Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston

Oh my God, my head is totally going to explode. I had accepted the no trash before midnight the day of pickup rule and have been following it. But I'd just like to point out, in light of this whole mess that The Beacon Hill Civic Association's own website doesn't even agree with the stupid notes they go around posting on people's doors when someone puts trash out before midnight.

Look, they even mention specific streets where a different rule applies, though I don't know how much of a rule it is. It sounds like a rule of the Civic Association, not the city of Boston. But my street isn't on this list, and this is only a few streets on the hill.

Oh baby, you people are so so wrong. Or else, if you think the rules are otherwise, then maybe you should keep your website a little more up to date. It's not hard.

In case you couldn't figure it out. I like it!

This movie has a lot of people up in arms because it comes out in theaters and at almost the same time, is released on DVD and cable. It's filmed with an HD digital camera rather than film. I feel like I need to see it just because of what they're trying to do by doing all this stuff differently. Kendall has it. I might have to go check it out... I wonder if Rob Reed is up for it.

That's what I say to everyone I've heard so far speaking about how to deal with healthcare in Massachusetts. Supposedly, the legislature is working on a way to get everyone in the state insured. Too bad so far the main plan I've heard is that they're just going to make it a law that you have to have insurance. Oh, yes, because the reason people are uninsured is because they just don't feel like being insured. Not because they're broke, their jobs don't offer it, they're homeless, etc. No, it's just for shits and giggles.

Then, I just heard some idiot on the radio now who's going to be in an NPR story at noon, saying that the real solution to solving the problem of the cost of insurance and healthcare is to just have everyone pay for their own rather than employers, etc. Because then people would "spend less frivolously" on their healthcare and drive down costs. (Incidentally, he's talking about national healthcare, but that doesn't matter for my point here.)

Newsflash, Asshole! Healthcare is not a bargain service, nor should it be. I don't want my medicine or my new organ to come from Filene's Basement! Get serious! You are not addressing the real problem. The real problem is people who cannot afford health insurance. That's it, it's simple. Making them pay for it isn't going to fix the problem because they can't pay for it. See how that works?

My friend AJPP and I kind of got out of control with the F-word in college and even after. Both of us were known to scream things like, "Fuck you, you fucking fuck!" when, for instance, driving in Cambridge. This calls for just that sentiment.

Um, remember when you said you were retiring? That you weren't going to write any more books? I guess you were just joking. But I'm pretty sure you've exhausted the possibilities of creepy story lines. In fact, I'm quite certain you've repeated yourself about 200 times by now, so can you please stop?

AJPP, you have been converted. I will add you to my permanent links in my sidebar soon, I forgot to last night.