If you go to Google today (and you know you will), you’ll see this “doodle” commemorating the 123rd birthday of Yosemite National Park:

Unfortunately, that’s about as close as you’ll get to it today (actually you could probably just sneak in), because, like every other national park and museum is closed thanks to the Teabag wing of the Republican Party. So congratulations to them.

I wonder if somebody had to go chase all the critters out of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge before midnight last night?

It’ll be interesting to see how this ends – I really don’t see a way out unless the Senate Democrats somehow cave in to something or other. That must be the thinking (and I use the term loosely) among House Republicans, anyway. They must figure they can spin this as the Democrats being unwilling to “negotiate” (i.e., giving Republicans everything they want). I don’t see that working but, hey, you never know.

Ironically, one of the things that isn’t shut down is the rollout of “Obamacare” today – or, more specifically, the opening of the healthcare “exchanges” where hopefully some people can get insurance they can afford (though a lot of it is crappy insurance that doesn’t pay for much, apparently there are some relatively decent plans out there, and pretty good subsidies for some low-income folks). I suppose that all depends on what state you live in, too.

Nice thing about living here in NY is that we were proactive and got our exchange all set up and ready for this launch. So I figured I’d check out the site, check out the plans, maybe see how the premiums compare to mine…

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Well, alrighty then. At least I know they’re using Drupal.

Sadly, I not only have to go to the office today, but I also have to work until five o’clock. Kinda sucks, but at least I have a job (for the time being) and health insurance. Sure would be nice to have a window, though.