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I know someone who is a triathlete. He is working toward an iron man something or other, and I helped him set up a blog. He’s hitting his stride with it, and I find myself reading it now for more than a daily update of how many miles he ran more than me that day. Some of what he says actually speaks to me. He wrote something that has been hanging out in the back of my head for the past day ...read more I’m told Extraordinary Measures got terrible reviews. I try not to read reviews before I review a movie so I’m not a copycat. I would have gone even if I’d read the bad reviews because I’m 56 and all women within a ten-year range of my age are required to go to all Harrison Ford movies. It’s written in the pact we have with each other. Same goes, by the way, for Robert Redford films. I went see see it with ...read more Yep, it’s true. There is a functioning scale used by the mental health professionals to determine your scale of functioning in society. I came across it while reading about how function is deteriorating in the world at large, and specifically with our youth. You can’t make this stuff up. Here are some of the highlights, but definitely take a moment and see if you can figure out where you stand. I figure I’m at 61 to 70 percent, which when I ...read more I’m a supportive type and like to learn about new things that people are doing, especially ones I never have any intention of attempting. One of the people in my office is a triathlonist (I stole the -ist part from violinist. If there are violinists, then a person who does triathlons could be a triathlonist right?). He mentioned he was going to do a half marathon this week, and I decided to go and watch. I must remind myself to ...read more I have never known – never – a bill that went through Congress that directly affected me in a way I could feel immediately, or that I could get really excited about. I recognize that there are bills out there that did, but not the way the health care bill was going to. I was so excited last week to learn that maybe I would qualify under the new health care bill for Medicaid. (Or is it Medicare? I can ...read more I really hate it when Oprah tells me I have to like something. I get her exitement. But, first of all, her track record in film is less than stellar, and she pushes, pushes, pushes. And, then she calls someone in the film and tells them they will be nominated for an Academy Award. Just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. No offense, and I’m an Oprah lover, but she needs to not jinx people with her methodology of ...read more In the car, with a bunch of women going to New York City, the topic of women’s health came up. Horror stories, some with happy endings kept returning in between laughter and personal insults. The fact that you can have a ton of pap smears, and still have undetected cancer was mentioned. “You have to have a sonogram to detect some of those things, not a pap smear.” “Yes, but no way my insurance will cover it.” “All you have to do is ...read more I watched a YouTube video of the artist, David Hockney over the weekend. He was answering questions people sent in on Twitter. “Do you find the current fiscal and moral crisis an inspiration to your work or a distraction?” He sat back, smiled a Cheshire Cat smile and said, “Ah, inspiration. She never visits the lazy.” First, I want to thank him for considering inspiration’s origin my gender, especially because he happens to be gay. But second, and perhaps more ...read more I used to know everyone’s phone number. I’d think about calling a person, pick up the phone and quickly, firmly, confidently punch in the numbers that made up that person’s identity. Knowing your number meant we were connected, and I really like that notion, especially now as technology takes us further and further from each other. Now, everyone’s number is in the contact section of my cell. I plug in their name and it’s dialed automatically. I don’t even have a ...read more Ok, I leave the health care system argument to those smarter than me. I swear I am a democrat who hopes that all Americans can participate in having a doctor should they need one. That said, we must speak about my mother in rehab… My mom is elderly and had a bleeding ulcer that put her in the hospital for a week. No worries, I love my mother and want her in the hospital if she is bleeding internally. She was ...read more |
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