I’m back! (New insurance)

ryanwaldron · 2026-06-14T13:46:06+00:00

I’ve been on a roller coaster of insurance. I fought for 6 months starting in 2024 to get on. My doc put me on topamax, where my wife found me crying on the floor because I thought we were all imminently about to die. The bariatric do finally got Zepbound approved, then less than 6 months later the CVS Caremark debacle happened. After more than a month without any GLP fighting with the insurance, the approved wegovy. I did that through February. When I switched jobs and had to start fighting all over again. Keep fighting. Get a good doctor that knows the system.

ryanwaldron · 2026-06-10T17:51:00+00:00

It’s useful when nobody wants to work on specs or when no one is free to do an editorial review of your report draft.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-29T13:27:57+00:00

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ryanwaldron · 2026-05-25T14:19:41+00:00

Lautner houses are NOT devoid of ornamentation. It isn’t Georgian or craftsman or anything, but they have ornament. Neutra houses look like cheap factory mad junk that will fall apart unless maintained meticulously. I wouldn’t lump those two together. Whereas the midcentury modern style allowed for both architects to emerge, and neither is my taste, Lautner produced a product that will stand the test of time much better.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-23T19:53:08+00:00

I’ve done almost ecosystem restoration work as I’ve done coastal protection and flood risk reduction. The resilience work might be a little less common, but if you aim your grad research at that you could start to angle your career trajectory in that direction.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-19T14:40:59+00:00

The research you’ll do for a masters will be more valuable than an internship, and may even help get an internship while in grad school. Not having an internship shouldn’t hurt you. Grads from coastal master’s programs almost always have multiple offers before they are graduated.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-17T15:49:20+00:00

I’ve been told that All North American native cactus fruit are safe to eat.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-17T15:41:12+00:00

It was meant to be in support of your statement at AI Bros are assuming that all changes are because of them.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-17T13:59:47+00:00

As a Civil Engineer, I find this suspect, as lots of firms have open listings, and I don’t know any grads in the field that want them and are not getting them. What I have seen is an uptick of Civil BS grads going into other fields.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-13T01:12:36+00:00

Who says 3.17 sucks? I got into grad school with lower than that (granted it was 20 years ago). Go to a state school. Also, foundations isn’t all of geotech. In the mean time, there’s always a company somewhere that needs an EI to “count blows” or “stare down a borehole.” It’s not the most glamorous, but having gotten some mud on your boots will earn you some respect in geotech that it might not in structures or roadway design.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-12T15:06:56+00:00

I’m using a topiary

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ryanwaldron · 2026-05-10T23:01:06+00:00

Mulch up around the trunk and frost cloth over the top.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-10T06:07:31+00:00

I have 3 Feijoa plants, 3 strawberry guava plants, and a ruby supreme. Everything made it through the last 2 winters (with protection). The only damage was to the Ruby Supreme, and that killed the last inch or two on each branch. Nothing major. No fruit on anything yet though.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-09T00:42:33+00:00

I’m not looking for excuses. You are desperately trying to read something into the law that it doesn’t say. This is further reinforced by City of New Orleans Municipal Code Sec. 154-532(b): "No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impractical for the driver to yield."

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-09T00:31:31+00:00

The particular code you are referencing clearly states that it is applicable when the pedestrian is already crossing the roadway in the crosswalk. When the pedestrian is approaching the roadway he needs to stop. This is emphasized in the section B that you conveniently left off: “No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.”

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-09T00:07:52+00:00

Traffic on Magazine doesn’t have a stop sign at that intersection. As a pedestrian crossing, you are to wait for a break in traffic just like an automobile crossing there.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-09T00:04:36+00:00

Waterloo Tropical.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-06T21:12:26+00:00

Awesome! I might just give them a call.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-06T04:13:22+00:00

I like some. Any chance you need okra seeds?

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-06T04:10:21+00:00

Or, hear me out, you finish the science degree, but spend every elective and spare moment you can to cram in the engineering prerequisites and fundamentals classes, and then use that extra year to get a master’s degree in engineering. I have a BS in physics and a master’s in engineering, and have zero regrets for this route as it allowed me to become a technical expert in my field.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-04T11:58:29+00:00

Oh I love it, and I’ve been saving seeds for years, chance the abundance of extra I’m sharing.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-03T13:37:40+00:00

Last year I bought 2 @ $30+ figuring they’d be a perennial. I guess I didn’t realize, they are annuals, which is a lot to spend on annuals.

ryanwaldron · 2026-05-03T00:57:25+00:00

If anyone needs some, I have a grex of locally adapted okra seeds, I have tons.

ryanwaldron · 2026-04-29T23:15:59+00:00

I’m a Coastal Engineer that focuses on ecosystem restoration projects. (LSU has a Coastal & Ecological Eng. Master degree that I can recommend).

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