BerthaBlog

Maybe you haven’t heard of this: one of Bush’s last moves in office was a rule that says health care workers don’t have to provide you with medical treatment if that treatment happens to conflict with their personal moral principles.

Talking heads like to focus on the abortion angle, because that’s inflammatory and gets them a lot of ratings, but the rule goes further than that—it means a doctor doesn’t have to prescribe birth control, or a pharmacist fill the prescription, if they don’t believe birth control is “moral.” Technically it also means a doctor can deny you a blood transfusion if that happens to be against his religion. Really it means any health care worker can place their individual dogma over your best interests.

Fortunately the current administration is working to rescind this bit of legislative idiocy.

If doing your job goes against your moral principles, you should find another job.

If you are unwilling to sacrifice your job to stand by your convictions, perhaps it’s time to review just how firmly you really believe in them.

My computer is in a room in the basement. The basement is mostly unfinished, except for this one room, and as a result it also isn’t heated or cooled. It’s quite comfy in the summer, but in the winter it gets a little… chilly.

Today I went to look for a space heater, because I’m tired of my fingers going numb when I’m in a long raid.

I didn’t realize—space heaters are seasonal, like swimming suits. Nobody sells space heaters during the winter. Everyone is selling fans and air conditioners.

What was I thinking?

Not much is going on, hence the dearth of posting. I’ve applied for a few jobs, gotten no reply. An agency contacted me once to ask if they could send my resume to a potential employer, but they e-mailed me a few days later to let me know the employer had “decided to go in another direction.” Translation: either the job went away, or they hired someone internally.

Actually managed to land another interview tomorrow. Wish me luck!