My friend Rick and I were discussing the assorted mental health issues on Sesame Street and the Muppet Show.
Cookie monster, Bulimia
The Count, OCD
Oscar, Avoidant and Anger management issues
Miss Piggy Borderline Personality Disorder
Gonzo Chicken fetish
Janice, Heroin addict
Grover Dementia
Animal ADHD
Big Bird Retarded and also delusional (he thinks snuphalupagus is real)
Ernie and Bert..I really don't need to even say.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Life on Mars, Prego teens, Compliments
Recent soil samples have shown a PH that indicated the soil on Mars once interacted with water and that the soil is favorable for turnips, asparagus and some bacterias.
They are planning to take another sample in the hopes of finding some carbon.I have always suspected that I am from Mars, perhaps it really is true.
In other news the Gloucester Ma pregnancy pact is still all over the media. Warning of the dangers of unprotected sex? NO..they media is picking at the statements about it being a pregnancy pact. Aren't we focusing on the wrong thing here?
What effing difference does it make if they made a pact or not? 17 children are pregnant..lets use this teachable moment and not squander it into a he said she said debate.
I was paid a compliment today.My cousin told me that I am the most logical person she knows. I am not sure how deserving it is and I am not being modest here. As someone who is dipping her toes into the science world now I am thrilled to be given that compliment since I will truly need that skill.Maybe if I start to believe the hype that will help.
They are planning to take another sample in the hopes of finding some carbon.I have always suspected that I am from Mars, perhaps it really is true.
In other news the Gloucester Ma pregnancy pact is still all over the media. Warning of the dangers of unprotected sex? NO..they media is picking at the statements about it being a pregnancy pact. Aren't we focusing on the wrong thing here?
What effing difference does it make if they made a pact or not? 17 children are pregnant..lets use this teachable moment and not squander it into a he said she said debate.
I was paid a compliment today.My cousin told me that I am the most logical person she knows. I am not sure how deserving it is and I am not being modest here. As someone who is dipping her toes into the science world now I am thrilled to be given that compliment since I will truly need that skill.Maybe if I start to believe the hype that will help.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Intolerant Douchebags
For the past 36 years I have made observations about tolerance and discrimination. I have come to some conclusions about how I should deal with intolerance and have leaned much from people who deal with it better and more gracefully than I do.
The most helpful person in my life was my ex boyfriend. He has a prosthetic leg and an amazing calmness and grace when confronted with morons. I would feel my blood boiling and remember him gently putting his hand on my shoulder to calm me down.He never let people staring bother him at all. I also remember some little kids, naturally curious about him at the beach coming up to us and asking him what happened and what his leg was made of. I have a shit memory but I can recall every detail of that day. Him laughing and explaining it to the kids and their total interest and innocent curiosity.
I try very hard to model that grace when I have to deal with intolerance.I still snap sometimes but I am willing to keep working on it.
I am a work in progress these days.
The most helpful person in my life was my ex boyfriend. He has a prosthetic leg and an amazing calmness and grace when confronted with morons. I would feel my blood boiling and remember him gently putting his hand on my shoulder to calm me down.He never let people staring bother him at all. I also remember some little kids, naturally curious about him at the beach coming up to us and asking him what happened and what his leg was made of. I have a shit memory but I can recall every detail of that day. Him laughing and explaining it to the kids and their total interest and innocent curiosity.
I try very hard to model that grace when I have to deal with intolerance.I still snap sometimes but I am willing to keep working on it.
I am a work in progress these days.
Tuesday Observations
Glucose IV $27
Caramel lollipop $1
Orange juice rush delivered by freaked out friends $2
Gatorade $2
ER copay $100
Not taking a hypoglycemic header at work in high heels, priceless
Caramel lollipop $1
Orange juice rush delivered by freaked out friends $2
Gatorade $2
ER copay $100
Not taking a hypoglycemic header at work in high heels, priceless
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Insecure Douchebags watch out!
As I get older I get bitchier, more opinionated and a lot more vocal. I have a pet peeve about people mistreating cashiers and clerks and waitresses.
So now that I don't give a shit what most people think of me I have started to say things when I see that happening.
Often I will say loudly "Wow being rude to a cashier, nice"
Or "That is embarrassing to listen to"
I used to work at Liz Claiborne part time when my son was an infant. The customers were usually pretty nice but some of them were really condescending. I was always polite and generally coerced them into buying even more stuff they did not need.I filed away the particular type of insecure jerk who gets off on yelling at people who are not allowed to defend themselves.I now enjoy outing them and shining a light on their doucheness.
Coming, part II Intolerant Douchebags
So now that I don't give a shit what most people think of me I have started to say things when I see that happening.
Often I will say loudly "Wow being rude to a cashier, nice"
Or "That is embarrassing to listen to"
I used to work at Liz Claiborne part time when my son was an infant. The customers were usually pretty nice but some of them were really condescending. I was always polite and generally coerced them into buying even more stuff they did not need.I filed away the particular type of insecure jerk who gets off on yelling at people who are not allowed to defend themselves.I now enjoy outing them and shining a light on their doucheness.
Coming, part II Intolerant Douchebags
Monday, June 23, 2008
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An Ode to J-Dawg
Little man,
blonde head,
crouched over your star fighter,
roger, roger,
you live inside that ship,
a Jedi..always a good guy,
repeating the comfortable phrases,
I always know what you need me to say,
yes, he is a good guy,
yes, the green light saber,
no baby you are the best Jedi,
he gives me that smile,
beautiful and content,
towhead bending down again
back to work fighting evil
blonde head,
crouched over your star fighter,
roger, roger,
you live inside that ship,
a Jedi..always a good guy,
repeating the comfortable phrases,
I always know what you need me to say,
yes, he is a good guy,
yes, the green light saber,
no baby you are the best Jedi,
he gives me that smile,
beautiful and content,
towhead bending down again
back to work fighting evil
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Troublemakers
I was talking to tall Kelly about famous troublemakers. I told her Abbie Hoffman is always the first person that comes to mind. Writer of Steal this book! Which of course people did. Until sellers started refusing to carry the book.
I adore troublemakers! Especially the ones I totally disagree with. They force you out of your own little box you live in and confront new ideas. I admire them not caring that they are ridiculed and slandered for speaking their opinions. It takes a pretty brave person to withstand the media onslaught if you voice an unpopular opinion.
I am fascinated by the intense hatred and media attitudes towards some current personalities. If I say the name Ann Coulter in a room full of people in Boston I usually have to wipe spit off my face because people start frothing at the mouth!The Internet is full of photo shopped pictures of her attempting to make her less attractive. Good luck guys, she is gorgeous and fearless and she is intentionally provoking you!
Bill O Reilly, who really does drive me crazy, also entertains me. Same goes for Keith Oberman. They have a joie de vivre and passion and I have to admire it.
I am not one who enjoys having political arguments, I prefer to listen to people I disagree with to try and learn about why they have come to their conclusions. Tall Kelly is very liberal, also very well read and informed. I have learned a lot from her and enjoy talking about politics with her.
I am happy that people protest and rally about things they believe in. It is part of what make America such a beautiful place. Complacency is easy and lazy. Speaking up and trying to make change is very hard and not for the mild mannered.
for frame of reference there are three Kelly's, tall Kelly is the pretty liberal, Hot Kelli is the fashionista and then me, short Kelly the nerdy one with the big yapper.
I adore troublemakers! Especially the ones I totally disagree with. They force you out of your own little box you live in and confront new ideas. I admire them not caring that they are ridiculed and slandered for speaking their opinions. It takes a pretty brave person to withstand the media onslaught if you voice an unpopular opinion.
I am fascinated by the intense hatred and media attitudes towards some current personalities. If I say the name Ann Coulter in a room full of people in Boston I usually have to wipe spit off my face because people start frothing at the mouth!The Internet is full of photo shopped pictures of her attempting to make her less attractive. Good luck guys, she is gorgeous and fearless and she is intentionally provoking you!
Bill O Reilly, who really does drive me crazy, also entertains me. Same goes for Keith Oberman. They have a joie de vivre and passion and I have to admire it.
I am not one who enjoys having political arguments, I prefer to listen to people I disagree with to try and learn about why they have come to their conclusions. Tall Kelly is very liberal, also very well read and informed. I have learned a lot from her and enjoy talking about politics with her.
I am happy that people protest and rally about things they believe in. It is part of what make America such a beautiful place. Complacency is easy and lazy. Speaking up and trying to make change is very hard and not for the mild mannered.
for frame of reference there are three Kelly's, tall Kelly is the pretty liberal, Hot Kelli is the fashionista and then me, short Kelly the nerdy one with the big yapper.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Get your head out of your ass
I live in an upper class suburbia. We are famous for two things now. Being the start of the Boston Marathon and the Neil Entwhistle murders. The case was especially hard for me because my daughter was the exact same age as the poor baby girl who was killed.It haunted me and I refused to watch any TV coverage about it.
I have to be honest, I have always felt like a visitor in my town for a number of reasons.The behavior displayed after these murders really gave me clarity as to why I dislike this town. At the market I heard "Well, they just moved here, they are not really from here". The local free papers pretended IT NEVER HAPPENED. Seriously they made mention once of the fact they did not want to talk about it.I wrote a letter a few years back to this same paper bitching about how the town overspends and then bullies us into overrides by saying 911 may not be as readily available if we vote no. I compared it to being sweet talked by Tony Soprano about an offer I can't refuse.
Not only did they NOT print the letter I had a message on my answering machine saying " I did not understand the repercussions or the override failing" and that was the newspaper calling me.I kept waiting for the fish wrapped in the paper to be delivered to my house.
This head in the sand mentality is not helpful. Look at Gloucester Massachusetts. 17 girls make a pact to intentionally get pregnant and help each other raise the babies?
As a parent I realize you can't possibly cover all scenarios to protect your children. That being said pregnancy, birth control and what Mom and Dad will do if you are ever so stupid or careless as to get pregnant at age 15..that should be covered, continuously, until they understand.
I knew as a teen if I came home drunk, stoned, with an F or pregnant I was dead meat.It was drilled into me every Friday before i went out. They were not trying to be my best pal, or a Dina Lohan party Mom...they told me what was expected of me. They also told me they would never disown me for these offences, but I would be in so much trouble I would wish for being disowned. Fair enough.
I see the permissive celebrity culture filtering into my New England. We need a quick injection of common sense and accountability stat!
I have to be honest, I have always felt like a visitor in my town for a number of reasons.The behavior displayed after these murders really gave me clarity as to why I dislike this town. At the market I heard "Well, they just moved here, they are not really from here". The local free papers pretended IT NEVER HAPPENED. Seriously they made mention once of the fact they did not want to talk about it.I wrote a letter a few years back to this same paper bitching about how the town overspends and then bullies us into overrides by saying 911 may not be as readily available if we vote no. I compared it to being sweet talked by Tony Soprano about an offer I can't refuse.
Not only did they NOT print the letter I had a message on my answering machine saying " I did not understand the repercussions or the override failing" and that was the newspaper calling me.I kept waiting for the fish wrapped in the paper to be delivered to my house.
This head in the sand mentality is not helpful. Look at Gloucester Massachusetts. 17 girls make a pact to intentionally get pregnant and help each other raise the babies?
As a parent I realize you can't possibly cover all scenarios to protect your children. That being said pregnancy, birth control and what Mom and Dad will do if you are ever so stupid or careless as to get pregnant at age 15..that should be covered, continuously, until they understand.
I knew as a teen if I came home drunk, stoned, with an F or pregnant I was dead meat.It was drilled into me every Friday before i went out. They were not trying to be my best pal, or a Dina Lohan party Mom...they told me what was expected of me. They also told me they would never disown me for these offences, but I would be in so much trouble I would wish for being disowned. Fair enough.
I see the permissive celebrity culture filtering into my New England. We need a quick injection of common sense and accountability stat!
Coolest Boy ever!
We decided Celtic green hair was the way to go today.
It is SO GOOD TO LIVE IN BOSTON, SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sex and Science
I just finished reading BONK The curious coupling of science and sex. I love Mary Roach she is exhaustive in her research and impossible to embarrass. She is also hysterically funny. Mixing humor and science really needs to be done more often. It certainly helps people like me who love science but have short attention spans.
Here are some factoids to ponder:
Masters and Johnson created a penis cam to document physiological changes in the woman's body during sex. You can even buy them, they are called PPV.
The ads from the early 1900 for vibrators are fascinating. I plan on collecting them now. The term hysteria as you may already know was coined for women in the Victorian era who were widowed and thought to be on the way to crazy town if they did not have orgasms.The therapy was administered by midwifes and doctors.
The book also reveals that during sex, afflictions such as stuttering and CP are quieted or shut off for that time. The human body so bent on procreation seems to cure all ills during sex.
I don't want to spoil all of your fun, you have to read this book!
That thong th thong thong thong
From associated press:
Los Angeles woman claims she was injured by her Victoria's Secret thong, prompting her to sue the underwear manufacturer.
The plaintiff in the case, Macrida Patterson, 52, attributed the May 2007 injury to a Victoria's Secret "low-rise v-string," according to a court document posted on The Smoking Gun.
Patterson's lawyer told The Smoking Gun that a "design problem" caused a decorative metallic piece on the underwear to fly up and hit Patterson in the eye while she was putting the underwear on.
Patterson's product liability lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week.
The Smoking Gun reported that, prior to the lawsuit, officials from Victoria's Secret had asked to see the offending underwear but were refused by Patterson's lawyer.
I realize thongs are sometimes necessary for certain pants but cmon. She is 57 and a bit heavy set. I would die of embarrassment before I put my ruebenesque ass on national tv and told the world my thong burst and hit me in the eye!
Los Angeles woman claims she was injured by her Victoria's Secret thong, prompting her to sue the underwear manufacturer.
The plaintiff in the case, Macrida Patterson, 52, attributed the May 2007 injury to a Victoria's Secret "low-rise v-string," according to a court document posted on The Smoking Gun.
Patterson's lawyer told The Smoking Gun that a "design problem" caused a decorative metallic piece on the underwear to fly up and hit Patterson in the eye while she was putting the underwear on.
Patterson's product liability lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week.
The Smoking Gun reported that, prior to the lawsuit, officials from Victoria's Secret had asked to see the offending underwear but were refused by Patterson's lawyer.
I realize thongs are sometimes necessary for certain pants but cmon. She is 57 and a bit heavy set. I would die of embarrassment before I put my ruebenesque ass on national tv and told the world my thong burst and hit me in the eye!
Science pick up lines
I adore these!
Add your own nerdy pick-up lines in the comments section
1. You’re like an exothermic reaction, you spread your hotness everywhere!
2. I wish I was your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.
3. You’re like a dictionary, you add meaning to my life!
4. If I was an enzyme, I’d be helicase so I could unzip your genes.
5. I’m attracted to you so strongly, scientists will have to develop a fifth fundamental force.
6. Baby, you overclock my processor.
7. Be my queen and mate me with your knight moves.
8. Baby, you make my floppy disk turn into a hard drive
9. You make me want to calibrate my joystick without the latest drivers.
10.You defragment my life.
11. Do you think we can make it a step more serious and disable network sharing?
12. You must be auxin, cause you are causing me to have rapid stem elongation.
13. Baby, let me find your nth term.
14. I don’t have a library card, but do you mind if I check you out?
15. Baby I’ll treat you like my homework — I’ll slam you on the table and do you all night long
16. Hey baby, can I see what’s under your radical?
17. If I were an integral, I’d fill you up.
18. I’m a fermata… hold me
19. I think my heart just lagged.
20. I wish I were your second derivative so I could fill your concavities.
21. Did you just combust?? Because you’re HOT!
22. By looking at you I can tell you’re 36-25-36, which by the way are all perfect squares.
23. It doesn’t take a genius to see how gorgeous you are, but if it did, I would be overqualified.
24. Baby, if you were words on a page, you’d be what they call FINE PRINT!
25. What do you say we go back to my room and do some math: Add a bed, subtract our clothes, divide your legs, and multiply
26. Baby, you’re a 9.999999999…but you’d be a 10 if you were with me.
27. Baby, every time I see you, my cardiovascular system gets all worked up
28. I wish I were adenine because then I could get paired with U.
29. What’s your sine? It must be pi/2 because you’re the 1
30. If my right leg was Christmas and my left was Easter, would you like to spend some time between the holidays?
31. You have nicer legs than an Isosceles right triangle.
32. You’re so cute you make my zygomaticus muscles contract. (Muscles that make you smile)
33. When you and me get together it’s like superposition of 2 waves in phase.
34. Want to meet up so I can excite your natural frequency?
35. If I was sin^2 and you were cos^2 together we would be 1
36. You know.. it’s not the length of the vector that counts… it’s how you apply the force
37. If I move my lips half the distance to yours… and then half again… and again… etc…. would they ever meet? no? Well in this specific case I am going to disprove your assumption.
38. Your name is Leslie? Look, I can spell your name on my calculator!
39. If I was an endoplasmic reticulum, how would you want me: smooth or rough?
40. I wish I was an Ion so I could form an exothermic bond with you.
41. If my right leg is the cell wall and my left the membrane, do you want to be the cytoplasm?
42. Our love is like dividing by zero…. you cannot define it
43. Let’s meet somewhere… you bring your beaker and I’ll bring my stirring rod
44. Baby let me be your integral so I can be the area under your curves
45. Hey baby, what’s your tanx cosx?
46. Let’s get together and test the spring potential of my mattress
47. Let’s discover our coefficient of friction
48. Baby, you’re so gneiss I’ll never take you for granite.
49. I less than three you….. (i < 3 you)
50. I heard you’re sin because you’re always on top when we make tangent
from site http://bloggasm.com/50-nerdy-pick-up-lines
Add your own nerdy pick-up lines in the comments section
1. You’re like an exothermic reaction, you spread your hotness everywhere!
2. I wish I was your derivative so I could lie tangent to your curves.
3. You’re like a dictionary, you add meaning to my life!
4. If I was an enzyme, I’d be helicase so I could unzip your genes.
5. I’m attracted to you so strongly, scientists will have to develop a fifth fundamental force.
6. Baby, you overclock my processor.
7. Be my queen and mate me with your knight moves.
8. Baby, you make my floppy disk turn into a hard drive
9. You make me want to calibrate my joystick without the latest drivers.
10.You defragment my life.
11. Do you think we can make it a step more serious and disable network sharing?
12. You must be auxin, cause you are causing me to have rapid stem elongation.
13. Baby, let me find your nth term.
14. I don’t have a library card, but do you mind if I check you out?
15. Baby I’ll treat you like my homework — I’ll slam you on the table and do you all night long
16. Hey baby, can I see what’s under your radical?
17. If I were an integral, I’d fill you up.
18. I’m a fermata… hold me
19. I think my heart just lagged.
20. I wish I were your second derivative so I could fill your concavities.
21. Did you just combust?? Because you’re HOT!
22. By looking at you I can tell you’re 36-25-36, which by the way are all perfect squares.
23. It doesn’t take a genius to see how gorgeous you are, but if it did, I would be overqualified.
24. Baby, if you were words on a page, you’d be what they call FINE PRINT!
25. What do you say we go back to my room and do some math: Add a bed, subtract our clothes, divide your legs, and multiply
26. Baby, you’re a 9.999999999…but you’d be a 10 if you were with me.
27. Baby, every time I see you, my cardiovascular system gets all worked up
28. I wish I were adenine because then I could get paired with U.
29. What’s your sine? It must be pi/2 because you’re the 1
30. If my right leg was Christmas and my left was Easter, would you like to spend some time between the holidays?
31. You have nicer legs than an Isosceles right triangle.
32. You’re so cute you make my zygomaticus muscles contract. (Muscles that make you smile)
33. When you and me get together it’s like superposition of 2 waves in phase.
34. Want to meet up so I can excite your natural frequency?
35. If I was sin^2 and you were cos^2 together we would be 1
36. You know.. it’s not the length of the vector that counts… it’s how you apply the force
37. If I move my lips half the distance to yours… and then half again… and again… etc…. would they ever meet? no? Well in this specific case I am going to disprove your assumption.
38. Your name is Leslie? Look, I can spell your name on my calculator!
39. If I was an endoplasmic reticulum, how would you want me: smooth or rough?
40. I wish I was an Ion so I could form an exothermic bond with you.
41. If my right leg is the cell wall and my left the membrane, do you want to be the cytoplasm?
42. Our love is like dividing by zero…. you cannot define it
43. Let’s meet somewhere… you bring your beaker and I’ll bring my stirring rod
44. Baby let me be your integral so I can be the area under your curves
45. Hey baby, what’s your tanx cosx?
46. Let’s get together and test the spring potential of my mattress
47. Let’s discover our coefficient of friction
48. Baby, you’re so gneiss I’ll never take you for granite.
49. I less than three you….. (i < 3 you)
50. I heard you’re sin because you’re always on top when we make tangent
from site http://bloggasm.com/50-nerdy-pick-up-lines
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday Observations Simple Pleasures
waking from a nap with the slider door open and smelling the fresh air and hearing the pink of wind chimes
getting an A...nothing quite like it
getting tired and sweaty after a good workout, especially when I had procrastinated and almost not done it
savoring a new book and no deadlines
the quiet rush of steam escaping from my stove top espresso pot, filling my kitchen with the smell of coffee
watching how engaging and kind my children are
Tuesday's, the only day of the week I am still long enough to reflect
getting an A...nothing quite like it
getting tired and sweaty after a good workout, especially when I had procrastinated and almost not done it
savoring a new book and no deadlines
the quiet rush of steam escaping from my stove top espresso pot, filling my kitchen with the smell of coffee
watching how engaging and kind my children are
Tuesday's, the only day of the week I am still long enough to reflect
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
What I want for my birthday
Ahem, birthday coming up in July. This is what I want.
Product Name: Model 125-LED Cordless Compound Microscope
Product ID: 125-LED
Description: Rechargeable cordless microscope - great for high schools, labs and in the field. Rugged metal construction and locked-on parts ensure durability. Superior DIN optical system and precision mechanical components assure parfocalled and parcentered optical alignment for sharp, unsurpassed viewing. Includes 3 AA rechargeable batteries and battery charger.
FREE GROUND SHIPPING ON THIS MICROSCOPE!
Objective Lenses: DIN 4x, 10x and 40xR objectives are achromatic, parfocalled, parcentered, and color coded.
Eyepieces: Widefield 10x eyepiece with revolving pointer. Accepts optional #965-160 eyepiece reticle.
Total Magnification: 40x, 100x, 400x.
Specimen Stage: Large 110mm x 120mm (4-3/8" x 4-3/4"), with locked-on, spring mounted stage slips, drilled and tapped to accept optional mechanical stage (part #911).
Focusing: Low position coarse and fine focusing, stage moves up and down, slip clutch prevents damage to focusing system. Tension adjustment eliminates stage drift.
Condenser: 0.65 NA condenser.
Illumination: LED light.
Size & Weight: 15" high, 9 lbs.
Warranty: Lifetime limited warranty, excludes bulbs, cords and recharger.
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a shooting star
Amy Winehouse, so talented and original. I adore her music and I am afraid there may not be many more albums before her star burns out.
Plunging into the sun
NASA is working on a mission called Solar Probe Plus that will delve deeply into the sun's atmosphere in an attempt to answer two long-standing questions: why the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona, is about 2 million degrees Fahrenheit hotter than its surface, and why solar wind seems to have no organizing force.
Scientists hope the mission launches in 2015 Sweet!
Scientists hope the mission launches in 2015 Sweet!
Monday, June 16, 2008
Where have all the cowboys gone?
It looks like we are still going strong with the whole, metrosexual, uber-sexual male. Like David Beckham and even Ryan Seacrest. Primped, plucked, waxed and label conscious. These guys have primped away all the stuff I like about men.I have a few girlfriends who love Beckham and I am not blind, he is attractive, however he just doesn't do it for me.
As with most trends, this one is sure to backlash when it goes too far. I am looking forward to that day. Bring back the stubble and the football shirts, the baseball hat with the worn brim. I like the lines around your eyes and mouth that prove you laugh and go outside once in a while.Sure removing a unibrow is always a good idea but manscaping? Since when is a hairy chest a bad thing? Men do not need manicures or facials.
Even Harrison Ford who I was crushing on for years, now looks more primped and less rugged.I am tiring of this trend. Out with the Dandy's and bring back the cowboys!
On a separate note, I am also not a fan of the girl waxing her entire vag bald. I don't like it, it seems too weird to me. There should be a happy medium between 70's bush and plucked chicken.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Bird Poop Facials, only in New York!
A story on CNN.com said women are flocking to Shizuka New York for the Geisha Facial, which contains nightingale poop.
The service costs $180, about $100 more than most of the other services there.
The story said the powder contains an amino acid called guanine, which is thought to brighten skin
Seriously ladies? Are you that desperate to look better you are willing to put excrement from one of gods dirtiest animals on your face? I think you can find similar proclivities in the urban dictionary.I can't write out the term or freaks will find my blog when they google it. been there done that, lesson learned.
On a random note, I like the Urban dictionary word I brick
Apple's iPhone before activation. Refers to how useless it is when it can't do anything, and its striking resemblance to a brick.
I can't activate my iPhone, so I'm sitting at my computer crying and staring at my iBrick.
The service costs $180, about $100 more than most of the other services there.
The story said the powder contains an amino acid called guanine, which is thought to brighten skin
Seriously ladies? Are you that desperate to look better you are willing to put excrement from one of gods dirtiest animals on your face? I think you can find similar proclivities in the urban dictionary.I can't write out the term or freaks will find my blog when they google it. been there done that, lesson learned.
On a random note, I like the Urban dictionary word I brick
Apple's iPhone before activation. Refers to how useless it is when it can't do anything, and its striking resemblance to a brick.
I can't activate my iPhone, so I'm sitting at my computer crying and staring at my iBrick.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Tim Russert
I always thought he was such a cutie pie. My son used to watch meet the press with me when he was a toddler. Now Jefferson is more of a Jim Lehr guy.
I will miss Russert, blessings and love to his family.
My little cherry blossom
When the doctor held you up for me to see, your Daddy and I both said Oh my god she is HUGE! I then said you looked just like Cartman.
You got to bake under the billi lights for jaundice and you looked SO cute lying there with the eye shield on, it was like a tiny tanning bed.
You had to stay in the NICU for several days because your blood sugars were unstable (Mom's fault for being diabetic)...All the itty bitty premature babies and then you, 9 pounds 12 oz lying amidst them. You looked like the healthiest kid up there.
Jordan you are the light of my life and one of my two most proud achievements. Happy Birthday Pocket Diva
Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Autism the one liners, what to say if you want me to hurt you really bad.
A good friend of mine just found out his toddler aged son is Autistic. Not really a club I wanted to have to welcome him too. It brings back sharp memories for me and reminds me how very far we have come in accepting and embracing who Jefferson is. I saw my friend flinch when I reminded him I have an Autism Speaks logo tattooed into my skin. He is definitely not there yet.
Some of the most ignorant things ever uttered by supposed neuro-typicals:
Oh, he's like rainman then?
So he's retarded?
Can he play the piano?
Oh, one of those idiots servants or something?
Or the less obvious but still ignorant things to say:
Aww, he is not Autistic that is just the new diagnosis du jour.
Oh, Jenny Mccarthy knows how to cure Autism you know.
you are just letting him act that way.
By the way morons, he is smarter and more thoughtful and analytical than you could ever hope to be. Be nice to him he may end up being your neurosurgeon someday.
Some of the most ignorant things ever uttered by supposed neuro-typicals:
Oh, he's like rainman then?
So he's retarded?
Can he play the piano?
Oh, one of those idiots servants or something?
Or the less obvious but still ignorant things to say:
Aww, he is not Autistic that is just the new diagnosis du jour.
Oh, Jenny Mccarthy knows how to cure Autism you know.
you are just letting him act that way.
By the way morons, he is smarter and more thoughtful and analytical than you could ever hope to be. Be nice to him he may end up being your neurosurgeon someday.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, I am hearing voices and having chest pains...
I am not particularly money or savings conscious so it was a strange new sensation while filling my beloved jeep with gas and upon seeing the total cost I felt a sharp pain in my chest. Holy fuck!
The book selection at stop and shop is horrible! If you don't like romance novels, chick lit or weird touchy feely Chicken soup for the eczema riddled, asthmatic, divorced mom of 3 soul...you are shit out of luck.
I now have two exercise tapes staring at me from beneath their cellophane wrappers in my kitchen. They taunt me when I am cooking dinner, "cmon fat girl crack me open and lets do some kick boxing."
Shut up Billy Blanks! I am busy!
Billy stares back at me with a mix of pity and loathing.
The book selection at stop and shop is horrible! If you don't like romance novels, chick lit or weird touchy feely Chicken soup for the eczema riddled, asthmatic, divorced mom of 3 soul...you are shit out of luck.
I now have two exercise tapes staring at me from beneath their cellophane wrappers in my kitchen. They taunt me when I am cooking dinner, "cmon fat girl crack me open and lets do some kick boxing."
Shut up Billy Blanks! I am busy!
Billy stares back at me with a mix of pity and loathing.
Smaller is better extrasolarly speaking
Smaller is better because smaller planets are more likely to resemble Earth. So discovery of the smallest known extrasolar planet, announced today at the June meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, comes as good news. "It gives us hope of finding lots of habitable planets," says astronomer Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, who was not involved in the discovery.
It was discovered by microlensing. Microlensing monitors for subtle brightening of far distant stars as a relatively nearby star passes in front of them. The nearer star's gravity can slightly bend,or lens, the background star's light toward Earth, temporarily brightening it. If a planet circling the nearer star also lines up and bends some starlight, the network picks up a secondary brightening.
Astronomer David Bennett speaking for the consortia, announced the microlensing discovery of a planet just three times the mass of Earth. Most of the 300 or so known extrasolar planets are many times the mass of Jupiter, or thousands of times the mass of Earth. The newly discovered planet, which the team is referring to as MOA-2007-BLG-192L, orbits its star at 70% of the sun-Earth distance. That means the planet probably formed with lots of ice and gases, Bennett said, more like Neptune in composition than Earth.
Super cool!I summarized this from article http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2008/602/1
Monday, June 9, 2008
He flipped me for real!
The kids went away thursday and came home sunday.I did a few fun things, a few practical ones. I got my tattoo recolored because my constant sunbathing had leeched the ink out of it.
Had lots of wine with my best friend who is always able to cheer me. For us it was a pretty tame night however at one point when I was out on my deck my golden retriever inexplicably decided to ram into me, effectively flipping me, I went over him in my high heels and somehow landed all of my weight on one knee and one cheeckbone. Fuck did that hurt! I have a nice bruise on my face too, so pretty.
It always feels so sordid when best friend sneaks out of my house for work and just leaves me a note. I asked her if it feels like a walk of shame and she said it does.
Did domestic chores saturday and also squeezed in trip to girl heaven, pocketbook store. Found a nice new scent by baby phat called Goddess and saw a summer straw bag that I adore, but it costs the same as two of my science textbooks so I had to leave the poor darling behind.I will miss you and think of you often.
I tackled my new weber grill with some nice applewood chips and made burgers for dinner.I am still not good at getting the coals to catch quickly enough as I am loathe to use lighter fluid. It makes food taste like shit and I refuse to use it!My grill my rules. By then Jefferson and Jordan were home and they caught me balling up coloring book pages and tossing them into grill. "No Mom don't burn Diego and Ninjae Turtles"..Whoops.
Then I started doing my homework which involved videos of the digestive tract, right after eating a big old cheeseburger..ugh, not a good idea.
Had lots of wine with my best friend who is always able to cheer me. For us it was a pretty tame night however at one point when I was out on my deck my golden retriever inexplicably decided to ram into me, effectively flipping me, I went over him in my high heels and somehow landed all of my weight on one knee and one cheeckbone. Fuck did that hurt! I have a nice bruise on my face too, so pretty.
It always feels so sordid when best friend sneaks out of my house for work and just leaves me a note. I asked her if it feels like a walk of shame and she said it does.
Did domestic chores saturday and also squeezed in trip to girl heaven, pocketbook store. Found a nice new scent by baby phat called Goddess and saw a summer straw bag that I adore, but it costs the same as two of my science textbooks so I had to leave the poor darling behind.I will miss you and think of you often.
I tackled my new weber grill with some nice applewood chips and made burgers for dinner.I am still not good at getting the coals to catch quickly enough as I am loathe to use lighter fluid. It makes food taste like shit and I refuse to use it!My grill my rules. By then Jefferson and Jordan were home and they caught me balling up coloring book pages and tossing them into grill. "No Mom don't burn Diego and Ninjae Turtles"..Whoops.
Then I started doing my homework which involved videos of the digestive tract, right after eating a big old cheeseburger..ugh, not a good idea.
Unbeatable Banzuke
http://www.g4tv.com/unbeatablebanzuke/videos/20060/Unbeatable_Banzuke_Stilts_Walk.html
My son is obsessed with this show. It is pretty entertaining actually and I love listening to my son correctly pronounce all the Japanese contestants names. I have no idea how he does it.
My son is obsessed with this show. It is pretty entertaining actually and I love listening to my son correctly pronounce all the Japanese contestants names. I have no idea how he does it.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Ballet lesson
I brought my 3 year old daughter to her first ballet lesson. Sitting in the studio brought me right back to being a little girl. The pleasant squeak of the ballet shoes on the floor. The soothing tap tap tap, of each pointed toe hitting the ground.
The music geared towards toddlers had very pronounced beats and rhythms to help the girls learn how to count the music, and time their movements.Watching these tiny girls find poise and pride in how they hold their arms and feet. They were so endearing as they fluttered their skirts and hopped and galloped across the room. They looked like little foals learning to walk.
There is nothing more beautiful and feminine to me than the flutter of a woman's arm in a ballet position.It was such a reminder of a simple pleasure, dancing to music, finding your own center and learning how to move your body in a graceful way.
The music geared towards toddlers had very pronounced beats and rhythms to help the girls learn how to count the music, and time their movements.Watching these tiny girls find poise and pride in how they hold their arms and feet. They were so endearing as they fluttered their skirts and hopped and galloped across the room. They looked like little foals learning to walk.
There is nothing more beautiful and feminine to me than the flutter of a woman's arm in a ballet position.It was such a reminder of a simple pleasure, dancing to music, finding your own center and learning how to move your body in a graceful way.
Organ ambulance
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24990186
This raises some interesting questions ethically. I think they will encounter a lot of resistance if they try to implement this program.
This raises some interesting questions ethically. I think they will encounter a lot of resistance if they try to implement this program.
Don't mess with me or my coach bag
I just realized I have a pretty good marketable skill, I can carry a 40 pound child in one arm, a 29 pound child in the other, in high heels and not drop my coach bag. I wish I had a picture of it to prove it though. I wonder if I would be any good at Unbeatable Banzuke.
Yes I am also happy I didn't drop the children either.
I received one of those bored at work surveys that had one question I liked. What song should they play at your funeral? Not a tough one at all for me.
Brick House by the commodores
I mean if I have to die, at least play some good funk for me.
Yes I am also happy I didn't drop the children either.
I received one of those bored at work surveys that had one question I liked. What song should they play at your funeral? Not a tough one at all for me.
Brick House by the commodores
I mean if I have to die, at least play some good funk for me.
Angelina
I surprisingly do not have a girl crush on her. As an artist I am fascinated by how beautiful her features are and how well she photographs. I am also drawn to her blunt honesty and ability to be herself and not care how she is perceived by others. I feel a kinship with her in this way. She does not apologize for who she is and is guided by her own compass. I think a lot of actresses would crumble if they were scrutinized to the level that Angelina is.
I also like her tattoos because they are personal and just for her.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Goals for summer
Goals for summer:
Learn to throw a javelin
Learn a new language, or at least be able to talk dirty in another language
Read a few non medical/nursing books
quit smoking AGAIN (I quit for 7 years and started again, because I am stupid)
Go to a vineyard, have never been to one
create enough painting to have a show somewhere
be still (this will be the hardest one next to javelin)
learn to swing a gold club
Learn to throw a javelin
Learn a new language, or at least be able to talk dirty in another language
Read a few non medical/nursing books
quit smoking AGAIN (I quit for 7 years and started again, because I am stupid)
Go to a vineyard, have never been to one
create enough painting to have a show somewhere
be still (this will be the hardest one next to javelin)
learn to swing a gold club
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday Observations
I will be sans children the entire weekend. If I am home blogging instead of having fun, it will be very sad evidence that I need a fresh air intervention.
Sometimes I don't see the writing on the wall, even when it is in bold text and flashing at me.
Even when work is really stressful I still have fun. Bravado and bullshit works wonders, as does the mute button and sign language. I work with the most amazing people and I am so greatful for them.
I had to use the handicaped bathroom stall today and even in heels can't touch the floor. it made me feel like Edith Ann..and that's the truth.phhhhhbbt.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
I am a redhead on the inside
I am happiest when my hair is red. My family hates it red so sometimes I change it back to brown. I dunno, I think I am a readhead on the inside.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Shoegasm
from Kelly's suburban dictionary, SHOEGASM becoming sexually exited by the sight of hot overpriced shoes.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Supplement Charlatans
Trace Minerals.com an analysis of the products vs. scientific evidence
The first claim that grabs me off the bat is the one that states through soil erosion trace minerals are being taken from the soil and being swept into the sea. This now compels you to buy supplements derived from the ocean to replace these essential minerals. Here is the scare pitch:
The complexity of the mineral imbalance problem is apparent. It is apparent that our understanding of the mechanisms of mineral imbalances is fragmentary. New inter-relationships are constantly being discovered. We are presently recognizing and correcting only a small fraction of the mineral imbalance problems plaguing animals and man. 5*5.Hoekstra, W.G. Federation Proceedings. National Academy of Sciences: Washington D.C. (Sept./ Oct., 1964).
The complexity of the mineral balance problem is apparent? Mineral imbalances are plaguing animals and man? No studies to back this scary statement up. As a matter of fact no normal American that follows the Dietary guidelines for Americans has any risk of having a vitamin deficiency. The main groups of Americans that are malnourished are the obese population.
This plays into the new marketing technique of why Americans are so unhealthy. It is not because we sit all day, eat fast food and do not exercise, it is because of over aggressive farming, soils erosion and mineral imbalances. The solution is not to eat healthy foods, since trace minerals.com alleges that over use of fertilizer is robbing our foods of essential nutrients. We can blame someone else and get the quick fix solution to what ails us.
The other claim made is that if the minerals we intake do not have the proper ionic charge they cannot be properly absorbed? I spoke with Dr. John Snider M.D a medical internist and teacher at Tufts Medical School and after he stopped laughing he told me this is false and that the small intestine will absorb minerals without you worrying about how ionically charged they are. I have been unable to find any reliable medical sources indicating that this is backed up with any science.
The trace minerals once abundant in our soils are gone because of "overaggressive farming" whatever that means. The site claims synthetic fertilizers are only good for plants and are missing elements humans need. Fertilizer is fertilizer; it enriches the soil causing plants to grow. There are no scientific studies I can find linking synthetic fertilizer with less nutritious crops. Here is a quote from quack watch:
Plants convert natural fertilizers into the same chemicals that synthetic fertilizers supply. The vitamin content of a food is determined by its genetic makeup Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Victor Herbert, M.D., J.D.
The Traceminerals.com has a clever pitch, peppered with scare tactics with enough medical word thrown in to sound pseudo- intellectual, but with no real data other than the articles written by the founder Dr. Meltis who is not an MD but a Naturopath.
The phenomenon of quick fix, take a pill, blame someone else that is pervasive in our culture is a gold mine for the supplement charlatans. We are willing to spend untold mounts of money to ensure our longevity. The fact that the ads also lay the blame elsewhere is a particularly appealing marketing technique.
The first claim that grabs me off the bat is the one that states through soil erosion trace minerals are being taken from the soil and being swept into the sea. This now compels you to buy supplements derived from the ocean to replace these essential minerals. Here is the scare pitch:
The complexity of the mineral imbalance problem is apparent. It is apparent that our understanding of the mechanisms of mineral imbalances is fragmentary. New inter-relationships are constantly being discovered. We are presently recognizing and correcting only a small fraction of the mineral imbalance problems plaguing animals and man. 5*5.Hoekstra, W.G. Federation Proceedings. National Academy of Sciences: Washington D.C. (Sept./ Oct., 1964).
The complexity of the mineral balance problem is apparent? Mineral imbalances are plaguing animals and man? No studies to back this scary statement up. As a matter of fact no normal American that follows the Dietary guidelines for Americans has any risk of having a vitamin deficiency. The main groups of Americans that are malnourished are the obese population.
This plays into the new marketing technique of why Americans are so unhealthy. It is not because we sit all day, eat fast food and do not exercise, it is because of over aggressive farming, soils erosion and mineral imbalances. The solution is not to eat healthy foods, since trace minerals.com alleges that over use of fertilizer is robbing our foods of essential nutrients. We can blame someone else and get the quick fix solution to what ails us.
The other claim made is that if the minerals we intake do not have the proper ionic charge they cannot be properly absorbed? I spoke with Dr. John Snider M.D a medical internist and teacher at Tufts Medical School and after he stopped laughing he told me this is false and that the small intestine will absorb minerals without you worrying about how ionically charged they are. I have been unable to find any reliable medical sources indicating that this is backed up with any science.
The trace minerals once abundant in our soils are gone because of "overaggressive farming" whatever that means. The site claims synthetic fertilizers are only good for plants and are missing elements humans need. Fertilizer is fertilizer; it enriches the soil causing plants to grow. There are no scientific studies I can find linking synthetic fertilizer with less nutritious crops. Here is a quote from quack watch:
Plants convert natural fertilizers into the same chemicals that synthetic fertilizers supply. The vitamin content of a food is determined by its genetic makeup Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Victor Herbert, M.D., J.D.
The Traceminerals.com has a clever pitch, peppered with scare tactics with enough medical word thrown in to sound pseudo- intellectual, but with no real data other than the articles written by the founder Dr. Meltis who is not an MD but a Naturopath.
The phenomenon of quick fix, take a pill, blame someone else that is pervasive in our culture is a gold mine for the supplement charlatans. We are willing to spend untold mounts of money to ensure our longevity. The fact that the ads also lay the blame elsewhere is a particularly appealing marketing technique.
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