Entitlement, Plagairism, and Selling My Kids' Toys in Day by Day

The “mark” on my leg seems to be healing. It looked odd, but now it is just a tiny scab with no discoloration. I intend to keep an eye on it until completely healed, but for now, I think I can wait until I’m on Medicare (in October!) before asking for a dermatology exam.

Signing up for Medicare was easy. As soon as they send my card, I can purchase the gap insurance. I’ll be happy to switch. Because we are self-employed, I have NEVER paid less than $1000 a month for coverage, so after 40+ years, I am THRILLED to pay only $100 a month (plus whatever gap will be…probably around $200). A yearly savings of $10K is substantial.

I used to get so irritated when Republicans would call those who want universal insurance “entitled babies”. THEY had group insurance rates, something self-employed and those with pre-existing conditions were denied, so I THINK we can ALL see just WHERE the “entitlements” go, right?

Hypocrisy disgusts me.

Here’s another. There is a diarist here who writes on the travels she/he partakes. I really enjoyed reading them until I decided to read more on an area they visited. So I googled the place and lo and behold! THEY COPIED IT OFF THE INTERNET AND PASSED IT OFF AS THEIR OWN WRITING!

Folks, as a writer, I find copying and pasting and not giving the person who actually WROTE the piece the proper credit as hypocritical as it comes. As a professional writer, I find it offensive. I want to call the person out and expose him/her for the fraudulent trick, but know it will only cause drama, so here’s my suggestion. The next time someone writes of their travels, highlight a paragraph or two and paste it into a Google search. See what you come up with and know the truth.

Maybe you’re thinking “so what” if someone pretends they wrote something they didn’t. Writers make their living off their ideas put to words. Would you think it was okay to walk into an art gallery, copy a picture, and display it to the world as your own? It’s a theft in my book. All the person had to do was credit the website and I would have had no problem.

Rant over.

Well, I’m either a crummy ebay seller or people are not as into lego blocks as I was told. I listed about 25 lots of legos and sold ONE lot. I’m going to try again this Sunday, only change it up a little. I thought I’d try the baseball/football trading cards next. Even if I sell them for $1 each, I should make money, since I have hundreds. Now that I’m selling all this stuff, I just want it GONE.

In other not-terribly-fascinating news, I am gearing up for Thursday’s Board meeting. The weather in Florida is stinking hot, but the tropics are fairly quiet, so I spend more time indoors than out these days, allowing me plenty of time to prepare the agenda and hand-outs.

The hot weather has made the pineapples happy and I’ve been harvesting one after another. There is SUCH a big difference between the store-bought pineapples and the pineapples allowed to ripen naturally in the garden. One was so sweet, it tasted like candy! We also have a couple of watermelon growing, which mystifies since we did not plant watermelon seeds! I think they were random seeds included in another package, my husband thinks they might have been in the compost he spread in the garden. The last mystery melon wasn’t that great AND it was full of seeds, so I’m not too excited. LOL!

Well, I guess I’ve procrastinated enough. I should go do something productive rather than sitting here kvetching. There are pictures to scan, things to cook, a book to write, magazine articles to finish, business paperwork, and at least a dozen other half-finished projects waiting for my attention. Instead, I come online, slacker that I am. Don’t tell on me!

Last updated July 12, 2017