Belly Bumping

Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) is an enormous provider of health care insurance coverage. It’s also one of the most universally accepted plans in the United States. BCBS is also one of the biggest plan providers for Federal government employees under the FEP Blue program. That premium is over $6 BILLION a year and rising. FEP Blue is administered by the BCBC association directly, as opposed to one of the regional units. Well, BCBS has my wife pissed. And she does not easily get pissed towards companies. People yes, companies she views as faceless. But she is pissed.

FEP Blue has been our insurance carrier of choice for many years now. Yes, federal employees and their families are able to acquire attractively priced coverage that is accepted just about everywhere because the group is so large. That’s a benefit. Our kids receive their health care from Texas Childrens Hospital Pediatric group. Not after this coming March. Even though Texas Childrens is one of the very best and widely recognized service providers for kids, they have chosen to drop BCBS’ FEP Blue because they cannot agree on what the “discounted” service rate will be. My wife is not at all happy about having to find new pediatricians for our girls. I was about to offer to help and research, but have decided to stay out of this path of anger for a bit.

I really do understand that this is about two giant corporations flexing their muscles to see who will force the other into submission. It’s actually happened several times before and will likely resolve before the March deadline. I don’t care who wins. I just want my wife to be less agitated and my girls to not have to “get comfortable” with new doctors. Please.

Mini Skirt Tickets

The Ugandan ethics minister wants to ban miniskirts in his country because they are too distracting. I see nothing distracting. Riveting, yes. I mean… let’s set up the lawn chairs and bring some sammiches…

My Youngest Is a Flapper Failure

Mastering the use of a flush toilet is a foundational requirement. All of the toilets in my house use the standard American style flapper to release water from the holding tank to the bowl. For some reason, my youngest daughter see nearly incapable of toggling the handle so that the flapper re-seats itself properly. The result is that water will continue running until the “handle jiggle” take place. Usually by me. This is because my youngest has a routine: cop a sqaut, wander to the fridge and grab something, plop in front of the TV and veg. Everything in the world vanishes. I’m gonna rig up some kind of timer that prevents any TV from operating for 30 minutes in my house after she flushes. Parental override included.

1m Euros To Get Busy With a Model

Apparently, some of the best things in life are not free. If you have always wanted to get your freak on with a virginal magazine model, it will only cost you about $1.5 million US.

Showgirl and men’s magazine model Raffella Fico, 20, told an Italian magazine: “I can’t wait to see who’s going to pull out the money to have me.” Miss Fico, who appeared in the Italian version of Big Brother earlier this year, said she would use the cash to buy a house in Rome and pay for acting classes. “I don’t know what it’s like to have sex,” she told the magazine, Chi, adding that if the man who bought her virginity was ugly then she would quickly get over it. “If I don’t like him I’ll just have a glass of wine and forget about it,” said the aspiring actress from Naples.

I guess prostitution is legal in more places than I thought.