Like I was saying...the best wife ever. We were out shopping and stopped to look at purses because I needed one....actually Holly really does need one. So we are in Macy's and looking around and I start checking prices...$100 here...$70 there...and I start thinking to myself (self I say...who in the heck are they kidding!). Then it happens I see the mother of all purses COACH. Which I have decided are made by the same sweat shop kids as the other purses....just with a little more effort to stitch all the C's on the bag. SO I check a purse made by these moguls of purse makers...only to crap my pants at the outrageously stupid prices they are trying to charge. I saw one purse that was over $350 for a stinking purse. At that price I better get the kid that made the thing too! I was appalled!
Back to where I have the best wife ever...so I ask Holly...Hey sweetie, what is the most you have or would pay for a purse? Her response made me love her even more! No way would I spend more than $40...and only if it was on super sale or something. What a Lady.
Needless to say...as much as we complain about gas prices and things like that...why then are we buying purses that cost as much as a car payment? I mean seriously!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Loooong Time....no Bloggie!
After a very long hiatus from blogging...I am back. I have sooo much to write about. I got married, and I have the most incredible wife ever. I will be writing more on that later this week. School is almost out...wow...I can't believe I have been a teacher for almost 7 years! My sister is engage and due to be married next summer. The list goes on...and on...so for those of you who still randomly check this thing..."I AM BACK!"
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Getting Married
Getting married started off as a stressful endevor. There were lots of questions on my end, and on Holly's end. We are both Christians, so that really gives us a strong foothold on what God wants, but there were still some concerns. Luckily for us, we have a great mentor couple from Church. Also lucky for us, our church really stresses the importance of premarrital counciling and takes that a step further. Through the mentor program at Riverview, we have learned that a lot of the things we freak out about are normal...it wasn't just us. We have learned more in depth about God's intentions in marriage and that we are floating around by ourselves in some dingy in the ocean of life. We have a safety net of other believers who will be there even after we say our "I do's". So I just wanted to thank Marty and Dawn Valley...and Riverview for really being proactive in Holly and I's lives as a engaged couple and the other couples who are seeking marriage.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Why Sparrow Hospital sucks
Well let premise this with a side bar...they practice good medicine, but they still suck.
Imagine if you will, a family member or close personal friend becomes ill and needs to be hospitalized. Well if they are lucky enough to get taken to Sparrow's state of the art facilities then hold on to your wallet. Like all hospitals, they stay will be expensive....but that is why we are suppose to have insurance...right? Ever wondering why Sparrow is continually adding on....I have a theory. The money they make from the surgeries pays for all of the buildings daily costs...including surgeons salaries....and pad their ever growing savings accounts and operate in the black.
However, the $2 they ding you for each day you visit and park in their frickin' ramp adds up. I did some math. Every time I have been to the hospital, there must be close to 500 or so cars in the ramp at any one time. Now I am no expert, but that is at least $1000 a day....or roughly $365,000 in a year. That is a conservative estimate...I would wager that number is closer to two or three times as high. No other hospital in the Lansing or Greater Lansing area will you find that you have to pay to park. Not only do I find this annoying, rude, and cheap on the part of the hospital, but also incredibly greedy, callous, and unethical. How can you ethically charge someone to visit their sick, wounded, or dying friend or family member?? There is no free parking, unless you visit the emergency room...and are lucky enough to get one of their 15 free emergency room parking spaces.
Now, they will argue..."we have to pay for the ramp somehow!"...but I would argue...what about Jane Doe's $300,000 heart surgery and John Doe's $500,000 nurosurgery???? Do you really think you can justify to the general public that your hospital is hurting for money? Or better yet, do you think we are that stupid? At the very least, there should be a taken system so those that visit the ill or dying are not forced to pay to visit. I vote that we should all complain and see what happens. Anyone else agree with me?
Imagine if you will, a family member or close personal friend becomes ill and needs to be hospitalized. Well if they are lucky enough to get taken to Sparrow's state of the art facilities then hold on to your wallet. Like all hospitals, they stay will be expensive....but that is why we are suppose to have insurance...right? Ever wondering why Sparrow is continually adding on....I have a theory. The money they make from the surgeries pays for all of the buildings daily costs...including surgeons salaries....and pad their ever growing savings accounts and operate in the black.
However, the $2 they ding you for each day you visit and park in their frickin' ramp adds up. I did some math. Every time I have been to the hospital, there must be close to 500 or so cars in the ramp at any one time. Now I am no expert, but that is at least $1000 a day....or roughly $365,000 in a year. That is a conservative estimate...I would wager that number is closer to two or three times as high. No other hospital in the Lansing or Greater Lansing area will you find that you have to pay to park. Not only do I find this annoying, rude, and cheap on the part of the hospital, but also incredibly greedy, callous, and unethical. How can you ethically charge someone to visit their sick, wounded, or dying friend or family member?? There is no free parking, unless you visit the emergency room...and are lucky enough to get one of their 15 free emergency room parking spaces.
Now, they will argue..."we have to pay for the ramp somehow!"...but I would argue...what about Jane Doe's $300,000 heart surgery and John Doe's $500,000 nurosurgery???? Do you really think you can justify to the general public that your hospital is hurting for money? Or better yet, do you think we are that stupid? At the very least, there should be a taken system so those that visit the ill or dying are not forced to pay to visit. I vote that we should all complain and see what happens. Anyone else agree with me?
Almost Famous
We went to a Mega 80's concert back in the beginning of January. It was Meeeegan, Holla, and myself. It was a blast....so much fun. Smaller venue than usual, but non-the-less it was a riot. We even got some pics taken of us by Lansing State Journal and ended up in the NOISE edition of the journal.
Check it out!
Check it out!
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007
Sniffing Out Counterfeits
The American Banking Association has a training program that [illustrates a great way to protect against counterfeits]. Each year it sends hundreds of bank tellers to Washington in order to teach them to detect counterfeit money,… It is most interesting that during the entire two-week training program, no teller touches counterfeit money. Only the original passes through his hands. The reason for this is that the American Banking Association is convinced that if a man is thoroughly familiar with the original, he will not be deceived by the counterfeit bill, no matter how much like the original it appears. It is the contention of this writer that if the average Christian would become familiar once again with the great foundations of his faith, he would be able to detect those counterfeit elements so apparent in the cult systems, which set themselves apart from biblical Christianity… Close familiarity with the genuine is the best protection against the counterfeit” (p.23).
Dr. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults
Dr. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults
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