Words to Ponder
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance. -Eric Hoffer
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. -Anaïs Nin
Obesity Tsunami
More than half a billion people, or one in 10 adults worldwide, are obese -- more than double the number in 1980. Obesity-related diseases account for nearly 10 percent of U.S. medical spending or an estimated $147 billion a year.
Except for smoking, obesity is now the number one preventable cause of death in this country. Three hundred thousand people die of obesity every year.
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Category Archives: Musings
Thought For Today
I thought this was fitting since we saw our first snowflakes today. November comes And November goes, With the last red berries And the first white snows. With night coming early, And dawn coming late, And ice in the bucket … Continue reading
Elite? Really Now
Driving today I’m behind a SUV with a vanity plate. Of course I can’t help but read it since we’re stopped at red lights and eventually turned into the same grocery store. But really lady, you paid extra for this? … Continue reading
Word of the day
Querulous: \KWER-uh-luhs; -yuh\ , adjective: 1. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining. 2. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining. Well I was going to complain about the dreary, cloudy and overcast day but that would be querulous.
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She Asked Me What
We’re in the grocery store this afternoon and I’m in the produce section buying various salad ingredients. I’m looking at the packages of gorgeous organic white mushrooms which I always buy. A woman, guessing late 20’s – early 30’s is … Continue reading
Making change
On my way home today I stopped in at a local hair salon to pick up a hair care product that I was running low on. With tax it came to $14.84 and I handed the lady a $50.00 bill … Continue reading
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How do You pump gas?
Most of my readers know I do a lot of driving, in town and long road trips to DC and North Carolina. Driving alone doesn’t bother me but I am very aware of my surroundings when I stop to fill … Continue reading
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Off for the weekend
I feel like I am always saying, “On the road Again”, (Willie Nelson). Leaving in the morning for Ohio to visit my 81 year old Father/family/and best friend from childhood Mary Jane. How many of us can say they are … Continue reading
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Naked in the Sprinkler (almost)
I hesitated writing about this but the entire incident just seemed “weird” to me. Early yesterday evening I was on the deck watering the flowers and tending to the flower pots. The house next door has 4 young children, ages … Continue reading
My iPod/Playlist
I’m still learning this iPod stuff. Finally a couple of weeks ago I got my iTunes account and songs moved over to the new laptop. One thing I had not done yet was create playlists. I have my iPod in … Continue reading
Kind of Sick
The bad thing about planning a winter vacation is it’s smack dab in the midst of cold/flu season! I don’t have the flu (knock on wood) but something is going on with my sinuses. Throbbing headache over one eye, stuffed … Continue reading
