Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
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6:47 pm - Cash for Clunkers is such BullSh**
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I am so tired of hearing about this Cash for Clunkers bullsh**. Don't people have any sense at all? The people who can afford to buy a new car even with the government rebate... The cars they are turning in are not bad cars when it comes to gas milage. They are the "nicer" used cars. You don't want to take the "nicer" used cars off the road. What are the lower income people going to drive? These are the cars they would have bought used. Now they are going to be forced into driving even older cars. You take all the "nicer" used cars off the road and destroy them... You are not improving the enviorment. You are just creating hardship for the lower income people. And you are keeping the really really old cars on the road.
Plus you are creating economic hardship for the lower income folks.
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Sunday, April 5th, 2009
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9:09 am - Funniest thing....
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I was thinking the other day about my past. And the funniest memory came up. When I was at computer school back in the late 80's... People were just starting to think about what they were saying. You know... Slang that just comes popping out of one's lips without meaning anything. But sometimes it is really offensive even if the person saying it did not mean anything. And as my Mom used to say... When people first notice something bad and try to correct it... The pendulum swings too far. Instead of just correcting the error people take the attempt at correction way over the top. And... Hence the dang near funniest event of my life.
The school administration came up with a list of about 40 or 50 offensive words. And some of them were very offensive and should never have been used under any circumstances. But... The majority of the words were every-day words that just had a slang meaning too. Such as the word, "Baby." Or "Tomato." Some words I did not even know what the off color meaning was. We were told to NEVER use any of these words. Even in normal conversation. Not even if we were talking about our new little nephew or the plant in our backyard garden. We were told to use the word, "infant." Or "red round vegetable." (Yep I know it is a fruit.) Stuff like that. The darn instructor even brought in a dictionary so we could look up alternative words.
Well...
Someone numbered the list. And henceforth commenced... "YOU'RE A NUMBER 15!!!" "WELL THEN YOUR A NUMBER 26!!!" "NO! NO! YOU ARE A NUMBER 37!!!" And people almost knocked each other down in the mad dash to the list to see what they had been called. This went on for the rest of the day and part of the next... Then... The list mysteriously disappeared. As did all the lists in the other classrooms as well. There was no list to be found anywhere. We even searched the garbage cans. The lists of unacceptable words were gone. Forever.
Though... I do have to admit the entire situation did make quite an impression on everyone. People were much more careful to speak respectfully and improved their use of offensive slang words.
But... My Goodness it was funny.
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
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5:40 pm - Another weird topic...
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Vengeance...
Everyone says that seeking vengeance is wrong. Why? I really don't get this. Isn't it simple enough. Vengeance is how a society makes sure that a dangerous individual does not continue to hurt people. I have heard people express ideas along the lines that revenge cannot change the past -- so why do something so vindictive and childish? Well... Duh... Vengeance is only partly about the past. It is more about the future.
The real purpose of vengeance is to make sure that the person cannot go out and harm someone else like they harmed the person who vengeance is being sought over.
And sure it makes the family of, or the person who was injured, happy to know that the person who wronged them got punished. But the real plus side is that the person who did the evil deep either cannot do such a deed ever again. Or will be too scared to ever do anything like that again. Depending on the severity of what the crime was.
What is wrong with vengeance? I really don't think that there is anything wrong with it. I think that it is a needed philosophy in society. A society without good working concept of vengeance is not a healthy society.
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
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6:10 pm - Celestine Prophecy ... ???
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Well... A relative of mine sent me the book. The Celestine Prophecy. Wanted me to read it. Seems another of my relatives pointed it out to him as a good book. You gotta understand as I write this that everyone in my Clan on my Mother's side tends to be very spiritual. One way or another. Some are ultra Christian. Some are New Age. Some are... Something else...??? But pretty much everyone is something. Definable or not. They have very serious beliefs. Even I do. In fact I am a bit on the fringe of what most people would consider a bit crazy. Generally I don't talk Spirituality or Religion because most people would be uncomfortable with what I believe. I am not sure if I am even all that happy with what I believe. And I know that is an odd statement. If you are not happy with it why do you believe it? Well... It's not that I doubt what I believe. I just wish that things were as simple as Heaven if you are even reasonably good and Hell if you are truly evil. That is in my mind... Way to simplistic. But I would love the simplicity of it. I wish I could believe what I believed as a child. But... I don't.
And so here I am trying to fine tune my beliefs. Trying to figure out all the details. I don't imagine I will manage it in my lifetime. I have a set of basics. But I am adding to them as I go. But sometimes I long for the simplicity of what I believed as a child. It was comforting.
As a fiction book The Celestine Prophecy is kind of a fun read. As a teacher of spiritual truths.... There are some points I'd not disagree with. I was especially impressed with the idea that people learn social behaviors and then repeat them all their lives regardless of the behavior's suitability to a given situation. Delving into why you behave as you do is, I believe, a worthwhile challenge. And rewarding. If one understands why one behaves in a certain way. Then the person in question can change the behavior when another behavior is more appropriate. But if you are just running on old programming unaware that you are playing out learned behaviors... Well then it is hard to change things for the better.
So I agree with that. And I think that there are some other equally important bits of "insight" in the book.
But what I don't agree with... The idea that everything that occurs in one's life is automatically good and has some higher purpose if only you will find it. Some instincts are not good. Some coincidences are not good. Some things that come from the great beyond are evil. The book does not leave room for discernment. It makes too many assumptions that everything is good. Especially anything of a Spiritual nature.
Discernment. I think that is a watchword in life. Whether you are dealing with the thoughts in your own head or something of a Spiritual Nature. Discernment. Not everything is good.
This book seems to encourage people to believe that everything that they run into. Whether it be a simple ordinary coincidence. Or a religious experience of supernatural origin. This book seems to encourage people to view it through rose colored glasses. Everything is good and is for Spiritual growth. Well I tend to disagree. Sometimes things are just things. And even when they are more than just mundane and slip over into the realms of the Spiritual... Discernment is required. There are things of the spiritual realms that are bad and don't have your best interests at heart.
I guess I could sum my thoughts up like this. A wise person does not trust everyone they meet here on Earth. Some people are criminals or manipulators or just plain mean. Why would a person assume that everything coming to them in a Spiritual context would be friendly? I bet there are bad spirits just like there are bad people. Hence the concept of discernment.
I think that The Celestine Prophecy has some lovely and interesting ideas. But I also think that to buy it completely would be an error.
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Sunday, February 15th, 2009
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8:48 pm - Denial As A Way Of Life.
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I think this statement seems to me to sum up most of the human condition. We all do it. Oh I can complain at length about what other people do with the wonders of denial. But I am not free of that sin either. Cast the first stone and all that... And where does optimism cross over to denial? How do you answer that question? I sure cannot seem to. Where does the one end and the other start?
I have watched my parents... Mom denying that I was as sick as I really was. Mom denying she was as sick as she really was... then she dropped dead one morning. Kind of late to discuss the issues of denial at that point.
Again... What is optimism? And where does it cross over into denial? I just don't know the answer to that question. One is healthy. One is not.
Denial as a way of life.
Shite... (as my Great-grandmother was reported to have said in polite company)
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
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4:33 pm - What Love Is...
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I listen to all this talk about something people call, "Love and Light." Or "Enlightenment." Or whatever, along those same lines. And people always talk about Love. And how if you have love in your heart you will be peaceful and calm and centered and a whole lot of other things. And they talk on and on and on about all this stuff. About Spirituality and more and more and more stuff. And it all seems to say that if you are a Loving person you won't feel anger or fear or any "negative" emotion. And damn. But I am so sick of hearing all this stuff. I get so just incensed by all these people talking and talking about how much they Love everything. How everything is one.
People seems to act like Love is just this peaceful emotion. That it makes everything calm. That "Love in your Heart" is this panacea for everything.
Well... I live in Washington State. We have little brown bears and little black bears. It is extremely rare for them to do anything but run like heck if they see a person. The only warnings that are given to hikers out here is, don't try and feed the bears. It teaches them bad habits. Don't corner the bear. Any cornered animal will fight. And... If you see a baby bear make damn sure you know where Mama bear is. And if you love your life make sure you are not between her and her baby!
Mama bear loves her baby. Does that make Mama bear "Peaceful?" Hell No!!! Love does not make Mama bear peaceful. It takes an animal that is normally very shy and skittish and makes it aggressive and dangerous. What happens if you threaten a Mama humans child? Or a Papa humans child? Love is not supposed to make people go all passive and peaceful. Love is the greatest motivator of both good and bad behavior on the planet. And it should be. Now people need to used some sense and not do the "bad" behavior. You don't go kill someone because they are a rival in Love. But Love should be a great motivator. It should bring out the warrior. Even love that is not between people... Love of country. Love of community. Love of self. Love of an idea.
Love should be anything but passive. And as far as I can see when people start talking about "Love and Light" they usually are talking about being passive. Just go along with the flow. Well that is fine if the flow is going where you want to go. But if it's headed over a waterfall. I'd suggest swimming.
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Sunday, December 7th, 2008
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5:30 pm - Well that was interesting...
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| Which creature of the night are you? Your Result: Werewolf You are a vicious fighter and a vicious lover, absolutely dedicated to your pack. You are pushed to anger by disloyalty and injustice and have a tendency toward sudden, periodic bursts of wild behavior. | | Sorceror | | | Ghost | | | Vampire | | | Cthulu Spawn | | | Demon | | | Incubus/Succubus | | Which creature of the night are you?
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
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1:36 pm - Ok. I have made a decision...
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I have decided that I want nothing more to do with certain members of my family that are related by marriage. Not everyone related to me by marriage of coarse. I have some family members I am closer with who are related by marriage than blood related kin. But this family is just one step short of demonic in my opinion. Oh... Not the children of coarse. I don't blame them. It's not their fault the parents they got. But dealing with the kids means dealing with the parents. And this is just not acceptable.
I have put some serious effort in over the past several years at trying to get along with them. And they don't want to. I am competition in their heads. Or at least that is the only real explanation that make sense. And I have had just enough. Time to say, "The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and over again and expecting a different result." And I am not insane. Weird perhaps. A little nuts maybe. But not flat out insane.
So I am stopping. I will work just as hard as I can to set social circumstances up so I do not have to interact with this group of people. On those rare occasions that interaction is required I will be polite. But I will remove myself from the interaction as quickly as possible. And I will not try to win them over any longer. Politeness is all that I will give. And that only because I have one blood relative that I care about that married into this viper's nest and for his sake I refrain from telling these people what bits of offal they are. Oh and the husband of one of these vipers is actually an ok person too. I feel bad for him. (What does that make him to me? Double inlaw?) Poor guy was so young and immature when he got married. Married the gal cause she is really movie star thin and pretty. But a viper all the same.
So anyway... they are no longer related to me. And I don't want them related to me. End of story.
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
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1:46 pm - This is interesing....
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Firestorm of Contaversee Meme. Gacked from </a></b></a>![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) azzy23.
Would you do meth if it was legalized?
No. Bad stuff. One would be seeing demons before long. And I don't like demons.
Are you for or against abortion?
For. I believe that life begins with the first breath of life after birth. Until it's born and breathing it ain't alive.
Would our country (United States) fall with a woman president?
Did England fall with a woman as it's head?
Do you believe in the death penalty?
Yes. Some people as so dangerous to others they need to be removed.
Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?
Yes. I personally believe that it is less harmful than alcohol.
Are you for or against premarital sex?
Sex should be treated as holy. And should only be engaged in between consenting respectful loving partners. Marriage has nothing to do with it.
Do you believe in God?
I believe that a being of "life" exists. I also believe that a being of "evil" exists. But the question is who is who?
Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?
Marriage is a "religious" practice. And I don't think that the government should have their nose in it one way or the other. (So long as both parties are consenting.) Isn't there a separation of church and state in this country? Why are we legislating a religious practice?
Do you think its wrong that so many Hispanics are moving to the USA?
Illegal immigration? I honestly don't know.
A twelve year old girl has a baby...should she keep it?
From a medical perspective... She should have had an abortion. Period end of story.
Should the alcohol age be lowered to 18?
No. The legal age of entering the Military should be raised to 21.
Assisted suicide is illegal...do you agree?
No. If someone wants to die they should be allowed to after sufficient counseling to ensure that they are rational.
Do you believe in spanking your children?
Yes. Within reason. But then I also feel that it should be legal to punch an adult if their behavior is too outrageous. Immediate repercussions would stop a lot of assh*** behavior.
Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?
No. Not because it would offend me so terribly to burn a piece of cloth. Even one with such emotional meaning. But because if someone made me that offer they would be trying to demean me. To tempt me to do something they thought I believed to be wrong. And their disrespect of me would piss me off.
A mother is declared innocent after murdering her 5 children in a temporary insanity case, do you agree?
Insanity is a defense for murder in this country. Why would it make a difference if the one who killed was a mother? It's still insanity. A side note: If you freak a cat or dog out they will kill their kittens or pups. Humans are still animals as much as we would like to think otherwise.
Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?
No. I hope they do. Everyone needs to decide if the people they interact with have enough in common with them to be able to get along. If there is not common ground it is just as well everyone know it and act accordingly. And if there is common ground so much the better.
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
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5:22 pm - God I feel weird today...
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A year ago last January... That would be Jan. '07. It appeared that I might have Wilson's Disease. A treatment was started. I seemed to be responding very well to it. About 6 months went by and more tests were run. And the great wisdom of the doctors decided that I did not have Wilson's Disease after all. But perhaps had a chronic zinc deficiency. That being the reason that I did so well on the treatment for Wilson's Disease (WD is treated with zinc). So I started on Zinc taken with food rather than without food -- as it is taken for WD. (And yep taking zinc without food as opposed to with food does make that much difference.)
I was not doing too well at this point because for the testing I had to quit taking zinc in any form for nearly 6 week. Well... It was not supposed to be 6 weeks... But two weeks turned to three weeks when a special test container had to be ordered. Then three weeks turned to nearly 6 weeks when a sample was destroyed accidentally and I had been taking zinc for two days already when I found out. And so had to start all over....
So I was pretty sick by the time they said... Probably chronic Zinc deficiency. Take zinc with food. You should be fine. Only... I was not. I improved some. But I never recovered the level of health I had acquired taking Zinc as one would for Wilson's Disease. And then after waiting about another half a year for that magic recovery... I started going downhill. Really getting sicker and sicker. And the rate of my decline was increasing every day. I was scheduled for more follow up tests at the year mark but I was doing so poorly I went in early...
And what do those tests show. They show normal levels of bound copper (copper must be bound with a protein to be non toxic and use able by the body.) I showed normal serum copper. But... I showed excessively high UNBOUND copper. Now unbound copper is toxic! And having a high reading for unbound copper is one of the symptoms of Wilson's Disease. Generally all by itself it is not enough for a diagnosis. But I am not stopping the zinc for another 2 to 6 weeks for another round of tests. I am ill enough I might just die if I did that. But that leaves no way to really tell for sure if I have Wilson's Disease or not. Though it would be real likely at this point. Seeing as my copper -- bound and unbound -- was normal when I did all the testing last summer after having been treated for Wilson's Disease for several months.
As far as I know -- and remember I am not a lab tech or doctor here so I could be mistaken. As far as I know the only reasons for that high an unbound copper is either lab error (unlikely as there was a suspicion of WD earlier), toxic contamination (also unlikely as I am careful about possible sources such as water or vitamin pills) or really having Wilson's Disease. The likelihood is that I really do have Wilson's Disease after all.
That fact is not the end of the world. As it is a disease that is easily treated with a treatment that appears to cause little or no side affects. If I had to have a genetic disease... That's good fortune. Only... I don't know if I will be able to get a proper diagnosis with the way things are. I truly don't dare stop zinc for a couple of weeks as ill as I have become. That really could be disastrously dangerous. But without stopping the treatment... They cannot give me a diagnosis. But then I did everything they said before and it appears they might have gotten the diagnosis wrong anyhow.
Dealing with doctors is i-n-s-a-n-e.......................
Oh and just to put some info out there for anyone who might stumble on this that might have high copper for whatever reason (Not just WD -- toxic exposures are not uncommon with copper plumbing).... Toxic levels of copper -- no matter what the source or cause -- create a Manganese deficiency in the body. The human body uses Manganese to remove extra copper from the system. And in the process depletes one's stores of that mineral. So if you have toxic levels of copper from any cause -- supplement with extra Manganese. (note that I wrote Manganese -- Not Magnesium)
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
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4:09 am - A Thought...
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I found a pair of boots out on a porch when we moved into the house we live in now. They were old and decrepit. Or so they seemed. I left them out on the porch. Not really feeling right to throw them away. But embarrassed to even take them to the thrift store. But then one day I got to looking at them. And they were a really good brand. And there was a chance they were in my size. They are guys boots so it is hard to tell. But they might be.
So I thought... What the hell.... I might as well see if I can put some shoe oil on them and maybe they will be good enough for rough work if they fit. At least I can give them to the Goodwill without looking like I am trying to give them my garbage so I'll have more room in the trash can.
Then... And here is the thought to be considered....
They cleaned up beautifully. These boots that looked the color of dried mud... Are now black and just glow. They are supple and look almost brand new. And they are dark black that seems to glow like the night sky.
They cleaned up to a point that if they fit me I will not be wearing them for "rough work." They will be dress shoes. A lovely pair of cowboy boots. Sadly I think that they may be one size too small for me. But that makes no difference to the mental lesson here....
And that thought to be considered is this.... How many times do we give up on something without giving it a fair chance? How many times can something be fixed with a reasonable amount of work -- and we just throw it out? Because we live in a throw away world.
Now granted... Sometimes things come up that would be more work than one has the skills or the time to put in... to fix them up. And then it is better to pass the item on to someone with the skills or time. And sometimes things are too old to fix. When the material for a patch on a shirt is better than the shirt material... Might be time to give it up.
But still... How often do we just run down to WalMart and buy something new... Or get a new car cause that repair is going to be $500. And does it make sense? I think the answer is a resounding... "NO!"
I thought those boots were toast. I was embarrassed to offer them to the thrift store. About an hour's worth of work... And they look fancy again.
How many other things in my life are like that? And I just never took the time to find out.
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
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1:35 pm - An unusual concept....
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Alright... This is going to be very strange for most people. For it goes way against what the established norm is.
Let's start with some background. I got really really really sick in high school. About 9th grade is when it started. Though I had symptoms as early as 7th. Was mild at first. Then got worse. And was barely well enough to graduate high school. If the illness had progressed any faster I would have had to quit school and I would not have gotten my diploma. I barely hung on to graduation. Was really sick.
Now lets talk about my weight at that time. I have never been thin. I have always been plump. But I was not seriously overweight at the time. I wore Misses sized clothes. 14 to 16. I was plump. But not terribly so. I would say my weight was reasonable by most people's standards. Slightly plump. But reasonable.
My health was crap.
Now let us skip forward 10 years later. I was really overweight. I was way out of Misses sizes. And well into Women's. Not near the bottom of the chart either. I had put on a lot of weight. I was near to 300 pounds -- about Women's 26.
But... My health had improved. I was not well by any means. I still had nausea and got tired and other stuff. But I was able to hike 12 miles in an afternoon. And I could chop wood for the stove. And I was much more stable physically and mentally. I can say that I was the healthiest I have ever been from my late teen through my entire adult life. The very healthiest. I sill had problems because of chronic diarrhea and nausea. But I was physically strong. I could out walk almost everyone. And I had strength.
Now lets go about another 10 years into the present. Actually 12 years. But you get the idea.
My weight has come down a lot. I weigh a bit more than in high school. But I am almost into Misses sizes. Am into them on the top. I am sure not thin. But I am not near as heavy as I was 10 years ago.
But... My health has destableized. On the upside I have found out about the zinc deficiency. And that has helped a great deal. But even so... My health is crap again. I am trying to exercise to get strong. But most days I am too sick to even do mild exercises. My health crashed big time. I have hope with the zinc thing that I may come out of this. But at the present... My health is crap again.
Not let's see how this works...
Reasonable weight in late teens/early 20's.... Health crap.
Excessive weight in late 20's early to mid 30's.... Health much better.
Back down to near reasonable weight currently.... Health crap.
I think that the doctors might have something wrong about weight and health... Maybe?
OK... Lets talk about my Mom.
Late teens/20's... Her weight was not thin. But lower than in her 30's.
Health... Not as bad as mine at that age. But she was actually hospitalized because of some type of chronic illness. They said Cushing's Syndrome. But they never really knew for sure.
Late 20's and early 30's. She decided that she no longer gave a damn about dieting and got really heavy.
Health... That was the healthiest and happiest I ever knew her. She hiked and walked a great deal. She ran a home business that required not just smarts but heavy physical labor. And she raised a daughter. She was the healthiest and happiest I ever knew her.
Late 30's and 40's. She decided that she had let herself go and started dieting again. Got down to a thinner weight than I think anyone realized when she passed away.
A year or so before -- '89 -- she was thinner than I was. And I was not excessively heavy at that time. I still wore Misses sizes. I know what her weight was cause I gave her one of my dresses that turned out it looked really nice on her.
Health... Well not much to say there. She was really really really sick during this time. And then passed away.
I see a pattern here that... Really does not match what the norm ought to be by everything we know and understand about health.
Perhaps it is just coincidence. But... again.... Perhaps not. Something to think about when considering a new weight loss plan.
Damn.
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
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4:20 pm
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Worked on the yard a bit today. Took down some blackberries at the side of the house. Got so tired I had trouble lifting my arms after I came back inside and relaxed. It is surprising how tired one can get before one realizes.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
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6:48 pm - Strange....
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The Keys to Your Life
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Anything good in your life comes from boldly confronting the darkness.
Illusions are dangerous, and you benefit from seeing the world as it truly is.
Anything bad in your life comes from other people trying to bring you down.
Others often see you as a threat, and there are some people who are jealous of all your strengths.
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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5:26 pm - Went into town today.
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Took care of some things. Including filing paperwork with the county. Went to the library. To the store. And ate lunch out. Rea restaurant. Not something that we do often. Was nice.
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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6:05 pm - Dad visited today.
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We are taking care of his dog while he and his wife are going on a vacation with the grandkids. Dog is a good dog. So it is a pleasure to take care of her. It was a nice visit. Ate food and did all the nice visit stuff.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
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2:09 am - Well it has been a very long time since I posted...
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I have thought about it and I think that I will try posting here again. Perhaps give myself some record of the events of the days. Today... Walked across town and bought fast food for breakfast. Very seldom do that. But we had to be in town and so we walked over and had breakfast at the coffee shop at the grocery. It was nice.
Very chilly today. With the wind chill it was way cold. I was surprised for this late in the season.
That's about all. Not much of an entry. But a start.
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
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11:51 am - Shared Info
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Hi --
I really wanted to post on Shyla's beautiful web site... But I have tried and tried to play with the settings and for some reason I cannot get the page to let me post. Except for one single time. And I don't know why it let me then. I was so very happy that I had fixed the problem. But the next time I logged in... No posting allowed again. Perhaps it has something to do with my ISP. It is a very little company. I have the slowest internet you can imagine. Ah well.
Anyway... The point being... I thought I would set this page up so that I can write here as I would have on the web page and comments can be left and discussions started. Not that I have all that much interesting to say. But... I do have a thing or two.
The first of which.
My Mother told me something that she said her Grandmother (Grandma Kirby) told her. And I had assumed that since my Mom knew it everyone did. But sometime back I mentioned it to Star and she said it was the first she had heard of it. So I thought I should pass this along so everyone knows.
According to Myrna...
Anna Kirby (Borrell) told her...
The women in our family line have a disorder where their blood does not always clot properly. She said that if anyone showed signs of cuts or scratches bleeding too much or for too long the cure is... Eating at least 6 egg yolks. Preferably 12. Or eating a large bowl of jello.
Now... I am not sure the jello thing would work any longer because jello was made way different back then. But I have not tried it so I don't know. I do know that I have the bleeding thing. And that Myrna had it too. And that eating the eggs worked for her and works for me.
An example of the bleeding thing. Mom got a paper cut once. And a fairly minor one at that. And it took almost an hour for it to quit bleeding. It was not bleeding fast. Just a drop or two every now and then. But it took almost an hour to make it stop. Eggs were the main course that evening.
But I thought this was something that I should pass on. Not everyone will have this problem. And according to Grandma Kirby it is a problem with the ladies only. Though you never know and a guy might come up with it sometime in the future.
Hope everyone is doing well and having a good day!
Much Love,
Jatina
current mood:  contemplative
current music: The storm blowing outside
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