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Seattle tech startup + edible overdose in Denver airport

actual ferry pic taken by me Dateline: 2014. Recruited by a Sr. Exec mgr from two prior separate gigs I'll write about eventually. He & I had a good relationship based on my sales success at those stops. Plus, he's a decent guy in many ways: smart, generous, positive, dedicated, loyal. Alas, our positive mojo curdled & died at this final stop. One might even declare there shan't be another. Keyword: shan't. I was there for 6 frustrating months. Frustrating for 2 good reasons: the software was created for a space I knew nothing about: the world of 'health care Third Party Administrators' (TPA). These are small mom & pop shops that physically process your health care claims. So, if UnitedHealth or whoever is your carrier, they don't process your/your doctor's claim, they outsource that to TPAs. No big deal. However, TPAs, I came to learn, live in the 1960s. By that I mean, they process claims by FUCKING FAX .  Yes: faxes , like in old-timey mov...

1st Grateful Dead concert = LSD freakout ending in restraints

In downtown Chicago, pay attention which train you board

Does anyone really need 5 kids?

Roofied at the Bob Dylan concert

Why it's called 'pop' music

Why do music fans only own craptastic stereos?

Drunken ladyfriend freakouts

Want to make real money in this market? Stop diworsifying.

My first and last sea cruise.

That one time my roomate's cat burned down the apartment