Comments for The Hot Sign

Comment on Braggin’ Rights by Meghan

Meghan — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:36:39 +0000

I saw the Gateway Grizzlies on Man Vs Food on the travel channel. They were spotlighting the chili burgers with the krispy kremes. I almost vomited because it looked gross.

Comment on Rare Good Column on Health Care by Liam

Liam — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:54:17 +0000

I think a McKinley-type subscription based service should certainly be available to people–just a matter of getting the costs right.

I also like the Planned Parenthood model, where everyone pays on a sliding scale to their income and they have a solid charitable fundraising arm.

Comment on Rare Good Column on Health Care by Karen

Karen — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:49:21 +0000

I kind of think the student health system is the ideal: pay a set fee for access to a McKinley that treats the colds and warts and minor stuff (it would be fine for it to be staffed with more nurses and fewer doctors), and then pay more for outside care if it was something the health center couldn’t cover. I feel like it does a pretty good job of separating the routine and cheap from the exotic and expensive.

I really don’t like the idea of paying out of pocket for routine visits (which I’m sure I’ll have to do as soon as I leave U of I) because it unfairly penalizes people with chronic yet simple conditions. Like you said, I can usually diagnose and treat myself, but the medical establishment doesn’t trust me to do so. If I’m going to have to see them as the gatekeepers for what I want, I don’t want to pay extra for the privilege of them getting in the way between me and my treatment.

I let them take out my thyroid for alleged cancer, so I have to be on thyroid hormone for the rest of my life. For practical purposes, thyroid hormone is like coffee: too little and you have no energy; too much and you get irritable. Since I live inside my own body, I always know when my dose is too low or too high. But in order to get the dose changed, I have to go and have a test. That test has backed up my own intuitions 100% of the time. It’s expensive and unnecessary. I put up with it because it’s free at McKinley, but I’d be much less willing to go through the legitimate routes if I was paying per visit to do so.

Comment on Nimrod’s Ploy by Liam

Liam — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:52:30 +0000

Yeah, but which finger?

Comment on Nimrod’s Ploy by dad

dad — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:45:06 +0000

In my travels thru the america’s and europe one finger raised always means another beer please

Comment on Nimrod’s Ploy by April Howie

April Howie — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:40:58 +0000

I love the little translator thing – Nimrod’s Folly is fun! I can waste so much time at work :) I found that it doesn’t like apostrophes much.

I liked this one: http://liam-moran.com/cgi-bin/nimrod.html?text=If+I+take+a+bunch+of+facebook+status+updates+and+stick+them+in+here+I+wonder+what+would+return.

Comment on Nimrod’s Ploy by Liam

Liam — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:14:33 +0000

Unless you’re flirting with the barmaid, you can rely on English to wet your whistle at just about any bar in the world.

Comment on Nimrod’s Ploy by EM3

EM3 — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:25:47 +0000

The only thing I would want to know in those languages is the same I ask as english. “I would like a beer”

Comment on Spring Practice by alex

alex — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:55:44 +0000

Yeah, got general admission tickets for a group of five of us. Three Mizzou fans, two Illini fans. I’m really looking forward to it.

Comment on Spring Practice by Liam

Liam — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:06:02 +0000

I’m probably not going to be able to take off work the Thursday after. Lots of stuff going on at work. Might still pull it off, but I’d be getting tickets last minute.

You going to be there?

Comment on Spring Practice by alex

alex — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:27:23 +0000

Jealous.

You get Mizzou-Illini tickets?

Comment on Spring Practice by Liam

Liam — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:26:12 +0000

Now that I’m looking at this on a normal computer: the pictures look awful. Focus is on the chainlink instead of the players.

However, it does demonstrate that the sftp application on my phone works and that I can fiddle with wordpress from a bleacher in the Roger Dean backlots.

I’ve got a ton of truly exceptional pictures from today’s game, including Amaury Cazana’s double swing, a bunch of Carpenter that makes me think he’s trying to clean up his mechanics, and more.

What I don’t have is a cable to connect that camera to this ‘puter.

Comment on Butter by Jim

Jim — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:42:47 +0000

I remember from one of my Organic Chem classes that rancid butter will substitute as an elephant aphrodisiac. One of the chemicals in the odor is identical to an elephant pheromone. I’m not kidding, my prof used to mention this about every other week.

The moral of the story is to make sure that you keep Dumbo out of the house when you leave your butter out.

Comment on Braggin’ Rights by Liam

Liam — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:14:31 +0000

I didn’t see anywhere to get them yet, but figure it shouldn’t be hard to get them once we get closer to the date, considering the venue.

Comment on Braggin’ Rights by alex

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:53:08 +0000

You know how to get tickets? fightingillini.com isn’t leading me anywhere.

Comment on Butter by Liam

Liam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:16 +0000

My roommate has a cat. And butter will go rancid after it’s been sitting around in the open air for a few days.

Comment on Butter by April Howie

April Howie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:59:33 +0000

You have a cat?

Comment on Butter by Liam

Liam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:59:35 +0000

I’ve seen some stinky butter and I don’t want any flies, other bugs, or the cat landing on it when I’m not around.

Comment on Butter by Karen

Karen — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:55:10 +0000

Butter has no spoilage or contamination issues… seriously, have you ever SEEN butter that has gone bad? No? Me neither. Leaving it on the countertop permanently is fine, unless you live in some exotic climate.

Comment on Sound Cooking Advice by dad

dad — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:05:00 +0000

and always cook with a sharp knife