The universe is out to get me

Last night I nearly swallowed a chicken bone. One of those long thin ones from the side of the breast. It really freaked me out because I half swallowed it and just barely got it out. One of those freaky moments where you just think...could I have dialed 911? Would they have gotten here in time? Scary.

Then just now I decided to have a drink. I went into the kitchen and grabbed a Jarritos (mandarin orange flavor, yum) pop from the fridge. They're yummy, they use cane sugar instead of corn syrup (usually), and they're still bottled in glass. I grabbed a bottle opener (they don't have twist-off caps) to take the cap off.

Cor blimey, it was stubborn. I attacked it from different angles but it thwarted my first opener utterly. So I grabbed another opener and tried that one. Still the same. Finally I managed to pop it off. I went to put it to my lips, but then I thought something seemed odd so I paused.

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Laughed at work today

While poking through the Administrative Rules of one of the states, I found this:

§114.7 Certification Process
(a) The director shall request review and approval of the Association by forwarding a summary of the relevant application information after the director deems the application complete and finds the applicant's financial information required under §114.3 of this title (relating to Application Form and Financial Information Requirements) reflects one of the following qualifying financial ratings:
(1) Dun & Bradstreet rating of 3A1 or better;
(2) Standard & Poor's rating of BBB or better;
(3) Moody's rating of Baa or better; or
(4) minimum tangible net worth of $5 million with a ratio of tangible net worth to long-term debt of 1.5 to one or greater.

What does it take, one wonders, to get Moody's coveted Baa rating? Must your coat be especially fluffy?