It didn't occur to me until this weekend that being approved by the insurance company may not mean getting 100 percent coverage for the procedure. I talked to my sister Sunday, and we discussed my brother-in-law's recent stay in the hospital. They have insurance, but it doesn't kick in right away, and they have a couple thousand in bills.

I called the isurance company this morning and found out I am indeed covered for 100%, but it made for some worried hours.

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Stephen Colbert has been doing a great job in the past few weeks promoting donorschoose.org, a site that allows people to donate directly to help fund programs in Pennsylvania public schools. Because of his efforts, the site raised more that $100,000 in just a few weeks. That alone puts him on my "what a great guy" list, but tonight he went over the top. He plugged the site once again during his build up to his own trip to Philly for the upcoming primary, and this time he mentioned a couple of the programs seeking funding. The first one took me by surprise because it was from my own district. Yes, he did  joke concerning a request from Titusville Middle School's band program. Here's the bit:

 

 

Thanks, Stephen!

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Colbert had George WIll on last night.  Will is, in my opinion, one  of the few conservative  pundits around anymore that I still respect.  He's got one of the sharpest minds around, and he's unfailingly  proper.  Seeing him on Colbert's show shocked me, not because it satirized modern "conservatism" (which WIll really isn't a part of, but because I would have thought he simply would find distastefully chaotic. But appear he did, and what struck me was how fun it was watching Colbert's frantic, frenetic faux blowhard interact with the calm, cool, unflinchingly assured, and piercing gaze of WIll.    At a couple of points, it looked like Will's responses actually left Colbert a bit taken back.  I don't think I've ever seen Colbert intimidated by a guest before, but I think that's exactly what happened here.

 

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