I walked past an ad trying to find blood donors today. As a frustrated blood donor, it annoyed me.
I used to be a vaguely regular blood donor. From the time that I turned 18 (and became eligible) to around 28, I would have given blood maybe once or twice a year (a perfect record is [...]
Archive for November, 2006
Blood donation
Posted in Health care on 23 November, 2006 | 8 Comments »
Gender meme
Posted in Feminism on 19 November, 2006 | 7 Comments »
Via Charlotte, a gender meme. I found this quite difficult to do, as although I think of myself as quite unusual in not reinforcing gender stereotypes, and I particularly think that my relationship is quite unusual, you really have to assume some gender stereotypes to answer this meme. And some of them would probably be [...]
Risk rating health insurance
Posted in Health care on 15 November, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After my previous post, and a few comments there, here’s some more detail on why I don’t think proper risk rated health insurance works particularly effectively for most people.
(by the way, the US market, from what I understand, doesn’t have individual health insurance rating to any large extent; you get your insurance coverage through your [...]
Public Space
Posted in Life on 13 November, 2006 | 6 Comments »
I went to Sculpture by the Sea on the weekend, and was pondering, as I walked past the Bondi Pavilion that some space that was once “public” (concrete in front of the Bondi Pavilion) was now “private” at least by some definitions – it’s a cafe.
My local area has continuing controversy any time some windblown [...]
Health Care
Posted in Health care on 9 November, 2006 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been pondering a mammoth post on health care for a while. I’m not sure if I’ve got it in me tonight. Or ever. So here’s a few thoughts. Mainly from my angle as an actuary who manages insurance companies for a living.
Most places that try to privatize health care to some extent do it [...]
“News”
Posted in Life on 8 November, 2006 | 4 Comments »
I was watching TV tonight (commercial station – Channel 10 if you’re interested). They cut to a news break. The top stories were:
Interest rates rise (0.5% increase in the Australian cash rate)
The latest NSW parliamentary scandal (minister arrested for alleged teen sex)
Britney Spears files for divorce
Some story involving half naked women that I can’t even remember
I [...]
A nation of gamblers
Posted in Life on 7 November, 2006 | 3 Comments »
There’s a Heckler in the SMH today about how boring the Melbourne Cup is. Even though I have zero interest in the race, I find it quite a fun work interruption.
One Tuesday in November, we all down tools, wander into the tearoom to watch TV for about 15 minutes, and eat stuff (occasionally drink alcohol, [...]
Spring
Posted in Life on 6 November, 2006 | 11 Comments »
It’s Jacaranda time in Sydney again, and I really need to take my camera out and record what is one of the most beautiful things about living in Sydney. Morgspace has done it for me:
I found this post from Morgspace showing a beautiful carpet of Jacarandas (pictured above) – which is the thing I love most – [...]
Global warming plans
Posted in global warming on 4 November, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Mr Penguin and I were discussing global warming last night. Specifically, what should we do right now if we believed that all the worst case stuff was really true? Let’s posit a scenario. In 20 years time, the climate of Australia has changed irrecovably, so that our current drought is a good year. The sea [...]
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