To everything there is a season, and this is my season of rut. Or rather, being in a rut My usual routine is to get up in the morning, make a cup of green tea with a squirt of lemon, and read my emails and blogs to which I subscribe. I’ve recently joined several Yahoo [...]
I am pissed off! I applied for heating assistance (LIHEAP) through Erie’s Department of Public Welfare (DPW). I was asked to submit paperwork explaining how I’ve been paying my expenses this year since I’m not employed. Makes sense. So I wrote that I had unemployment for a short while, had a job for an even [...]
I was on a discussion board where the question “Is Health Care a Right?” was asked, and someone responded with Is it a “Right” for our children to have a K/12 education?? Is it a “Right” for the fireman to come when your house is burning down?? Is is a “Right” to have police protection?? [...]
A little over 200 years ago this nation was fighting for its independence from an oppressive government. The preamble to our Declaration of Indepence states: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty [...]
I paid a visit to the Erie Veterans Hospital yesterday because I’ve been getting dizzy. I’ve been getting dizzy since 1991 or so, but it usually occurred only three or four times a year. A couple days ago I got dizzy four times in 24 hours. Cause for alarm. The type of dizziness I get [...]
I tried 80/10/10 and realize this diet will just not work for me. A mainstay of the diet is bananas–as much as 10 to 12 at a meal–in order to get enough calories for the day. I’m just not a fan of bananas. The most I could eat was five. The amount of fruit required [...]
This post is in response to a question I received from Sarah in a comment. She asked: I dont understand why you let yourself slide into this position. Why? bankruptcy.losing your house,credit,credibility,and business and reduced to the kindness of strangers and all that. kinda like all those harvard grads in the banking industry whom have [...]