Mild Rants

  Does anybody know what  "bcbs status" "not paid" means?  We logged into the Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas Claims center to see if we had been paid for an international claim.  Under the Claim Detail Section along with our Group Number and ID number, we got what appears to be some bad news rejecting the claim. However when we reviewed the FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions) "not paid" means something more like "in progress" or processing.  Has anybody else had a similar experience they could share?  We spent almost $2500 out of pocket in Thailand for stress test, chest xrays, eye, ear exams, prostate antigen screening test, bloodwork and a value added consultation with a cardiologist. We heard that BCBS is great about honoring medical care claims in foreign countries!!  Fingers Crossed  BTW $2500 out of pocket in Bangkok must less expensive than the train wreck called health care in United States of America.

 I wonder if the Cuban born business owner in Florida was a proud supporter of their head case governor who has repeatedly downplayed the effectiveness of Moderna's COVID vaccine until it was too late to save the very citizenry who elected the fool!  Frank Saks spent 65 hours a week at work probably exposing himself to the multitudes one too many times. One of his daughters indicated on radio that Dad was not vaccine hesitant but had heard of potential nasty side effect which deterred his decision to get the vaccine which would have given him many more years to be with his grandchildren. The side effect could not have been worse than his isolated death where his loved ones could not hold his hand.  Shame on Ron DeSantis for misleading Floridians!!

 A neighbor(likely a middle aged Trump supporting White Man) mistakenly called authorities in Wyoming, Michigan, stating that a black man arrested at a residence a week earlier had returned to the residence.  The truth of the matter was it was a law abiding African American and his son being shown a house by a black real estate agent. I want to KNOW THE NAME of the "neighbor" who abused 911 and emergency resources in the great state of Michigan!! Frivolous/Malicious use of law enforcement is punishable by fine and/or incarceration.  Thank you Aya Elamroussi and I bet realtor Eric Brown knows the name of the trouble making White man who is looking a race based lawsuit square in the eyes!!!! I get that any homeowner has the right to guard their property, but this is wrong and the racist phone calling informant needs to see his name on national news.

 I am new to this so there may be something in the definition of the term Microaggression indicating most are not intended.  I was strolling down the hall of my former employer passing by a new hire who happened to be Black. She had sort of a deer in headlight look in her eyes and I wanted to make her feel welcome. I asked our new accounts payable specialist who she like in the NBA finals. Her reaction caught me off guard as she seemed surprised and miffed choosing not to respond. She was not rude. I have not seen her since but do wonder if this counts as a microaggression according to racial specialist Spanierman. I did feel faintly guilty even though I am not certain that the new employee was even upset at my query or just overwhelmed on the first day of her new job. I do understand she might have thought something like "do you really believe basketball it the only topic I can comment on intelligently?" I will defend the White Race by stating how sad it is that we can be br...

 The southeast Asian columnist downplayed the deleterious effect of bullying in school dismissing it as a natural riot of passage that will help so-called victims of bullying stand up and fight for themselves rather than cowering or seeking safe spaces or crying to their parents. I would ask this writer who also was bullied in school to understand the feeling of the parents and siblings of Sadie L. Riggs who hung herself in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Also ask Pastor Wayne Mcgruder  how difficult it is to officiate a funeral for one so young who thought there was no way out of melancholic dark abyss.  Antonio Contreras through his intelligence, verbal skills, overall adaptability and parents who were talented educators transformed being bullied into a storied career as a writer and motivational speaker, BUT Sadie's family was was much more splintered than the typical Pinoy Family. 

  Forgive my confusion, but I believe this picture was taken in Ho Chi Minh City in Viet Nam. Our family business takes us all over the world and we had just been released from a government chosen quarantine Hotel. We were so relieved to be out of the depressing situation of being stuck in a small space for 14 days that we were out snapping photos and enjoying life! We happened to catch this driver of a Weathertech Refrigeration & Airconditioning Company truck, who seem mildly upset that we captured him in smart phone picture image. You can seem him pointing or waving in our direction.(Not with his middle finger at least!)  We certainly meant no offense to the locals. Will travel to Japan, Korea, Australia, and the Philippines before traveling back to Canada. Will probably write book on the different COVID restrictions and inconveniences, but still had a good enjoyable time overall.

 The game show host was quite fond of the term ensconce(Establish or settle someone or something in a comfortable, safe, or secret place) to describe a Jeopardy contestant who had a commanding lead.  For example, Ken Jennings who characterized Alex Trebek as tepidly stern, was ensconced in first place going into Final Jeopardy probably around 50 times in his fabled career as a contestant and briefly as a host on the best game show in television history. Alex was the best, but had a few flaws. The biggest flaw was costing the players precious time by adding his commentary after each answer or reminding them there was a minute remaining consuming around 7 seconds of that remaining minute. The first contestant I noticed to aggressively cut off Alex was Arthur Chu. I only mean aggressive in the sense Chu would not let Alex complete his sentence with respect to updates on dollar amounts or adding additional unnecessary commentary to last answer. Alex was great about shutting up in ...