Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
My Story Begins
Rot
Let me start by saying that being six feet tall doesn’t make a human being a man. There are six-foot tall children running around all over the Earth, and there are three-foot tall old souls out there as well. Don’t confuse the number of years that have passed you by as being the hallmark of sound thought or maturity. Some old people die as children.
I will go on to say that there’s something to understand about my life: in the end, I wind up on top. It may take time; it may be a circuitous, frustrating road; but, as Bob Dylan once sang on Idiot Wind, “You didn’t know it, you didn’t think it could be done, in the final end he won the wars. After losin’ every battle.” And you want to know the best part? That drives my detractors out of their minds. I am the voice of reason in a world gone mad. And I remember everything. (more…)
Uncovered California
I’ve shared my gripes about Covered California before, such as here and here. I’ve got more to add.
I’m self-employed, so I get insurance through the so-called Covered California system of health insurance. California is one of the many states that decided, in its infinite wisdom, to not hang off the federal government’s healthcare.gov site, but instead spend $100 million of its own to re-invent the wheel. (more…)
