Friday, January 4, 2008

2008 Resolutions

Happy 2008 dedicated readers! I hope you both got everything you wanted for Christmas, and are striding into '08 happy, healthy, and inexplicably curious about our mundane doings.


As this blog is mainly about self-improvement, vanity, and the public airing of our private business, my resolutions for the New Year:

  • Lose 30 pounds.
  • Get new, awesome, job.
  • Break into the top 10 Google results for "Zach Fletcher", "Zachary Fletcher", or "Big Ern"
  • Get Master's Degree.
  • Pay off all credit cards and truck.
  • Live on a 60-10-10-10-10 budget.
  • Write the computer code for the project I've been mulling for the last few years.
  • Create (and use) at least 2 of Digg, Technorati, etc.
  • Become more active. Be able to complete 1 full week (7 days in a row) of CrossFit workouts.
  • Contribute $20 each month to a worthy, off-beat charity. (See, moustache, Baraka)
  • Crush Elroy, ACom, and Electronic Vagrant in Villager page views.
  • Remodel bathrooms.
  • Acquire at least 1 useful skill. Think carpentry or .NET design.

I will be setting targets/measures of success for each resolution later this week. I will post updates on/about the first of each month. If other, not-so-new resolutions occur to me, I may add them.

Elroy, ACOM, EV, what will you be doing better this year?

*Fixed date to un-bury post.

Fail!

Do you crave entertainment but find yourself too lazy (or too good a person) to track down the "right" version of 2 Girls 1 Cup?


Try typing "fail" into Google Image Search.

Stolen from Neatorama.

Newest Episode of the The Wire Available Now

If you're like me, this is the best news since, well, anything...


Thanks to HBO's curious handling of The Wire, the first episode of Season 5 is available now (and has been all week) on On Demand. I've been saving it all week for my Friday dinner viewing pleasure.


McNulty's drinking again.

Get Sick, Have Insurance, Die Anyways

The next time your hear someone bloviating on the evils of socialized/government/single payer/universal health care, print a copy of this story, wrap it 'round a brick, and throw it at their head.

Doctors at UCLA determined she needed a transplant and sent a letter to CIGNA Healthcare on December 11. The Philadelphia-based health insurance company denied payment for the transplant.

Michael Moore may be frequently obnoxious (and always fat), but with a 65% chance of survival in Paris or London (or Havana), and a 0% chance of survival in California (despite having insurance), where would Mr. Sarkisyan have been better off raising his children?


Greatest health care system in the world, my ass.


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