The terminal I use at work to schedule patient appointments, enter charges, and write numerous entertaining messages to co-workers that shall remain nameless, runs on a DOS operating system circa 1988. Its gray screen with orange lettering, and complementary WYSE keyboard, get the job done using a sequence of nonsensical three-letter codes that get you into different aspects of the program. When someone wants to schedule an appointment, my brain tells me it is an A,B,S, and if I need to tell a patient why they owe $13.57 co-insurance (a word to insurance companies - why can’t we just round this stuff off? the elderly have a really hard time writing checks that include any sort of uneven dollar amount), that is a D,B,I of course! (more…)

September 26th, 2007 | Employment | 2 comments

I have been engaged for almost three years now, and much to the dismay of many of the elderly patients at work, we have no plans to have a wedding any time in the foreseeable future. I am not opposed to a massive party with kegs of Blue Moon, all the sushi you can eat, complete with Dragonforce providing the musical entertainment, but would I only host such an event as a celebration, not a conformation. My life of sin is actually pretty great, and I truly feel bad for God if he is looking down upon us in shame, unable to understand what I have over the years come to realize - a piece of paper changes nothing. (more…)

September 24th, 2007 | Startup Sacrifices, Startup Relationships, The Startup | 1 comment