I.
am.
thankful.
to….all.
those.
that
have come beforeme.
I.
am.
thankful.
to all that have….
enlightened
me.
I.
am.
only as intelligent as …..
the knowledge that has been shared.
I.
am.
not that smart.
nor am I that dumb.
but I can learn…and knowledge is….
I.
am.
thankful.
to anyone who….
makes me think.
makes me wonder.
makes me question.
takes me down a notch.
helps me to see.
and to understand…
just a little.
and knowledge is…..
power.
i am thankful for a little power......over myself.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
the tale of the wooden sliver
so my husband was helping some contractor friends of ours put in a few new windows in our house about 10 days ago. He was brushing off the wood molding with his hand before he stained and painted them.and then he got a sliver.
a big sliver.
and it was bleeding and really sore. and he couldn't get it out.
and the guys putting in our windows laughed at him.so he stopped trying to get it out. and he put some stuff on it and he bandaged it and it hurt
but it was justa sliver.
and he went up to New Hampshire to visit his family and friends and they told him to try all these 'no fail sliver removal cures' that all failed. and his finger became more and more infected.
and sore. and the sliver disappeared. it was in there...somewhere....and then he went on... to do his job which involved traveling to boston, ma and connecticut before coming home on Wednesday.
His finger was really very swelled up with an off-white putrid area around the hole where the sliver went in.I made him go to the doctor, who sent him to a 'hand surgeon'. both doctors told him it was really infected and they had to send samples of the infection to THE State Infectious Control Site because there are infections rampaging thru the US now that have virtually only ONE anitbiotic that will fight them. and they can't give that antibiotic out unless it is approved. SO...the hand guy says he Cannot take that sliver out in his office. It is too infected, too close to the bone and the infection could travel thru his body within hours.They admit him to the hospital for emergency surgery...for a freakin' sliver!
and they operated on his finger. and they wrap his finger from tip to wrist. and he can't move his whole hand and he has to keep it totally elevated...andthey prescribe him...VICODIn
...and out of all this....the vicodin freaks me out.i am so afraid of these opiate based drugs.after nic(sheff). after all i've read. and heard. and watched on tv.
that is what freaks me.I have a fear of these drugs.a healthy fear? well, a fear.addiction...is sooooo.....scary. to me.ok. that's my friday story. I'm going to bed now. and if my husband is in pain...well...maybe one vicodin...BUT that's it!knowledge is power.yep. for now anyway.
a big sliver.
and it was bleeding and really sore. and he couldn't get it out.
and the guys putting in our windows laughed at him.so he stopped trying to get it out. and he put some stuff on it and he bandaged it and it hurt
but it was justa sliver.
and he went up to New Hampshire to visit his family and friends and they told him to try all these 'no fail sliver removal cures' that all failed. and his finger became more and more infected.
and sore. and the sliver disappeared. it was in there...somewhere....and then he went on... to do his job which involved traveling to boston, ma and connecticut before coming home on Wednesday.
His finger was really very swelled up with an off-white putrid area around the hole where the sliver went in.I made him go to the doctor, who sent him to a 'hand surgeon'. both doctors told him it was really infected and they had to send samples of the infection to THE State Infectious Control Site because there are infections rampaging thru the US now that have virtually only ONE anitbiotic that will fight them. and they can't give that antibiotic out unless it is approved. SO...the hand guy says he Cannot take that sliver out in his office. It is too infected, too close to the bone and the infection could travel thru his body within hours.They admit him to the hospital for emergency surgery...for a freakin' sliver!
and they operated on his finger. and they wrap his finger from tip to wrist. and he can't move his whole hand and he has to keep it totally elevated...andthey prescribe him...VICODIn
...and out of all this....the vicodin freaks me out.i am so afraid of these opiate based drugs.after nic(sheff). after all i've read. and heard. and watched on tv.
that is what freaks me.I have a fear of these drugs.a healthy fear? well, a fear.addiction...is sooooo.....scary. to me.ok. that's my friday story. I'm going to bed now. and if my husband is in pain...well...maybe one vicodin...BUT that's it!knowledge is power.yep. for now anyway.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
anonymous blog idiots
I need some answers….
so feel free to comment.
Why? do I feel inclined to leave comments on [NIc Sheff, author of Tweak’s] blog when I know that a lot of the other commentors are only going to make fun of me and make rude jokes and silly, juvenile comments. Why do I think? Cause I guess I feel that maybe I’ll help someone. or that maybe….what I say is somewhat meaningful.
but…is this why I really leave comments???
I think there may be more to it…
so feel free to comment.
Why? do I feel inclined to leave comments on [NIc Sheff, author of Tweak’s] blog when I know that a lot of the other commentors are only going to make fun of me and make rude jokes and silly, juvenile comments. Why do I think? Cause I guess I feel that maybe I’ll help someone. or that maybe….what I say is somewhat meaningful.
but…is this why I really leave comments???
I think there may be more to it…
Friday, October 3, 2008
Super Highway or Super Hideaway??
So, I’ve been leaving comments on this blog that is posted by a young author, Nic Sheff,. He has written an autobiography regarding his addiction to drugs, mainly Meth. His book was riveting, moving, difficult to read sometimes but impossible to put down. So, I was really glad to see that he decided to start a post-book blog. He talks about the difficulties he’s having with a sober life and his hopes and his feeling about just about everything. His essays are really quite an insight into his sober life. I find them really well written and I look forward to them. He posts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He’s been doing it faithfully for a month now.
I usually leave a comment, or a question or some (51 year old) advice. I think he reads most of the comments left and sometime he leaves comments back. It’s really a kind of cool way to communicate with (1) the author of a book and (2) a really interesting kid who lives in California who most people would never have had the chance to talk to.
So, each of his blogs receive lots and lots of different comments from a wide variety of people. The comments sometimes are just as interesting and as enlightening as Nic’s posts. People from all over the world have left their opinions, advice, and support for Nic. This is what this new fangled thing called the internet is all about!
However, in the past couple of weeks, more and more comments have been left on Nic’s blog that really do not have anything at all to do with his essays. There have been people (I think they might be young kids, but someone replied recently that some of them are in their 20’s and 30’s) who post comments under the cloak of “anonymous” or “private profile” and by comments, I mean they write silly poems about each other, they have huge side conversations about things that have nothing to do with Nic, like the spelling of words, they make fun of other commenters, even to go so far as to checking out other’s profile and blogs and making derogatory remarks about them. Some of these people have been down right hostile. Some have suggested the Nic should go smoke some dope or ‘just overdose already’.
So, I guess my question is this: Is this a normal kind of thing that people in their teens, 20’s, 30’s or even older do on blogs? Am I wrong for finding these comments juvenile and a waste of time? One commenter said to me personally (via a comment on the blog, of course) that they were all just having fun and I should lighten up. I’m really confused and curious about this….
I reiterate, here’s a kid who was a Meth addict who is blogging about his recovery and daily ups and downs and people think that’s it’s ok to ‘play’ on his blog just for fun?
I don’t get it?
I’m 51 and I didn’t grow up around computers or any of this technology. I love it now. I think it’s great how the world is open for all to explore.
But this whole experience with Nic’s blog/comments has left me really wondering.
I let myself get frustrated with a couple of these (young?) commenters and I left a few comments myself in response to them. I felt really bad afterward. So I left my email address so that if anyone wanted to respond to me directly they could…instead of wasting everyone’s time discussing something other than Nic’s blog.
Well, I haven’t heard from anyone. So, I guess it was the ‘stage’ quality of the comment section of the blog that attracts these people. And I guess it’s also the fact that they are ‘invisible’ that gives them courage. They want everyone to know how funny and smart they are but of course no one knows who they are. I guess. I just don’t get it though.
Can anyone explain it to me? Why people would leave comments like this on this type of forum? For what purpose? Or do you think that it really is just a bunch of young preteens who are home along with nothing to do?
Anyone?
I usually leave a comment, or a question or some (51 year old) advice. I think he reads most of the comments left and sometime he leaves comments back. It’s really a kind of cool way to communicate with (1) the author of a book and (2) a really interesting kid who lives in California who most people would never have had the chance to talk to.
So, each of his blogs receive lots and lots of different comments from a wide variety of people. The comments sometimes are just as interesting and as enlightening as Nic’s posts. People from all over the world have left their opinions, advice, and support for Nic. This is what this new fangled thing called the internet is all about!
However, in the past couple of weeks, more and more comments have been left on Nic’s blog that really do not have anything at all to do with his essays. There have been people (I think they might be young kids, but someone replied recently that some of them are in their 20’s and 30’s) who post comments under the cloak of “anonymous” or “private profile” and by comments, I mean they write silly poems about each other, they have huge side conversations about things that have nothing to do with Nic, like the spelling of words, they make fun of other commenters, even to go so far as to checking out other’s profile and blogs and making derogatory remarks about them. Some of these people have been down right hostile. Some have suggested the Nic should go smoke some dope or ‘just overdose already’.
So, I guess my question is this: Is this a normal kind of thing that people in their teens, 20’s, 30’s or even older do on blogs? Am I wrong for finding these comments juvenile and a waste of time? One commenter said to me personally (via a comment on the blog, of course) that they were all just having fun and I should lighten up. I’m really confused and curious about this….
I reiterate, here’s a kid who was a Meth addict who is blogging about his recovery and daily ups and downs and people think that’s it’s ok to ‘play’ on his blog just for fun?
I don’t get it?
I’m 51 and I didn’t grow up around computers or any of this technology. I love it now. I think it’s great how the world is open for all to explore.
But this whole experience with Nic’s blog/comments has left me really wondering.
I let myself get frustrated with a couple of these (young?) commenters and I left a few comments myself in response to them. I felt really bad afterward. So I left my email address so that if anyone wanted to respond to me directly they could…instead of wasting everyone’s time discussing something other than Nic’s blog.
Well, I haven’t heard from anyone. So, I guess it was the ‘stage’ quality of the comment section of the blog that attracts these people. And I guess it’s also the fact that they are ‘invisible’ that gives them courage. They want everyone to know how funny and smart they are but of course no one knows who they are. I guess. I just don’t get it though.
Can anyone explain it to me? Why people would leave comments like this on this type of forum? For what purpose? Or do you think that it really is just a bunch of young preteens who are home along with nothing to do?
Anyone?
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