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Ha, yes I bet the grandkids would love that! My daughter loves it when I wear funny things. Thanks Brenda.

Yes, these are bigger and more pen-like than the Nintendo DS stylus pens. Nicer to hold and use. Thanks for stopping by, Katie.

Thank you, Katie, that is very kind of you indeed although I really don't use Facebook myself. Not enough time for all these social networks :)

I can't believe I missed this one. You know I am a shoe FREAK. I have to have the animal print Nine West shoes. Nine West makes such a good shoe too. Love it.

due to economic crises most of online advertising companies are paying less than half cent for a click, which gives no choice to webmaster and that type of earning they can't even get enough to keep up with their hosting and other expenses.

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I use paint.net for years. Picasa is good as well as piknik but I hear its going.
it does seem to be cheating to some purist and I usually make it clear that a photo has been altered for effect.
Good article.

Despite that we do let healthcare be a free market good. It is a system doomed to fail (it is failing, miserably) and so with insurance companies in the current set up they know their risk of net losses is essentially guaranteed. So, it leads to them being incredibly corrupt in order to actually make a profit. They take you age, weight, height, and based on your demographics, deny you coverage for the major illnesses you are most likely to get. They don't look at insurees as people, their demographics are numbers in a larger algorithm, which spits out a risk, and if its too high, the company won't take it on. Just like any other free market company might do. The problem is, they are people.

Companies buy insurance en masse for all of their employees. No one gets denied coverage, except on the basis of preexisting conditions. Other than that, I am not sure how the cost is worked out. Other than perhaps the employee paying a significant portion if they signed on for it, and the company covering the rest. I'll have to ask to learn how that all works.

Yes, the VA, or DVA is the Department of Veteran Affairs and they have their own healthcare system. My brother is ex-military, and they even pay his 'travel expenses' because there is no VA hospital in his home town, so he has to drive out of town to get his healthcare. He technically has no need for health insurance, unless he doesn't want to go to the VA. He prefers to go to a regular doctor in our hometown though, but should he ever need it, the VA hospital is there for him.

Sorry for the super long response.

To be fair, I do have a biased perspective. I am totally against my system and my views are what one might label progressive, so what I present are facts, but from that perspective. :)

You're not offensive, I hate our system. As far as racketeering/protectionism, I'm not sure the government does anything in general in that sense to insurance agencies. In my opinion they are quite corrupt, however I feel that corruption is a natural product of the system. Healthcare, as a good or service, has no intrinsic value. So, if I were to offer you bone marrow transplants, chemotherapy, and the cost of hospital stay--something that technically values at a several hundred thousand dollars-- free (assuming you were American and couldn't already get it free!) would you take it? But I'm offering it now, you have to take it now.

Obviously you'd say no, you have no need for chemotherapy, and a bone marrow transplant in and of it self is quite a risky procedure, you could easily die in the days after the transplant. If you aren't suffering from a blood-related cancer, why the hell would you undergo something like that? In fact, without being ill, I doubt I could even pay you to undergo that treatment.

I could turn around and ask another one hundred individuals the same question, and statistically, about 99 of them would also say no.

In that sense healthcare is worthless. It may technically cost a few hundred thousand dollars to perform the procedure, but there isn't a proper market competition for it. It has no intrinsic value. Beyond that, I said I couldn't even pay you to undergo a bone marrow transplant. Healthcare, according to the free market, statistically actually comes out with a negative value.

This goes for any procedure you could care to name, with the statistics of someone out there who would say yes varying accordingly. Free tooth extraction today then? The risk is lower, maybe I could actually pay you to let me take you teeth this time.

So this is just outlining one problem-of several- that make it really hard to allocate healthcare in a free market. The nature of it, as a good or service, just does not allow for it. Rather it should be allocated much how a public park or school system is allocated.

So radical love Love LOVE em, gotta run have a geek to show this to. Thanks

I joined Pinterest about 2-3 weeks ago, and think it is a brilliant idea. I have been very pleased by the number of people re-pinning my Pins and visiting my Squidoo pages, and enjoy looking at other people's pins. Your suggestions are very helpful, and I shall keep this article to refer to - I did wonder what the links on photos were about, as it wasn't very clear.

TYVM ~ I love it. My Sony A390 is my favourite for scheduled shoots but this one is easier to carry.

I am so into convenience. Most of these things we already have in our home. I like to go out and get a spa treatment as a treat every now and again. But to keep me going in between, I use things I can make from home. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Katie - you are not the only one that wears holes in her socks! I love to wear thick socks around the house during the winter. This feels great to do just before you put on those big socks. Or even try some battery operated socks if you dare..LOL.

I can't wait for this to come to the states, cool product I So WANT IT. Thanks for the review something to watch for.

Oh La La love these gotta have one for my fire. Reminds me of those my kids use on the nintendo ds, I know the magic of a good stylus and enjoy the feeling of pen in hand. Thanks for the heads up on this product.