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catscradle May. 20th, 2005 09:11 am)
catscradle May. 20th, 2005 09:11 am)So as a graduation gift ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
_darlingnicky_ procured for me a bottle of my beloved absinthe, for which we partook of last night. I've never had enough of the stuff in one sitting to see the fabled green fairy, but the relaxed euphoria and overall good feeling I experience is just fine. I'm still feeling that heady lightness, but that can also be my sinuses, so I'm just rolling with it. Federal law states that if it's home brewed and not sold for profit, it's legal. Colorado law, not so much. Oh well.
In other news, Denver man, dependent on oxygen machine, dies shortly after power disconnected. Forgiving the fact that this could as easily happen this summer when we will undoubtly be hit by one of several rolling blackouts that have been increasing each year, this is just fucking cold. XCEL Energy is saying that the guy could have applied for the LEAP program where the government helps pay the electric bill for those that can't afford it, but this system totally collapsed in the fall when Colorado switched to a new computer system that effectively crashed the moment it went online. Anyone using LEAP, food stamps, wellfare and/or disability has been fucked over since September last year. There's also the distinct possibility that the man didn't qualify for LEAP anyway. They say he and his wife had kids, so if they're to qualify for LEAP, assuming they have two kids, combined they have to gross $18,660 or less a year to receive any assistance. After taxes that's $1270/month for a family of four in order to qualify for state/federal aid. So if they collectively made $19K a year, they wouldn't qualify for jack shit.
That aside, CHRIST! They pleaded that it was for medical reasons and SHOWED the technician the oxygen machine. You generally don't have spare oxygen machines hanging around unless you're actually using it. My guess is the man that died probably thought he'd be okay for a few days until the matter was settled. He was using the oxygen for sleep apnea. I have it too, though I don't use the oxygen machine yet because I was just diagnosed with it and they need to run further tests - I'd never have thought it so life threatening. I'm guessing it's also a matter of how bad you have it and your overall health as to how immediate the threat is. Too bad he didn't (or couldn't) go somewhere else for a few nights to sleep.
Speaking of no electricity, I see that Morgan Spurlock, creator of Super Size Me will have his own show on fX now called "30 Days" wherein an individual will adopt a lifestyle commpletely different from their upbringing for, yeah, 30 days. From the commercial's I've seen, they're doing one on what it's like to live without electricity. Some other good ones too, like what it's like to live as a Muslim and what it's like to live on minimum wage. Sounds promising. I'm going to try to watch when it premiers this summer.
_darlingnicky_ procured for me a bottle of my beloved absinthe, for which we partook of last night. I've never had enough of the stuff in one sitting to see the fabled green fairy, but the relaxed euphoria and overall good feeling I experience is just fine. I'm still feeling that heady lightness, but that can also be my sinuses, so I'm just rolling with it. Federal law states that if it's home brewed and not sold for profit, it's legal. Colorado law, not so much. Oh well. In other news, Denver man, dependent on oxygen machine, dies shortly after power disconnected. Forgiving the fact that this could as easily happen this summer when we will undoubtly be hit by one of several rolling blackouts that have been increasing each year, this is just fucking cold. XCEL Energy is saying that the guy could have applied for the LEAP program where the government helps pay the electric bill for those that can't afford it, but this system totally collapsed in the fall when Colorado switched to a new computer system that effectively crashed the moment it went online. Anyone using LEAP, food stamps, wellfare and/or disability has been fucked over since September last year. There's also the distinct possibility that the man didn't qualify for LEAP anyway. They say he and his wife had kids, so if they're to qualify for LEAP, assuming they have two kids, combined they have to gross $18,660 or less a year to receive any assistance. After taxes that's $1270/month for a family of four in order to qualify for state/federal aid. So if they collectively made $19K a year, they wouldn't qualify for jack shit.
That aside, CHRIST! They pleaded that it was for medical reasons and SHOWED the technician the oxygen machine. You generally don't have spare oxygen machines hanging around unless you're actually using it. My guess is the man that died probably thought he'd be okay for a few days until the matter was settled. He was using the oxygen for sleep apnea. I have it too, though I don't use the oxygen machine yet because I was just diagnosed with it and they need to run further tests - I'd never have thought it so life threatening. I'm guessing it's also a matter of how bad you have it and your overall health as to how immediate the threat is. Too bad he didn't (or couldn't) go somewhere else for a few nights to sleep.
Speaking of no electricity, I see that Morgan Spurlock, creator of Super Size Me will have his own show on fX now called "30 Days" wherein an individual will adopt a lifestyle commpletely different from their upbringing for, yeah, 30 days. From the commercial's I've seen, they're doing one on what it's like to live without electricity. Some other good ones too, like what it's like to live as a Muslim and what it's like to live on minimum wage. Sounds promising. I'm going to try to watch when it premiers this summer.
