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Mar. 12th, 2011 08:38 amMy sympathyforme (lewiscypher) acct got russian spam, and made me realize as I signed into that free (and barely used) account how annoying eljay has become for free users. With that metric, facebook suckage is far less annoying with their side-ads compared to a forced video-watch in eljay. I'm going to be due for payment soon - it's cheap, but is it worth it? I think most writers on my list are not people I know in person anymore - though I'm very happy with the quality of writing I see generally. It seems the morons populated fb, though some others I miss seeing a great deal.
Had some good conversation last night. Time, distance, and not caring much are interesting salves but it's odd realizing that I have an entrenched reality I don't care to revisit even if it isn't true. It mattered too much, and now matters too little, to "fix." But who knows.
This economist hit on something I've been talking about for some time, well two points:
Disability is a scam.
Cutting budgets is a scam.
http://www.economist.com/node/18332928?story_id=18332928
Disability insurance, where you claim a disabling condition prevents you from working, have increased 28% since 2007, and now make up about 10 fucking percent of social security payments. I've been mocking this scam for ages, from fake parking tags to this flagrant suck-at-government's-teat when they opened the door to disability based on mental and "soft tissue damage" ("back pain, undiagnosed cause, fibromyalgia"). Sadly these conditions exist in small numbers and create sob stories that force lawmakers to adjust the system to accommodate - then when the door is open all the scammers flood though. I'm afraid I'm practically in favor of removing mental from the disability paradigm because it is so easily manipulated.
While we're cutting off the "riches" of teachers and cops, we're handing paychecks to fakers who go to the right doctors advised by the right lawyers and declare they need to exist off the dole, then sit at home surfing the internet all day...perhaps doing more work than if they were employed for money.
I could fake a disability and be a parasite easily. I don't do that, but I admit when I thought I might have had a serious medical condition my near-first thought was "fuck it, at least I get disability."
I AM FULL OF COFFEE
Janna was awesome and predicted I would want zeke's coffee beans in our smuggler's swap last night. At 5:30 this AM I tried out the conical bur grinder for the first time. Worked like a dream, though cleanup is a twat.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-CBM210-Stainless-Grinder/dp/B001306640/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1299933475&sr=8-10
I think I can taste the difference but am not sure. It was definitely different, and as my last ground mess was 4-6 weeks old I'm sure it was a lot...smoother. There was a bitter bite I was not missing.
I don't cook but my coffee is getting ever more complex. Just think of how I could roast my own beans if I had more time...if only I had a disability...
Had some good conversation last night. Time, distance, and not caring much are interesting salves but it's odd realizing that I have an entrenched reality I don't care to revisit even if it isn't true. It mattered too much, and now matters too little, to "fix." But who knows.
This economist hit on something I've been talking about for some time, well two points:
Disability is a scam.
Cutting budgets is a scam.
http://www.economist.com/node/18332928?story_id=18332928
Disability insurance, where you claim a disabling condition prevents you from working, have increased 28% since 2007, and now make up about 10 fucking percent of social security payments. I've been mocking this scam for ages, from fake parking tags to this flagrant suck-at-government's-teat when they opened the door to disability based on mental and "soft tissue damage" ("back pain, undiagnosed cause, fibromyalgia"). Sadly these conditions exist in small numbers and create sob stories that force lawmakers to adjust the system to accommodate - then when the door is open all the scammers flood though. I'm afraid I'm practically in favor of removing mental from the disability paradigm because it is so easily manipulated.
While we're cutting off the "riches" of teachers and cops, we're handing paychecks to fakers who go to the right doctors advised by the right lawyers and declare they need to exist off the dole, then sit at home surfing the internet all day...perhaps doing more work than if they were employed for money.
I could fake a disability and be a parasite easily. I don't do that, but I admit when I thought I might have had a serious medical condition my near-first thought was "fuck it, at least I get disability."
I AM FULL OF COFFEE
Janna was awesome and predicted I would want zeke's coffee beans in our smuggler's swap last night. At 5:30 this AM I tried out the conical bur grinder for the first time. Worked like a dream, though cleanup is a twat.
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Decker-CBM210-Stainless-Grinder/dp/B001306640/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1299933475&sr=8-10
I think I can taste the difference but am not sure. It was definitely different, and as my last ground mess was 4-6 weeks old I'm sure it was a lot...smoother. There was a bitter bite I was not missing.
I don't cook but my coffee is getting ever more complex. Just think of how I could roast my own beans if I had more time...if only I had a disability...
