Insurance Companies Label Domestic Violence a 'Pre-Existing Condition'
Insurers in some states classify abuse at home a pre-existing condition and will not cover costs associated with its treatment.
http://www.associatedcontent.comarticle/2180259/insurance_companies_label_domestic.html
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Insurance Companies Label Domestic Violence a 'Pre-Existing Condition'
Monday, September 7, 2009
Happy Labor Day !
"The best of times is now.
What's left of Summer But a faded rose?
The best of times is now.
As for tomorrow, Well, who knows? "
-- Jerry Herman
"The Best of Times"
La Cage Aux Folles
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Scooter Haiku for a warm Sunday Afternoon
Trapped in my Office
Can artificial light kill?
Scooter! Set me free !
Can artificial light kill?
Scooter! Set me free !
Friday, May 15, 2009
A few thoughts about Angels & Demons ...
I received a free pass for 2 to Regal Entertainment , refreshments included. So we decided to see Ron Howard's Angels & Demons. Now before I get into the movie let me say a couple of things about "Regal Entertainment Theaters"; in my opinion, they are neither "Regal" nor "Entertaining" and the less said about them the better.
Ok - I have read and enjoyed each of Dan Browns' books "Angels & Demons" and "The Da Vinci Code". Both books have their strong points and their weak ones. I always liked Angels & Demons better than Code because to me Angels was more of a political thriller with a minor in religious art history, while Code was more of an experiment in "what if" that seemed to strike a nerve in certain segments of the population. ( methinks they doth protest too much ? ...)
Now, I never really liked the movie version of The Da Vinci Code, it actually took me three tries and a couple of years to get through it. It seemed to me to a big screen version of the TV show Numb3rs. You know the part where the brother Charlie tries to explain how the bad-guys will react by extrapolating patterns in a lawn sprinkler while CGI calculations fly around his head?? Same thing about the Da Vinci Code. The novels are very interior-thinking. The lead character Robert Langdon either solves problems by inner dialogue or basically stops the plot entirely for brief, but enlightening history lessons. For me this did not translate to film well at all. I also felt that they really soft-pedaled the more controversial aspects of the book. Look - if your going to make a movie from a book that has everyone up in arms about whether or not Jesus had a wife , then you need to all out balls-to-the-walls and and make that movie. The book didn't sell a bazillion copies by being wishy-washy .... agreed?
As for Angels & Demons ? What is basically a very tightly written ( going back to my TV references once again ) episode of 24 or "12" as this case may be, turns almost entirely on one big gigantic MacGuffin. Once you realize that , you realize that you have spent the last 2 3/4 hours watching a movie about one idea or philosophy ( good as it may be) that could have easily been printed on the back of your movie ticket. A movie where if one person zagged instead of zigged the whole plot would have come crashing down like a house of cards. It's not that i didn't enjoy the movie, the directing was great, cinematography was fantastic, the cast was exceptional, it was just that the story ......meh .
I guess some things are better off read than seen
Until next time -
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Disney/Pixar's UP
I recieved a "txt msg" yesterday that said - " win 4 tickets up a special advanced screening of Disney / Pixar's Up - txt (whatever it was) back and you will be entered in a drawing". I did. I was selected. YAY !!
So today was the screening , I have to say that this is probably my favorite Pixar movie of all time ! For me, better than Toy Story , better than The Incerdibles , better than Monsters Inc., even better than Finding Nemo ( which I think has the same sort of feel to it ). I'm not going to go into a plot-by-plot review of the picture, I'll just give you a few brief thoughts on the film.
What surprised me only about five minutes into the movie was the feeling of longing and wistfullness that ran throughout the entire film. It's not a straight-ahead comedy , although there are laugh-out-loud moments ( i love Dug ). This, to me, is the most sentimental movie Pixar has released. I had not read a great deal about the movie before I went although I had a general idea of the plot, I was not really sure about what to expect. What i got was a movie that wears it's heart on it's sleeve, a combination of Cocoon & Indiana Jones. A movie that deals with Life , Death, Friendship and Adventure in a way that totally won me over.
I think this will be another big hit for the Disney/Pixar brand, and it should be. The characters are fully developed ( one character in particular is given a full chance to deveolp with only minimal dialogue and only about 10 minutes of screen time). The action scenes are done better than 90% of the live-action movies realeased today; and the humor comes the characters. Not some product placement, current events, hipster, see-how-cute/fun-we-can-be ( i'm talking to you Shrek).
One final thought: if you are a dog person , or even if you're not, the dogs will win you over ...
until next time -
p.s. - my five favorite Pixar movies are : Up
The Incredibles
Finding Nemo
Wall-E
Toy Story
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
LOST Season Finale ...
Ok - so I just finished watching the season finale of LOST. I even stayed late a work so I wouldn't miss the end.
I have to say that while there were some great aspects to the show , I was left feeling a bit -meh- about it.
What I liked : the whole Fates dueling thingy ( at least I think that is what it was suppse to be )
What I didn't : almost everything else, I guess I'm over the whole Jaxk-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet-whoever drama ...
Will I watch next year , *sigh* I guess so. I was there at the beginning, so I might as well be there for the end. I'm just more entertained by Fringe now than either LOST or Heroes ..
I have to say that while there were some great aspects to the show , I was left feeling a bit -meh- about it.
What I liked : the whole Fates dueling thingy ( at least I think that is what it was suppse to be )
What I didn't : almost everything else, I guess I'm over the whole Jaxk-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet-whoever drama ...
Will I watch next year , *sigh* I guess so. I was there at the beginning, so I might as well be there for the end. I'm just more entertained by Fringe now than either LOST or Heroes ..
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
I know ...
Yeas - I know that I haven't been updating this like I should have been . For that I apologize. But I will try my best to start doing this regularly !
As my blog is called Scootn' N DenverI guess that I should start out with a little bit about me; I purchased my first scooter a year ago last April ( the 20th I believe ) it was a Genuine Scooter Company Buddy International Pamplona 150 ( a mouthful to say the least ) and I love it !
As my blog is called Scootn' N DenverI guess that I should start out with a little bit about me; I purchased my first scooter a year ago last April ( the 20th I believe ) it was a Genuine Scooter Company Buddy International Pamplona 150 ( a mouthful to say the least ) and I love it !
In just under a year I have put over 2700 miles on it - using it as my main mode of transportation in good weather , year-round. I'm getting ready to take her in for a major tune-up later this week; using, as always, Sportique Scooters Downtown location. The staff at Sportique is fantastic and always welcoming to you whether or not you show up with an appointment .
Sportique has a great community of scooter enthusiasts, people who like all different kinds of of scooters from vintage to top-of-the-line modern. Sportique formed a scooter club last year called the Misfit Toys , we get together to ride for fun and charity all year long. Our first charity ride that we participated in was the Scoot for Toys last November, i can't remember exactly, but i know we riaseda good chunk of money for the Ronald McDonald house ( and froze our little butts off in the process ).
All year long the Misfit Toys do an un-official scavenger hunt called Scooter Tag. One person ( or a group of Scoots) take thier picture at a location or landmark in the city and then it's up to everyone else to be the first to find it. If you are the first to publish a picture of you scooter at the location and then you get to decide what the next location is ! I was lucky , this week I found the latest Scooter Tag and was able to get a picture of my scoot along with my partner Marck and out roommate Lee :
This location was on Leetsdale at a place called Priddy's Auction House .
The next location that we chose is this -
So , we'll see how long it takes the group to figure out this spot !
As for me - I've een fighting a migraine (again) for the past three days , it finally seems to be going away. I need to get my workout gear together so I can start working out again.
I have also decided I would like to try my hand at photography. I decided to get my rather nice Canon EOS Rebel 300D out of mothballs and see what I could manage to do with it. I found a site online called Momentile
that allows you to post a single picture a day, no comments , no captions ( are allowed to be made by you ) but everyone else can comment away. I thought that this would be a great way for me make myself take pictures. I mena, if I don't have my DSLR with me I always have my iPhone or my small point-and-shoot. if you want to look me up you can at
I would appreciate any feedback , good or bad, that you can give me.
I'm going to try and write a bit each day about my life and scooter and Denver - I hope you will check back and I hope that this turns into a lesson for me about writing for the web!
Until next time -
namaste
Friday, March 6, 2009
Birthday Info
I haven't posted in a bit ... had my birthday on Tuesday ( nice , uneventful day ) found a site online
that gives you all kinds of use(les) info about when you were born ! So without further ado :
3 March 1963
Your date of conception was on or about 10 June 1962 which was a Sunday.
You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 7.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2438091.5.
The golden number for 1963 is 7.
The epact number for 1963 is 5.
The year 1963 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/25/1963 and ending 2/12/1964.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 8 AdarI 5723.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 9 AdarI 5723.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.9.8.7 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 9 tun 8 uinal 7 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 7 Shavval 1382 (1382-10-7).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1963.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1963.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 27 February 1963.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1963.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1963.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 19 September 1963.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 9 April 1963.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 26 February 1963.
As of 3/6/2009 8:57:15 PM EST
You are 46 years old.
You are 552 months old.
You are 2,400 weeks old.
You are 16,805 days old.
You are 403,340 hours old.
You are 24,200,457 minutes old.
You are 1,452,027,435 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Jessica Biel (1982) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962) Herschel Walker (1962)
Ira Glass (1959) James Doohan (1920) Jean Harlow (1911)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
Top songs of 1963
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs He's So Fine by Chiffons
Dominique by Singing Nun Hey Paula by Paul & Paula
My Boyfriend's Back by Angels Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton
Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March
Fingertips (Pt. 2) by Little Stevie Wonder Walk Like a Man by Four Seasons
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 6.57729941291585 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 362 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 47 candles.
Those 47 candles produce 47 BTUs,
or 11,844 calories of heat (that's only 11.8440 food Calories!) .
You can boil 5.37 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1963 there were approximately 4.2 million births in the US.
In 1963 the US population was approximately 179,323,175 people, 50.6 persons per square mile.
In 1963 in the US there were approximately 1,523,000 marriages (8.5%) and 393,000 divorces (2.2%)
In 1963 in the US there were approximately 1,712,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1963 the population of Australia was approximately 11,055,482.
In 1963 there were approximately 235,689 births in Australia.
In 1963 in Australia there were approximately 80,916 marriages and 7,476 divorces.
In 1963 in Australia there were approximately 94,894 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Weeping Willow, the Melancholy
Beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with, demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.
There are 294 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 307 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its first quarter.
that gives you all kinds of use(les) info about when you were born ! So without further ado :
3 March 1963
Your date of conception was on or about 10 June 1962 which was a Sunday.
You were born on a Sunday
under the astrological sign Pisces.
Your Life path number is 7.
Your fortune cookie reads:
Today is a lucky day for those who remain cheerful and optimistic.
Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 4 & 22.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 9.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 3, 6, 8 & 11.
The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2438091.5.
The golden number for 1963 is 7.
The epact number for 1963 is 5.
The year 1963 was not a leap year.
Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/25/1963 and ending 2/12/1964.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.
Your Native American Zodiac sign is Wolf; your plant is Plantain.
You were born in the Egyptian month of Pachons, the first month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).
Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 8 AdarI 5723.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 9 AdarI 5723.
The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.9.8.7 which is
12 baktun 17 katun 9 tun 8 uinal 7 kin
The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Sunday, 7 Shavval 1382 (1382-10-7).
The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1963.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1963.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 27 February 1963.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1963.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1963.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 19 September 1963.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 9 April 1963.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 26 February 1963.
As of 3/6/2009 8:57:15 PM EST
You are 46 years old.
You are 552 months old.
You are 2,400 weeks old.
You are 16,805 days old.
You are 403,340 hours old.
You are 24,200,457 minutes old.
You are 1,452,027,435 seconds old.
Celebrities who share your birthday:
Jessica Biel (1982) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1962) Herschel Walker (1962)
Ira Glass (1959) James Doohan (1920) Jean Harlow (1911)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
Top songs of 1963
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs He's So Fine by Chiffons
Dominique by Singing Nun Hey Paula by Paul & Paula
My Boyfriend's Back by Angels Blue Velvet by Bobby Vinton
Sukiyaki by Kyu Sakamoto I Will Follow Him by Little Peggy March
Fingertips (Pt. 2) by Little Stevie Wonder Walk Like a Man by Four Seasons
Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 6.57729941291585 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)
Your lucky day is Thursday.
Your lucky number is 3 & 7.
Your ruling planet(s) is Jupiter & Neptune.
Your lucky dates are 1st, 10th, 19th, 28th.
Your opposition sign is Virgo.
Your opposition number(s) is 5.
Today is not one of your lucky days!
There are 362 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 47 candles.
Those 47 candles produce 47 BTUs,
or 11,844 calories of heat (that's only 11.8440 food Calories!) .
You can boil 5.37 US ounces of water with that many candles.
In 1963 there were approximately 4.2 million births in the US.
In 1963 the US population was approximately 179,323,175 people, 50.6 persons per square mile.
In 1963 in the US there were approximately 1,523,000 marriages (8.5%) and 393,000 divorces (2.2%)
In 1963 in the US there were approximately 1,712,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.
In 1963 the population of Australia was approximately 11,055,482.
In 1963 there were approximately 235,689 births in Australia.
In 1963 in Australia there were approximately 80,916 marriages and 7,476 divorces.
In 1963 in Australia there were approximately 94,894 deaths.
Your birthstone is Aquamarine
The Mystical properties of Aquamarine
Aquamarine is often used to experience love and mercy. It is said to help ease depression and grief.
Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)
Jade, Rock Crystal, Bloodstone
Your birth tree is
Weeping Willow, the Melancholy
Beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with, demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.
There are 294 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 307 days till Orthodox Christmas!
The moon's phase on the day you were
born was in its first quarter.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Migraines
I have the very unfortunate problem of suffering from migraines ... currently I have had one for about 3 days , so I decided to give everyone a quick explination of what a migraine is ....
Definition
Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more.
Description
Migraine is an intense, often debilitating type of headache. Migraines affect as many as 24 million people in the United States, and are responsible for billions of dollars in lost work, poor job performance, and direct medical costs. Approximately 18% of women and 6% of men experience at least one migraine attack per year. More than three million women and one million men have one or more severe headaches every month. Migraines often begin in adolescence, and are rare after age 60.
Two types of migraine are recognized. Eighty percent of migraine sufferers experience "migraine without aura," formerly called common migraine. In "migraine with aura" ( the ones I get ...), formerly called classic migraine, pain is preceded or accompanied by visual or other sensory disturbances, including hallucinations, partial obstruction of the visual field, numbness or tingling, or a feeling of heaviness. Symptoms are often most prominent on one side of the body, and may begin as early as 72 hours before the onset of pain.
Migraine with Aura -
Migraine aura: Sensory phenomena that may occur before a migraine. Visual auras may include flashing lights, geometric patterns, or distorted vision. Some people may have aural auras involving hearing sounds (usually buzzing), olfactory auras involving smelling odors not actually present, or tactile auras that present as a premonitory physical sensation. Auras are caused by unusual activity in the brain. The auras experienced by migraine sufferers are very similar to those associated with epilepsy.
I really hate these ....
Definition
Migraine is a type of headache marked by severe head pain lasting several hours or more.
Description
Migraine is an intense, often debilitating type of headache. Migraines affect as many as 24 million people in the United States, and are responsible for billions of dollars in lost work, poor job performance, and direct medical costs. Approximately 18% of women and 6% of men experience at least one migraine attack per year. More than three million women and one million men have one or more severe headaches every month. Migraines often begin in adolescence, and are rare after age 60.
Two types of migraine are recognized. Eighty percent of migraine sufferers experience "migraine without aura," formerly called common migraine. In "migraine with aura" ( the ones I get ...), formerly called classic migraine, pain is preceded or accompanied by visual or other sensory disturbances, including hallucinations, partial obstruction of the visual field, numbness or tingling, or a feeling of heaviness. Symptoms are often most prominent on one side of the body, and may begin as early as 72 hours before the onset of pain.
Migraine with Aura -
Migraine aura: Sensory phenomena that may occur before a migraine. Visual auras may include flashing lights, geometric patterns, or distorted vision. Some people may have aural auras involving hearing sounds (usually buzzing), olfactory auras involving smelling odors not actually present, or tactile auras that present as a premonitory physical sensation. Auras are caused by unusual activity in the brain. The auras experienced by migraine sufferers are very similar to those associated with epilepsy.
I really hate these ....
Monday, January 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
National Scooter Show
http://www.nationalmotorscootershow.com/
Adams County Fair Grounds
9755 Henderson Rd.
Highway 85 and 124th. Ave.
January 9-11, 2009
Jan. 9th 12noon to 10pm
Jan. 10th 10am Open till 10pm
Jan. 11th 10am till 10pm
We will be showing scooters from 25 different scooter manufactures from Aprilla to Vespa. For Vendor Information Contact:: fonzianna@msn.com
The following motor scooter brands will be on display
Aprilla, Vespa, Piaggio, Kymco,
Genuine, Stella, SYN, Go-ped,
E-ton, Vectrix, Honda, Suzuki,
Yamaha, Lance, Schwinn,
Diano, Hysung, and many more
Also food vendors, motor scooter accessories, helmets, leather riding gear, riding boots, products to save on fuel costs, apparel, jewelry.
We are a combined show with the Rocky Mountain Holistic Fair. At this fair will be a variety of physics, Readers, Holistic Healers, and related products.
Tickets at the door are $5, Seniors $4, and Children $3
Adams County Fair Grounds
9755 Henderson Rd.
Highway 85 and 124th. Ave.
January 9-11, 2009
Jan. 9th 12noon to 10pm
Jan. 10th 10am Open till 10pm
Jan. 11th 10am till 10pm
We will be showing scooters from 25 different scooter manufactures from Aprilla to Vespa. For Vendor Information Contact:: fonzianna@msn.com
The following motor scooter brands will be on display
Aprilla, Vespa, Piaggio, Kymco,
Genuine, Stella, SYN, Go-ped,
E-ton, Vectrix, Honda, Suzuki,
Yamaha, Lance, Schwinn,
Diano, Hysung, and many more
Also food vendors, motor scooter accessories, helmets, leather riding gear, riding boots, products to save on fuel costs, apparel, jewelry.
We are a combined show with the Rocky Mountain Holistic Fair. At this fair will be a variety of physics, Readers, Holistic Healers, and related products.
Tickets at the door are $5, Seniors $4, and Children $3
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Happy 2k9 !!!
I want to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year !
and to start the year off right, here is something a little retro, a little silly, and a whole lot of annoying ( kinda like me !! ))
and to start the year off right, here is something a little retro, a little silly, and a whole lot of annoying ( kinda like me !! ))
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