism. In all, students earned a C in history and an F in literature, though the survey [...]
Tagged EducationThis is not a surprise to me at all. I’ve been arguing this point for at least six years.
Tagged ParentingAnvil of Stars is the sequel to The Forge of God. In Anvil, a group of 80 teenagers have been plucked from the survivors of earth’s destruction and tasked with hunting down and eliminating the creators of the robots that destroyed earth. They are guided by robot overlords who train them for the task but [...]
Tagged Books, sci-fiOne day you are the lead singer for an obscure 80s cover band in the Philippines. Then Neil Schon finds you on YouTube and you get promoted to the lead singer of Journey. The irony is that his job really didn’t change, because he is still singing for a band that plays 20 year songs [...]
Tagged MusicThey wanted a new web site and they came to ODonnellWeb for help.
Tagged MeRob May, better known as the BusinessPundit until he sold that site, has been an email / blog acquaintance for at least 3 or 4 years. He and his wife Tonya have ended the week by bringing an adorable little girl into the world. As they enjoy their first few hours with Maggie, you can [...]
The bill in question grants the govt the right to spy on citizens without a warrant, and also grants the telecom companies retroactive immunity for cooperating with the government to execute warrant less searches. Could anything be more un-American?
A DailyKos reader dug into the legislative histories of Clinton and Obama. The results may surprise you.
I think the former Catholic priest that lived down the road from us is getting off easy with a 51 month sentence. That works out roughly to 1 year per $250,000 stolen. Update: Apparently the judge agrees with me. He overrode the prosecutions recommended sentenced and slapped him with 63 months, no credit for time [...]
100_3899 Originally uploaded by ChrisOD The eclipse was freakin’ amazing here in Fredericksburg. We had snow showers at dinnertime but it started to clear just as the eclipse started and at total eclipse there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. More pictures.
