By slhilbert on 9/25/2009 4:01 PM

My hard drive just crashed. But I got a BAG OF CRAP just now from Woot.com!

By slhilbert on 9/17/2009 7:43 AM

Another fun August.  Especially fun this time was that Annie didn't have to go back to work but instead gets to stay home with Sebastian and I.  This has been a big blessing on our family indeed as I get to see both of them throughout the day. 

Sebastian is getting bigger and bigger and is definitely getting his own little personality.  I try to make him laugh out loud every day. So far, I think I am pretty close as he loves to smile and giggle.

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By slhilbert on 9/8/2009 7:50 AM

Here is a long email I wrote to my mother-in-law regarding my thoughts on health care reform.  I am for what campaign Obama said, when he talked about using a scalpel.  I think health care reform is best done slowly and deliberately to make a real change.

1. Putting caps on medical malpractice lawsuits.  Currently a person can sue a doctor for as much money as they want.  This sort of practice has caused the doctors to have to purchase incredibly expensive insurance which they then past the cost on to us.  As far as I can tell, no one is really against this piece, they just say it doesn't go far enough. 2. Allow citizens to buy insurance across state lines.  currently you can only buy insurance in your particular state, you can't buy it from another state.  By tearing down this restriction you immediately make insurance way more competitive (which is what the public option is suppose to do). The democrats are against this because they say that everyone will immediately go to the cheapest, easiest insurance...

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