Life SIZE disembowelment, dismemberment, and decapitation

Thanks to Dad (you're the greatest Dad EVER!) we can now enjoy not just life-like grosteskery but now it's also LIFE SIZE! Mortal Kombat has never been a better father and son bonding experience! With more than 36 SQUARE FEET of epileptic-seizure-inducing goodness, Dad's LCD projector is a electronic miracle of love. It's like you are ripping the heart out of a REAL LIVE evil Ninja IN YOUR LIVING ROOM! For those who know little of the family friendly goodness that is "Mortal Kombat - ARMEGEDON", here's a glimpse of what you are missing.

I ROCK the house....big time!!

Man! am I good at football! I'm not talking about my recent Championship win in my"Fantasy Football" league, no, no I'm talking REAL LIFE here people!!

Here I am striking a devastating and demoralizing, not to mention dashing (note: saggy crotch sweat pants) taunting pose, after a stunning and seemingly impossible interception during the Dickey-john company football game. Everyone of the 10 people who were there was very impressed. Now all my family can be too.






ps.. we lost 7 to 3, obviously i can't do it all. :(

Insurance Rant

At the risk of ruining my reputation as a "reasonable" Trojahn, I thought I'd let you in on my rant to the insurance company. I've been trying to get claims from September processed for months and this lame email response pushed me over the edge. They'll probably round file those claims now that I've sent them this nasty-gram but it made me feel better...

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Dear MH,

Thank you for your question regarding the status of your
claims.

We have located a copy of the documents you faxed on November
21, 2007. The claims have been forwarded as an expedited
request to the appropriate department for processing. An
Explanation of Benefits will be issued shortly.

If you need additional information please call the member
services number on your Blue Shield ID card. We are here to
help.

Sincerely,
The Blue Shield Customer Service Team

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Dear Blue Shield Customer Service Team:

Regarding this email you sent to me yesterday - your response is a complete and total lie. You didn't even look into the matter. If you had, you would have seen that I had submitted that claim by mail in October, again in November, and then by fax on November 21 for a THIRD TIME since you conveniently lost the first two submissions. You also would have seen that Blue Shield REFUSES to process these claims because they need a TAX ID# or NPI# WHICH NO ONE BOTHERED TO TELL ME WAS NEEDED THE FIRST TWENTY TIMES I CALLED. I assume the idea would be that the NPI# would magically appear while Blue Shield customer non-service employees sat around doing nothing for 14 weeks. It would have to arrive by magic since I couldn't possibly submit a number because no one mentioned that it was missing. Why would anyone pass on trivial information like that when the NPI# fairies can deliver it?

So the idea that you are going to process the claim "shortly" is a total load of crap and a complete lie. I faxed in the NPI# to Bridget yesterday so have someone actually look into this and do the job they are getting paid minimum wage to do and process the claim IMMEDIATELY. Not tomorrow. Not after Christmas. Not next year. IMMEDIATELY. I need an EOB saying I've met my deductible so I can send dozens of claims to my NEW insurance company that Thank Heaven and Praise The Lord ISN'T Blue Shield of California.
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Just FYI - it's now January and more than six weeks since I sent this rant and they still haven't done a single thing with this claim. I wonder why?

Boy, is it quiet around here!

It 10:00 PM Sunday night, Beth, Lucy and Yogi are all sleeping. There's no one else here!

We really enjoyed having everyone here this Christmas and even thought the quiet is great, there is something to be said about all the noise and commotion. Grandkids running everywhere. Legos and Nerf Darts all over. What a wonderful time we had. By the way, does everyone know that I won the Monopoly game Saturday night?

Now, who is in charge of the July 4th family camping planing?

When Good Yarn Goes Bad

I found a book entitiled, The Museum of Kitschy Stitches: A Gallery of Notorious Knits by Stitchy McYarnpants, at Half-Price Books. I purchased it for the gift exchange at our scrapbook group's annual Christmas Party. It was a big hit.

While perusing the pages before the party, Evan and I were laughing hysterically. This led me on a hunt for for more Notorious Knits. I wasted several hours on Stitchy McYarnpants' website. There I found this timeless treasure, a lovely ski mask for girls. I begged Suzi to knit one for me, but she says she doesn't knit, she only crochets. I'm devastated.

In honor of the Holidays (Merry Christmas Everyone!) you can see Stitchy McYarnpants Christmas Craptacular HERE.

Adventures at the Band Concert

The Jr High School had their annual Christmas Concert Tuesday night. Since the concert wasn't the same week as Creighton finals, I volunteered to head up the refreshments. As Grand Poobah of Cookies, I had to get to the school an hour early to help set up.

As we pulled into the near empty parking lot an hour before the concert, we saw the band director parked at the front doors of the school unloading gear. Just as he walked away, a mom in a mini-van backed out of her parking space and slammed into the side of his car. The gal then jumped out of her van to examine the damage but evidently she forgot to put her van in park. The now driver-less van slammed into the band directors car a second time while she watched with a look of abject horror on her face. Luckily the band directors car blocked the idle speed renegade van or it might just have kept going right through the front entrance of the school.

The first hit made me feel bad for her, the second hit just made me laugh. I should have had a video camera.

The Move is On

Dave and Debbie and Katie and Jake and Luke and Jack moved today to the "country home". We are excited and wish them the best as they settle to their new home.


I didn't think it was a good idea to list their full address on this blog - it is public. But I did add Dave and Debbie's new address to the contact list on the Trojahn Family Airset tab.