Go read this if you want cues on how to respond and you live in the States:
https://flamingsword.dreamwidth.org/496875.html
https://flamingsword.dreamwidth.org/496875.html
Amplifying this tonight, just in case it can get to someone who really needs to see it:
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
Health: Dental Milestone Made Official
Jun. 10th, 2025 04:14 pmI mentioned privately last week that I'd been accepted for enrolment into the Canadian Dental Insurance Plan. The one that our federal government hired Sun Life to administer for everyone earning less than C$90K/year and not already covered by their employer or their province?
That one.
I finally got the card in the papermail from Sun Life today.
Orange and pink and white plastic.
It's just hitting me now that, after over three decades of paying out of pocket by instalments for my dental health basics - exams, fillings and repairs of same, that sort of thing - I no longer have to worry about that part of my life's financial juggling. It's already covered through my federal income tax from now on unless I land a sufficiently lucrative job with its own coverage.
Hoping it all works out.
That one.
I finally got the card in the papermail from Sun Life today.
Orange and pink and white plastic.
It's just hitting me now that, after over three decades of paying out of pocket by instalments for my dental health basics - exams, fillings and repairs of same, that sort of thing - I no longer have to worry about that part of my life's financial juggling. It's already covered through my federal income tax from now on unless I land a sufficiently lucrative job with its own coverage.
Hoping it all works out.
I found out today - or was reminded today, I'm not entirely sure as I've downloaded resources from the IAU on the subject of star names in the past year and then neglected to review them carefully - that in 2015, a star in Monoceros - HD 45652 - was named "Lusitânia", in connection with their Name ExoWorlds programme. The one known planet orbiting it is named "Viriato". For the purposes of the projects I'm working on with the Tranquility Press fanfic gang, it's in Klingon space as of 2240-2410.
I love that this astronomical naming process is picking up speed in my lifetime!
I love that this astronomical naming process is picking up speed in my lifetime!
The Bay: Going Away
Jun. 1st, 2025 10:08 amThe Bay was a retail fixture of my life. I didn't expect to outlive the company.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hudsons-bay-8300-employees-june-1-1.7544639
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hudsons-bay-8300-employees-june-1-1.7544639
Good-News Update re: StellarCatalog.com
May. 31st, 2025 10:38 amThat website is back online, if you're interested!
StellarCatalog.com Query
May. 27th, 2025 10:21 pmIs anyone having issues accessing stellarcatalog.com at the moment?
Is there an authoritative list of such things somewhere the public can look through?
Red sky at night, superheroes' fright.
Red sky in the morning, superheroes' warning.
Comics fans will either know or quickly learn why Wolfman and Perez are named here.
Scalzi? Here's why.
https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3lpzynapmmc2q
Red sky in the morning, superheroes' warning.
Comics fans will either know or quickly learn why Wolfman and Perez are named here.
Scalzi? Here's why.
https://bsky.app/profile/scalzi.com/post/3lpzynapmmc2q
Health: Dental Milestone
May. 21st, 2025 04:17 pmI filed my application for coverage under the federal dental insurance plan yesterday.
Finally.
Finally.
Happier Birthdays to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
sabotabby!
May. 16th, 2025 10:34 pmSeriously, friend!
I hope better days are coming and that today was kind to you!
I hope better days are coming and that today was kind to you!
The Bay Goes to The Tire
May. 15th, 2025 05:41 pmLeases not mentioned. That may not mean much at this point, though.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/hudsons-bay-to-sell-brands-to-canadian-tire-for-30-million/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/hudsons-bay-to-sell-brands-to-canadian-tire-for-30-million/
Star Trek Mapping: Coreward Breen Spaces
May. 14th, 2025 09:59 pmHaving a little fun with the map projects before bed. Equuelus, Hercules, Sagitta, Corona Borealis, Aquila, that general neighbourhood. Places like Kitalpha, Ancha, Bunda, Libertas? Breen neighbourhoods!
RIP: petermorwood
May. 9th, 2025 10:39 amJust announced by his wife and writing partner, dianeduane:
https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/783067867808776192/peter-morwood
Diane, I am so sorry.
dianeduane:https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/783067867808776192/peter-morwood
Diane, I am so sorry.
About Various Events on May 5th...
May. 5th, 2025 10:47 amNoting that today is - among other things - Red Dress Day, Dutch Liberation Day, Danish Liberation Day and Cinco de Mayo. Whatever you're observing in whatever way today, may the day be kind to you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_5#Holidays_and_observances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_5#Holidays_and_observances
Seeking Help For Trek + Comics Writers
May. 2nd, 2025 09:27 amI've been reminded over on TrekBBS that there's ongoing medical fundraisers for two writers whose work on comic books and on Star Trek I've enjoyed reading and re-reading over the decades.
Mike W. Barr
Peter A. David
Mike W. Barr
Peter A. David
You may have heard in recent months of the Canadian COVID Society. They're looking out for the rights of people living with, or trying to avoid having to live with, COVID infections across Confederation.
They just announced a new resource for such people:
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhco2wm52w
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcowr622t
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcpjyfk2t
https://covidsociety.ca/priorities/safer-health-care/accommodation-request/
They just announced a new resource for such people:
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhco2wm52w
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcowr622t
https://bsky.app/profile/cancovsoc.bsky.social/post/3lnnhcpjyfk2t
https://covidsociety.ca/priorities/safer-health-care/accommodation-request/
