MIA No Longer

Lost for 60 years, a B24 "Liberator" crew, members of the 63rd Bombardment Squadron, 43rd Bombardment Group, was found in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. What these men and so many others, did and gave for this country, we can only repay by dedicating our hearts and deeds to the proposition that the last best hope for mankind endures.

Thank you for defending liberty:

1st Lt. William M. Hafner, Norfolk, Va.

2nd Lt. Arthur C. Armacost, III, Cincinnati, Ohio

2nd Lt. David R. Eppright, Warrensburg, Mo.

2nd Lt. Charles F. Feucht, Reynoldsburg, Ohio

Technical Sgt. Raymond S. Cisneros, San Antonio, Texas

Technical Sgt. Alfred W. Hill, Temple, Okla.

Technical Sgt. James G. Lascelles, New York, N.Y.

Staff Sgt. William C. Cameron, Los Angeles, Calif.

Staff Sgt. Wilburn W. Rozzell, Duncan, Okla.

Please remember the care and diligence of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL). Thank you for bringing these boys home.

Read more about this recovery and identification here.

Photo of the Day: Hello

Medicare Part D: Update

We finally got my father's temporary benefit card. Because of his illness he can't work and therefore got additional help from CMS. He will get his medicine for free... hopefully. No premium is supposed to come out of his Social Security payment.

I signed him up on the Medicare website and that was fairly simple. The only problem was that his medication had two different styles: pill and injection, so I had to call his pharmacy to find out which one was which.

All in all, the sign-up process went smoother than the press was reporting.

Quick Review: Coach an Effective Team

This product, "How to Coach an Effective Team: Leadership that Gets Results," is a video (VHS) training course and viewer guide, it has a sixty minute run-time and is hosted by Joe "Coach" Gilliam.

"Coach" Gilliam leads the viewer through his management ideas with a mania that endears as it terrifies. The management lessons taught are solid as are the motivational techniques. The video has cheap production values, but it communicates Gilliam's ideas effectively.

I was lent this by one of my clients, if I had to purchase it to view it, I probably wouldn't.

Photo of the Day: Signs

Money, Money, Money... Money.

Re-signed a client to a new 2-year contract. Got a 50% price increase! Neato.

Quick Review: Medicare Part D

(Ring, ring)
Medicare: "Please hold."
Me: "Oh, ok."
(Do do do do, do do do do)
5 minutes later...
Recorded voice: "We will be with you soon."
(Do do do do, do do do do)
10 minutes later...
Recorded voice: "We will be with you soon."
(Do do do do, do do do do)
15 minutes later...
Recorded voice: "We will be with you soon."
(Do do do do, do do do do)
20 minutes later...
Recorded voice: "We will be with you soon."
(Do do do do, do do do do)
Much later...
(Do do do do, do do do do)
Me: "Aaargghh! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Iiieeeeeeeee!."
(Click)
Medicare: "Mr. Scootran, thanks for holding. Hello, Mr. Scootran, are you there?"