Atticus

there is no need for beans in chili. what is wrong with you people?

when I asked my friend about Obamacare part of his response was that he and many of his fellow doctors are concerned that people will just pay the penalty and still not have insurance, and they'll (the doctors) still provide care knowing they'll never get paid for it. at the same time, some of them are willing to try simply because of how fucked the current system is.

jesus

I had an opportunity to catch up with my best friend from high school this weekend. He's a surgeon, living in Texas. He enlisted in the Air Force Reserves in '94 in order to get help paying for medical school. He served a tour in Iraq, and until last year worked in military hospitals as a surgeon in several different locations around the world until his duty was up. He moved to San Antonio to join a small practice that does a surgical specialty. He is an incredibly bright guy who went to really good schools and has worked hard these past 19 years. He told me that because of the way the

You should have come up with a catchy name. You probably would have placed

Sneezy but happy

bummer. hopefully it will be cooler next Saturday (supposed to be some rain--hopefully it will storm and the social set will socialize elsewhere). I'm excited for Stubb's Friday night.

I produce solutions on my front end

Anyone have the set list?

I'm going to stand by the photographer's response.

yes, he's toast.

I actually have some sympathy for the poor bastard. He's knee deep in smelly assholes. Before you blow a gasket, I'm not saying I agree with anything the Republicans have done on this, I'm just able as a human to have some sympathy for having to be the poster boy for it all.

no it doesn't.

Hear, hear, Rick Nolan!

WHOOPS!

glad to hear it! Really great stuff. Excited to see them next week at ACL.

always having to be different.

poll

are these the super-murky re-masters?

I'm glad to hear that.

Nowhere in my post (or in the CNN bit actually) was anyone complaining about the ACA. It was a statement of fact--a lot of people tried to get on the site at once and it had problems. It's just a thing. I worry about your blood pressure.

I just saw on CNN how this government shutdown is threatening already-planned weddings at national parks. Doesn't threaten marriage as much as the gays of course, but still...

Presumptuous

CNN crawl says people are having problems enrolling in Obamacareaid online

Do it for the animals