Entries from November 13th, 2009
Just a note to say that after many requests and questions, I figured out how to add a link to contact info, which includes my email and cell phone. The “Contact” link now appears in the header, along with links to the Home page, archives, sitemap, etc. I guess you can teach an old dog [...]
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The woes of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund keep expanding. Last week was the letter describing the ballooning backlog that could prevent timely verification of health insurance by the beginning of 2010. Now comes a fat packet of papers for a newly required “Dependent Eligibility Verification”. In what is described as a cost-saving [...]
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Tags: Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund·Hawaii·health insurance
The sun doesn’t appear at this time of year until after 6:40 a.m., which means that it’s still pretty dark when we make our way down along Kamehameha Highway to get to the beach. This was the view this morning some 15 minutes or more before sunrise. It was cloudy and threatening, but rained only [...]
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It’s Friday. Time for Felines! This week I almost failed to get enough cat pictures and had to scramble a bit on Thursday morning so that there would be enough to choose from. In any case, this is Mr. Toby. He’s a reminder that we need to transition back to the reduced calorie food, or [...]
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Well, well. Credit where credit is due. I received an email from the director of the city’s Department of Human Resources yesterday afternoon (Thursday) with the quarterly list of personal services contracts for quarter ending Sept. 30 attached. It was delivered well within the 10-day response period provided, and the report was complete with the [...]
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Tags: Honolulu·personal services contracts·public records