Stomach Sleepers Unite!

The other day when I was with friends, I happened to mention that I was the only person in hubby's family who sleeps on her stomach. To my surprise, two of my friends also sleep on their stomachs! Could it be that the stomach sleepers of this world form natural hidden bonds with each other?

Forgetfulness

I must start writing things down! I have thought of a number of ideas for postings and then.....Exactly what was that one I thought of when I was stripping beds? What was the topic of the one I thought of the other day in the car? Forgetfulness happens. I guess it will be really bad when I have forgotten that I forgot something.

Unexpected Change

The day after I wrote my thoughts about roadkill, I noticed the little fawn carcass again by the side of the road. Later that night, I thought about doing a follow-up article on the body slowly deteriorating over time until it became one with the earth, and peace had settled in. I planned on talking about all of the amazing organism that participated in this "recycling" process and how I am in awe of everything on the world -- how organized and wonderfully structured it is. Our "living" planet is like an living oroganism with its cycles of life and death. Each day, I have watched the fawn carcass go through its various stages of approaching the full reccycling process.

It was gone yesterday. People were walking with bags along the side of the highway picking up litter. Apparently, someone had spotted the tiny carcass and taken it away! Where would it go? Would it be put on a trash heap as if it did not matter? Would it be allowed to recycle and become one with the Earth? And what would I end up writing about? Troubling thoughts.

Then I decided to write about change. One thing anyone can always expect, is change. Change always happens. My thoughts of a calming article discussing the wonders of this Earth where shattered... and probably by someone completely unaware of my plans! Hah! Chaos is terrific.

Stray Hairs Part 2

I found this on a blog: http://qcreport.blogspot.com/

A few months’ back, a friend of mine was trying to describe the degree of closeness she felt for another woman. She flailed a bit, and then said in relief, “Well, she’s my tweezer friend”. I said in a tone which I hope was polite and not just alarmed, “Your what?”

“She and I have an agreement. When we’re old, if one of us is in the hospital and not doing well, the other one will come over and tweeze off the weird facial hairs. Tweezer friend.”

I love the idea!

Too Old? ROFL

The other day when my son and I saw a very funny ad on TV I said "OhEmGe. That was SO funny." I looked at my son and saw a shocked and troubled expression on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"You're too....old to say OMG," he said.

Too old? ROFL. I was five when I collected money for UNICEF. I was eight when I visited the UN building and did a report on LASERs. At sixteen, I took the SAT for the first time. As I got older I found out about the FBI, CIA and the KGB. At 22 I went to work at IBM. AT 28 I said TGIF once a week and had to have work reports finished ASAP so that we CYA'd. People invited me places and I had to RSVP. I have been saving JPEG files for years! LOL. Never too old.

AIUI, BTDTGTTSAWIO. YOYO. TTYL.

Moment of Silence

I must share this. I found this on a blog, Rocks In My Dryer.

May We All Pause For a Moment Of Silence...

...in commemoration of today, National Punctuation Day? May we join together in grief over all the butchered its and it's of the world, and may we mourn for the world's stunning lack of proper hyphenation?
These are dark days, my friends. Go hug a comma.

Sprouting Nuts

My masseuse, K, often talks with me about healthy eating ideas; and believe me, she is a wealth of knowledge. Via her husband's research, she cured herself of debilitating arthritus by changing her eating habits.

During the hot rocks massage, she gave me a great idea. I love salads with no dressing that are sprinkled with dried cranberries and raisins, and sometimes cheese or lean meat. She also suggested that I added sprouted nuts! How you make these is simply by placing walnuts or pecans in water for between 30 minutes to six hours. The nuts begin to sprout and apparently the nutritional value triples. Sounds yummy. I will have to try it soon.

Hot Rock Massage

This past Saturday I had a hot rock massage. Wow. It was terrific. K heated up a bunch of very smooth river rocks. Then she covered them with oil and rubbed them all over me. The feeling was amazing. She also placed some rocks in specific places and just let them sit. I could feel my legs relax with a large hot rock was placed in the middle of my lower back and just allowed to sit. K even put rocks between my toes. I recommend this to everyone! BTW, it takes about 600 hours of training to become a professional, licensed masseuse.

Road Kill

As my son and I drive to Charlottesville every day, we often see deer along the highway. Graceful veggie eaters who are so beautiful with their long necks and legs. Yesterday morning there was a mother deer, and a tiny fawn who still had its spots, grazng near the edge of the highway.

On the way home, there was a dead fawn next to the road, it white ummy facing the orad. I hate to think it was the same fawn I had just seen a few hours earlier. I wanted to stop the car and run over to it and embrace its tiny body. I often wish I had healing and life-giving hands when I see road kill. I wish I could either protect all of the beautiful animals on the Earth or I could bring them back to life once they have died. But what a crowded world this would be!

Game Theory and Driving

The mathematical patterns associated with driving is really beginning to fascinate me. It is so much like Game Theory. I can't wait until I have learned the math to equate all of these thoughts.

When a driver is on a highway alone, it like being the only player on a game board. You have a goal to win or finish the game (reach your destination). You follow the rules but do not have to negotiate with any other players (drivers).

When other players are in the game, then a negotiation process occurs involving various means of communications (blinkers,headlights, etc.). People negotiate for space and safety with each other. And everyone pretty much has the end goal of reaching their destination safely through a cooperative effort.

Of course there are always those drivers who zoom past and follow their own rules!

Driving Pain

My right leg hurts now almost every day. Today, because we had forgotten to fill the car up with gas over the weekend, I had to drive very quickly in order to makeup for the time lost gassing the car this morning. The constant heavy pressure for the hour of driving is now being felt in my right leg with pain and small spasms. But anyone can do anything for a year. i firmly believe this to be true.

Why Don't Computers Know?

I don't understand why computers don't understand what I mean when I type in "soem" or "thy". Why don't they know what I intend my password or screenname to be? So what if I type hooly instead of holly They are almost the same; just one letter difference!

Getting Older and Stray Hairs

Aging is interesting. Strange hairs have appeared in my eyebrows and on my chin. Sometimes the ones in my eyebrows are coarse and curly -- sort of pubic in nature. Very odd experience. These hairs curl under the other eyebrow hairs and work the whole bunch in the opposite way they are supposed to lie. It feels sort of like someone is rubbing your eyebrows the wrong way.

What Does "Natural" Mean?

I have found it fascinating over the years when I hear people use the term "unnatural" when referring to human things. How are they unnatural? Unnatural means that something is not related to Nature. So...how exactly are our things not natural? Are we not a part of Nature? We evolved as a part of this Earth just as the birds and bees. All of our products are made from products of this planet so I must think of them as "natural". Why are our houses less natural than a bird's nest? Both are typicall framed with products from trees. Our glues are similar to bird's saliva products. Both are a reformatting of the Earth's natural resources. Seems natural to me!

Going Green

So there was a several simultaneous "green" concert some months ago. The event was touted as being about reducing global warming which is assumed to result from burning fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are burned in our cars and airplanes; and also, still, in most power plants in the form of coal. So....everyone drove or flew to the concerts. The concerts used huge amounts of electricity in the form of lights, speakers and microphones. Was the concert actually about global warming or was it an effort for Al Gore to look good?

The Problem with Division

There is a problem with our system of division. 1/9 in decimals is .1111..., 2/9 is .2222... all the way up to 9/9 which according to the pattern should be .9999... but 9/9 is 1. Mathematicians consider .9999... to be equal to 1 but I don't. There is a negligible difference but there is a difference.