Eliza Grace was born on March 15, 2006, at 26 weeks, 4 days, weighing 1 pound 4 ounces and measuring just 11.5 inches long. She is the light of my soul and this is the story of our life in the big city.

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Mosh Pit with Ralph's World

There is nothing like a good mosh pit, now is there?





Here are Hallie and Eliza channeling their in Woodstock personas:


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But you can "over-mosh:"

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Friday, November 6, 2009

Quote of The Day

"To be clear, Goldman confirms that all these decisions are made by the CDC, and that the vaccine only goes to specified high-risk individuals. In addition, as noted by the above BusinessWeek report, 29 companies including Time Warner and others have also been selected as vaccine distribution." (emphasis added)

Here is the entire article:



Does anyone seriously believe that the corporate nurse or doctor, whose salary is paid by Goldman Sachs (or the Federal Reserve, or the New York Stock Exchange, or Citi Group, or Time Warner or (fill in the blank) is really in a position to:

(a) determine who is "high risk" or

(b) has the fortitude to tell some overpaid executive that his high cholesterol or receding hairline does not qualify him as high risk?

Seriously folks, does anyone really believe that Goldman Sachs and their ilk have 200 "high risk" employees? We know there are no children employed and that pregnant women are in short supply on the trading floor, so who is "high risk"? They guy who smoked one too many cigars before hitting the gym and ran short of breath one afternoon?

There are too many people with desperately ill and medically compromised children who cannot get access to this vaccine.

This is just wrong.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Who Got The H1N1 Vaccine Today?

Perhaps Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange, took a few moments away from posing with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit models to get his vaccine?



Or maybe Ben Bernanke, took a moment away from running the Federal Reserve to role up his sleeve?



But I can guarantee you these wee ones did NOT get their H1N1 vaccines today because their doses were sent to the NYSE and the Federal Reserve:



I suspect I will be on this soapbox for some time to come (unless Oxford United Healthcare does something in the interim to piss me off).