Entries from July 2008

finding a doctor continued

July 31st, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | 2 Comments

finding a doctor continued

After being told that the physician to which I was assigned by MDWise under the HIP was no longer accepting patients, and that the person I switched to after that (being told by MDWise that their system listed them as ‘active’ or accepting patients) was also no longer accepting patients, I called another practice.  I [...]


Switching Doctors Failed!

July 29th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

Switching Doctors Failed!

I tried calling the doctor I selected last week to schedule an appointment.  The receptionist said they were no longer accepting new patients, even though I selected this doctor from a list that an MDWise rep gave me of doctors that, according to their system, were accepting new patients.   The receptionist at the doctor’s office [...]


Healthy Indiana Plan: Scheduling a Physical

July 23rd, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

Healthy Indiana Plan: Scheduling a Physical

I have gotten my information packet from MDWise but I had to call to get my RID number and assigned physician. Today I got my second POWER account bill from MDWise, but it said I didn’t owe anything. I tried to call my physician to schedule a physical and they said that the [...]


diners, corrections, and community

July 14th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

diners, corrections, and community

I’ve always loved diners, ever since I was a kid and going to Tucker’s this weekend on a trip to Cincinnati made me think about the role diners and other meeting places play as community anchors.  Then I saw the following article about a Rhode Island program for incarcerated youth that has them learning carpentry [...]


Jail Book Group

July 8th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

Jail Book Group

I’m trying to be better about posting what I’ve been doing lately.  Last night, the book group I’m facilitating through Pages and New Leaf New Life in the “therapeutic” block of the local jail met for the second time and we picked the book that we’re going to read, A Walk in the Woods by [...]


Healthy Indiana Plan Update

July 8th, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

Healthy Indiana Plan Update

I still haven’t gotten my introductory literature from my health provider (MDWise) or my second month’s bill for my POWER account.  I called MDWise and they said they were behind on sending them but that I should receive them “soon”.  The rep also said that I shouldn’t worry about being late on my POWER account [...]


AMC roundup

July 2nd, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

AMC roundup

I presented a session on Web 2.0 and Social Movements.  You can see my slides and some resources I tagged on del.icio.us.


water heater woes

July 1st, 2008 by Geoffrey Hing | No Comments

water heater woes

Well, if you’ve been paying attention to my del.icio.us feed, you’ll see I’ve been struggling to repair a water heater that had been partially submerged in the recent flooding:

Tristan recommended replacing the thermocouple as it is a frequent point of failure for gas furnaces and water heaters and is relatively cheap and easy to replace.  [...]