Ugh. I think I'm going to have to give up my Internet connection for a while until I get well. At $120/mo, it's my biggest expense after rent. The reason it's so high is because I moved about a year ago and ended up behind the local cellphone tower, which, as it turns out, is very directional. My faithful Verizon Wireless wouldn't work, nor would a Sprint unit I tried. I hunted around and finally found a company that specializes in rural areas and I ended up with an actual box with a 3' antenna sitting on top of it. While slow and expensive, at least it works.
As I noted a month ago, I've kind of peaked-out at around 75% recovery after my tumor operation last summer and the doctors want to run a whole slew of expensive tests. You know how doctors and dentists are. Money's no object in their little worlds.
Between ditching the Internet and some other things, I can save about $250/mo, which should enable me to keep up with the hospital payments so the tests can continue until they figure out what's wrong. Thankfully, there's a nearby library that has a bunch of computers I can use for my webmastering maintenance job. I might also make the occasional post here, but I'd hate the idea of not being able to read and respond to the comments. That interaction is often the best part of blogging.
The cut-off date is Wednesday next week, so I don't have to make the decision immediately. If anyone would like to help out this poor wretched soul, my tumor operation link is here. Anything would be appreciated. Cutting off my Internet is going to be like cutting off an arm, but I've got to do something. Health is more important than anything else at this point.
I will, however, be (temporarily) leaving the online community with a flourish. I have a handful of pieces I've been working on for a while, including a review and manual for the greatest 'war sim' ever developed, an existential treatise on the meaninglessness of certain words ("smarter" and "truth" top the list), and the revelation of an amazing secret being kept from 38 million Americans. The right-wing bloggers have been pounding and pounding a certain false truth into you for a decade and, to their shame and disgrace, 38 million people have been kept from this great revelation. This article will help balance the scales. Look for it Friday as the week's 'capper'.
Also, another installment of History's Mysteries, this time dealing with that horrific Nazi swastika. Fun for the whole family. And, like the way I refer to my AGW opus as "the last article on global warming you'll ever need to read", similarly, I've written the last article on marijuana you'll ever need to read. Remember, legalized pot is considered a lefty issue by the right-wing bloggers, because pot was popularized by all of those smelly radical left-wing hippies back in the day, so it's perfectly understandable if they spin the argument against it. Hot Air (and Theo) ran an anti-pot video a while back that was so filled with outright lies, disingenuous lies, and lies by omission that it rivaled the worst of the AGW spewage.
And that's saying a lot.
So, there's your update. I'll just be posting a Computin' Tip later on today. The good stuff starts tomorrow and will run through next Tuesday. After that, I cannot say.
Tracked: Apr 18, 21:47