Farewells,hardships, and vacations

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babies, morning, noon and night...

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist August 11th, 2005

babies, morning, noon and night...

Fucking yeahhhhhhhhhhhh. Cathy said she'd co-sign a 2500 dollar loan to pay off Barry University. Kinda sucks in one aspect because i'm clearing out my entire savings by putting a thousand down- but whatever. Rather than then my fucking credit go to shit.

Speaking of which, I called this number to cancel a credit card I had recieved in the mail, and the fucking guy on the other line would NOT STOP giving me shit for doing so. He straight up sat there telling me how big of a mistake I was making, and to do my research before canceling because this card and what it offers, is one and a million. Yeah funny you say that guy because I got a credit card, and I didn't have to pay 178 dollars in activation/convenience charges.

My health and dental benefits are effective September 1st! Hello Dr. & Dentist appointments.. long time no see. I also worked my ass of in the photolab this morning. I certified about, hm.. 5 people and it sucked. I sat on the phone taking these 10 question quizzes, where you couldn't answer until ALL the options were stated and until she had finished fucking talking.

Also I took a shower and used my Neutrogena deep conditioner annnnnnnd I love it.

Michelle picked me up and we headed for Providence Place. I got 4 new tops. Two tanktops, a polo and a zip up sweater_thing. I want to go visit Lauren and get some sick jeans sometime soon, but who knows when i'll make it over thurrrrr.

soooooo, it's 1:30 and I dont have to wake up for work tomorrow. But I do look forward to Friday morning. I actually got to order photo stuff this week, and thats when our delivery is. fucking decked out FotOlAb. Where our motto is " make em' say Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... na na na na, na na na na"

k, derrick can roll back over on his side of the bed now...

g'nite!

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The two-thirds world in a first world nation

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist November 27th, 2005

The two-thirds world in a first world nation

In this small excerpt from a magnificent Thanksgiving sermon (preached at Grace Church, Sheboygan, Wisconsin), Fr Jerry Kramer OP of the (Anglican) Church of the Annunciation in New Orleans, begins his story with what it was like before Hurricane Katrina. (Read it all as I have deliberately selected only part of the story).

I'm grateful for this opportunity today to share with you the story of God's grace and glory [. . . ] Let me first tell you a bit about us before Hurricane Katrina landed on the shores of the Gulf Coast. 70125 is one of the poorest zip codes in Louisiana and the nation. Forty percent of neighbourhood families live below the poverty line. Forty percent of adults do not have a high school education. Eighty percent of all children do not live with both natural parents. On the national index of violent crimes, we score a nine out of a possible ten. Gunshots at night were a common occurrence.

Our schools were miserable. Medical care for the uninsured and working poor deplorable to non-existent. This past Easter Sunday, I had to go into the men's room of the church and change the catheter of an elderly, handicapped African American man because no hospital would take him, no ambulance would come. It was simply hard to believe at times that we were indeed living back in the U.S. This was no different from third world Tanzania where we ran a pharmacy from the Cathedral vicarage. I was working my way up to minor surgery and getting pretty good at diagnosing illness with some help from the Internet.

Standing in the middle of this mess, Church of the Annunciation is a beautiful tapestry of varied colours and walks of life.

I share this as an example of what can happen in a so-called "first-world" country when governments fail to do their job. Too much is left to the private market, and the devil take the hindmost. I fear greatly that much of Australia will be in similar circumstances should the present government remain in office for much longer. The signs are there already. Public dental treatment has gone. Direct billing by doctors to Medicare is declining as the payment rates become increasingly unrealistic. Public hospitals are under great strain and recruitment of nurses becomes difficult because of onerous work conditions. The state of public mental health care is a scandal. Services to rural and remote areas are on the wane, even as Australia struggles to provide good services for indigenous people (not always for lack of funds, but for lack of good policy). Meanwhile, churches and charities try to take up the slack.

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Danaher to buy Sybron Dental for $2 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Published in: Internet News Search: dentist April 12th, 2006

Danaher to buy Sybron Dental for $2 billion (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Industrial tool maker Danaher Corp. on Wednesday said it would buy Sybron Dental Specialties Inc. for about $2 billion to add to its dental equipment making business.

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