Monthly Archives: April 2007

The beauty in this beholder’s eyes

Now added to my blogroll: a great local website called PictureRochester.com. It’s maintained by one Joseph Moroz; he’s been posting a photo per day (some he’s taken, some taken by guest photographers) because he wants to counter the perception that … Continue reading

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Okay, now it’s getting ridiculous

Turkeys. Turkeys in my back yard. Here’s the same pic, cropped. I do not live in the country. I live in an old suburban neighborhood a stone’s throw from the city’s edge. And yet it’s crawling with woodland wildlife. Amazing. … Continue reading

Posted in Nature, Rochester, New York | 6 Comments

Asymmetric tail-wagging responses by dogs to different emotive stimuli

Dontcha love the language academics use to title their papers? Saweeeeeeeet. lol The stuff inside this particular one is even better, though — as reported by the NY Times: When dogs feel fundamentally positive about something or someone, their tails … Continue reading

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Straight from an HR manager

John at Romantic Ramblings is an HR manager in real life, and has put up a post with some information on how Flexible Spending Accounts can work to an employer’s benefit. The main criteria: whether or not your out-of-pocket medical … Continue reading

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A $2.2 Billion Windfall?!?

One of the people I reached out to today, in my quest to find out how many Flexible Spending Account dollars are forfeited by employees each year, was David Harlow, a healthcare lawyer and consultant who blogs here. He sent … Continue reading

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“Give me a wild guess where you think it goes, if you don’t use it”

Well, unused Flexible Spending Account contributions aren’t pocketed by the insurers who administer them, like I’d assumed. As reported here in a video piece by Channel 6 in Corpus Christi, the money goes to . . . your employer. Reporter … Continue reading

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If it smells like a scam

Suppose your bank launched a new product. They’re calling it a “pay your unexpected bills” savings account. Here’s how it works. You guess estimate what your unexpected bills will be over the next twelve months. You then deposit that amount … Continue reading

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Who’s protecting you? From what?

The FDA, for a long time, has been tinkering with the idea that it ought to be protecting you — from the horrors of using, say, supplements to treat medical symptoms. Here’s a draft “Guidance” document here that outlines the … Continue reading

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They’re back

I went out my back door with my dog this afternoon and nearly tripped over one of those four deer I photographed the other morning. A few minutes later I was able to get some digital video of them as … Continue reading

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Snow

My dad’s Nor’easter blogging. They’ve lost power and won’t have it on again until tomorrow sometime. Here in Rochester things aren’t so bad, although it’s not over yet. Technorati Tags: snowstorm

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