A short parody, in honor of the Black Tide Rising series.

If you do not understand it, then I recommend that… you purchase the Black Tide Rising series (just save yourself some time, and get the whole thing in one go), and read it through. You’ll figure it out right quick afterward.

Oh, yeah, right. Spoilers.

Continue reading A short parody, in honor of the Black Tide Rising series.

Tweet of the Day, An Interesting Filk About The Black Death edition.

No, really.

The song is interesting; I know just enough about how diseases spread to be able to follow the reasoning. I’ll leave it to others to pick at the argument. Also, professionally speaking: I’m impressed. It’s hard to get some of those terms to scan.

Cover Oregon Watch: …yeah, well, there’s nothing to watch. NOTHING. #obamacare

NOTHING AT ALL.

Oregon, a state that fully embraced the Affordable Care Act, is enduring one of the rockiest rollouts of President Back Obama’s signature health care law, with an inoperative online exchange that has yet to enroll a single subscriber, requiring thousands to apply on paper instead.

Unlike most other states, Oregon set an ambitious course to make its insurance exchange, dubbed Cover Oregon, an “all-in-one” website for every individual seeking health coverage, including those who are eligible for Medicaid.

But instead of serving as a national model, Oregon’s experience has emerged as a cautionary tale, inviting comparisons to technical glitches that have plagued other state-run portals and the federal government’s website for those states lacking exchanges of their own.

I have so much pity in my heart over this that I almost don’t want to put up again the filk I did on October 1st. Continue reading Cover Oregon Watch: …yeah, well, there’s nothing to watch. NOTHING. #obamacare