My Nest thermostat review

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My Nest

Thermostat

Review

She’s pretty tech savvy, she’s been using computers since the punch card days. But every now and then she’ll ask me silly questions like how to email pictures from her iPhone.

I've known about the Nest thermostat for awhile now but it never occurred to me it would be the perfect gift. They market it from an energy savings angle, and stuff like that doesn't interest me. My mom lives in Miami so I doubt the Nest would be much of an energy saving thing. During most of the year, especially in the summer the air conditioning is on all day. But to be honest, I didn’t really care... It looks beautiful and it’s connected to the internet, the cool factor does it.

I sent the Nest website to my Mom for the “OK” and she was amazed.

Nest is beautiful. Interacting with it is a delight. After it was installed I found myself adjusting it just to touch it. It’s really nice. The only negative, if I had to give one, is that the screen isn’t high resolution. Everything else with the hardware is awesome.

The hardest part to installing Nest had nothing to do with Nest

On the Nest website they have a guide tool. It walks you through the process of figuring out if you a/c is compatible with Nest. You can also email them pictures of your thermostat and they can figure it out for you.

Since the Nest is so nice, I wanted the wall to look perfect. When I removed the old thermostat I plastered, sanded and painted the wall (Home Depot color match paint is a lifesaver). It took hours to get the wall ready and was the longest and most annoying part. Installing the Nest took literally like 5 mins.

It's like the first time you used a remote to change the channel on your TV

The Nest is connected to the internet via your Wifi. After you install and set it up (zipcode, wifi password, software update and link your phone), you can control it from your phone or the Nest website. This is the my mom’s favorite feature. I think this is Nest's best selling point.

It also learns your daily routine and programs itself accordingly. It also provides reports and history stuff so you can totally nerd out on use stats of your house.

My Mom is super happy with it. It was fun installing it for her and it looks beautiful! It’s a bit on the pricy side.

I got it here, for around $250

Was it worth it? Yes!

I wanted to get my Mom a gift that she would use every day.

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My boobs are big. They are too big for my body, and they hurt. I can't take a shower without holding my boobs, literally. I've seen a lot of doctors. Most told me to lose weight, to stop drinking coffee, stop eating dark chocolate, etc. I lost fifteen pounds within the last year, only to find that my boobs had gotten bigger. I decided I was sick of people telling me this was something I could control, and I wanted to deal with the discomfort as soon as possible. On my third consultation for a breast reduction, the surgeon informed me that I would need to send a picture of my tits, first and foremost, to the insurance company to see if they deemed them "big enough" for my surgery to be "medically relevant." Yes, you read correctly. Not only do I need to send a literal nudie-pic to some unknown person, who is not a doctor, to determine whether or not they think I should have smaller boobs, but I also needed to document that I have tried to deal with my boob-issue multiple other ways. One of the examples most insurance companies give is, "consulting a bra specialist," as if I haven't figured out what type of bra to wear with 30FF/30G tits. Seriously, like I have many options.

I have had mammograms, ultrasounds, acupuncture, physical therapy, massage therapy, you fucking name it...but apparently it hasn't been enough to show that I've tried to deal with my breast pain in a nonsurgical way. Instead, if I want my breast reduction to be covered by insurance, I need to take painkillers for a year to document that I've tried to deal with the pain via medication, rather than surgery.

What really pisses me off, is that I’m expected to wait for someone, who isn’t a doctor, to tell me if they think my boobs are appropriately sized for my body and therefore if the pain I’m experiencing is enough. On top of that, I know a seventy year old man could have the government pay for ED treatment, which causes less physical pain and no more psychological pain than that of a 16 year old in high school being told that if she were only a little skinnier, maybe her boobs wouldn't be so big.

What Are Big Tits?

So here are some examples of breast reductions that have been covered by insurance, similar to those offered to me in the doctor's office as examples:

DEAR INSURANCE COMPANIES,

My boobs don't look like this. And this may be what you're used to seeing as "too big," but mine are too big by my standards. They hurt enough, I've documented that enough, and I will not dignify this system with a picture of my rack so that you can tell me what is enough.

Insurance companies need to get their shit together. Did you know that most insurance companies, including medicare, cover everything but the copay in a "penile implant procedure"..? So if a sixty five year old man has erectile dysfunction, he can have a surgery to have a literal pump put inside of his penis to help him get it up...

Medical insurers cover this cost because erectile dysfunction is considered to be a "medical condition" ... but erectile dysfunction doesn't cause physical pain, and it doesn't interfere with daily life outside of sexual intercourse. The symptoms are psychological. I'm not trying to argue that ED isn't an issue--it is, and it affects men all over the world. The issue I take with this topic is that while penile implant procedures are covered by insurance, so many issues that apply to women and are far more disruptive to every day life, are not. While ED is deemed "medically relevant," so many issues having to do with women's appearance are not--despite any psychological or physical symptoms they may inflict.

THIS IS PATRIARCHY, AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ITS CONTINUOUS REIGN.

Dear Everyone Else,

Don't tell me "I wish I had your problem" because you think it would be nice to have tits like Kim Kardashian or Audrina Patridge.

While I'm not a thirty-year old woman with two kids, I'm also not a sex icon, please don't compare my situation to theirs. My body is my body and I'd apprecciate it if patriarchy would step down and let me work with my doctors to make my own judgements,.. because I really don't want or need the opinion of the mass public in determining what is or is not enough.

Helena Victor

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"To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything." Thoughts in Solitude, Thomas Merton

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Lassothemoon Gift Baskets announces its Summer Fun 2013 Gift Basket Collection

Lassothemoon Gift Baskets is announcing a new collection of gift baskets in Summer Fun themes for Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduations and Red, White and Blue gift baskets in original designs.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr. 27, 2013 - MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis, MN--Lassothemoon Gift Baskets, a premier gift basket service, announces the launch of its original Summer Fun 2013 gift basket collection. Summer themes, including gardening, fishing, sports, shopping, spa, Independence Day, graduations and vacationing have been incorporated into each unique design in its new summertime gift basket collection now offered on www.lassothemoongiftbaskets.com.

Already offering the Web's best selection of designer gift baskets for personal as well asbusiness gift giving, the company has expanded its list of pre-designed gift baskets for birthdays, weddings, gourmet host and hostess, new babies and more. Unique to Lassothemoon Gift Baskets, the staff also designs custom gift baskets in our customers' exact visions. Cher Wolf, graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Design, is Designer and owner at Lassothemoon Gift Baskets, a gift basket Web-based company that has earned success in its ten years of operation. She said, "We design gift baskets for every reason and every season," in describing the unlimited possibilities in any gift basket they can custom-design, with special touches and details in a custom gift basket's themes, contents, colors, containers, and corporate branding. She added, "Any pre-designed gift basket, including those in our new Summer Fun Collection, can be changed to fit the customer's wishes, too. We believe that it's important to serve our customers with gift baskets that keep up with trends in fashion, color, and gourmet products."

In addition, Lassothemoon Gift Baskets offers next-day courier service to the Twin Cities metro area, and also offers a variety of shipping options, including overnight shipping to the contiguous 48 states. "Ordering from Lassothemoon Gift Baskets is easy, because we have a fun, easy-to-navigate website with countless gift basket options, vivid descriptions and clear photos. Customers can call us, too, at 612.325.3267, or email at [email protected]for a very personal ordering experience," Wolf notes.

"Our studio is very busy with reds and greens in December, so we always look forward to our summer gift basket season," said Wolf, when announcing the launch of Lassothemoon Gift Baskets Summer Fun gift basket collection.

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I am the Mirror

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"Without destroying me, how could He pour me this treasure?
He had to throw me to the waves for Love's Sea to sweep me away.
What can the man of words guess of the sweetness of silence?
What can the arid heart know of always-flowing freshness?
I am the mirror, I am the mirror, I am not a man of words
You'll know my spiritual state when your ears become gaze."

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi
(Translated by Andrew Harvey from A Year of Rumi)