Things that Scare Me

This is one of those blogs that can be a work in progress. I was in my thinking room this morning after two cups of coffee and thought it would be cool to collect a list of things that scare you. It could be a bear at your door or a tornado coming down your street or as my case this morning something as simple as after having done my business having the water in the toilet rise after I flush instead of going down. Not to worry here, it did reverse direction and go down but for a moment there I was scared and really didn't want to have to deal with the aftermath. Scariness comes in many forms, it could be a flat tire on the freeway, locking your keys in the car at the food store mid summer while holding a bag of ice cream, having your granddaughter hide amongst a clothing rack in a store while shopping or yes, even coming up on a traffic jam on the freeway after two cups of coffee and a bran muffin. Often I don't worry so much about the event but rather what I will have to deal with as a result. I'm sure you got some visuals as I made my small list so you know what I mean. A month or so ago I had to go to the hospital with double vision. At first, I knew I had to be at the emergency room to deal with this but as the evening wore on it became apparent I was going to be admitted and there it was! Hospital gowns!!! Hows that for an image? I'd rather pretend I was French Canadian wearing only a Speedo on the Jersey beach than wear those reverse access gowns. Why do they make them that way? Most of the time doctors have always worked on the front of my body so wouldn't it make sense to have the front open up. If you were at the Proctological Institute of Boise Idaho, You would want these reverse gowns. Why the hell do we have to wear gowns anyway? How about some nice paper pajamas. Any way, If you have your own list of scares, please feel free to comment. Please try to keep it clean and be aware of others who may be reading or posting. I'm going to go make a recreational flush just to ease my mind.

On Eating Healthy

Since my recent health issues I have ,with the help and persuasion of Susan, Cale and Caroline started eating better. Low salt, vegetables, little meat and organic when possible. I have discovered how unhealthy I have been eating when on my own, not when Sue cooks dinner, but especially my lunches. I have also become 'more' aware of how much "food products" are being sold to consumers. Isn't that akin to 'Soylent Green'? Do I miss meat? Yes I do but less and less, kinda like smoking which I quit 6 or so months ago. I still occasionally have meat but I am so aware when I am eating it. I have only had chicken, no red meat for awhile. Do I feel better? NO It's like when I quit smoking and food didn't really taste better and I still huffed after climbing a flight of stairs. I have to make these changes for health and moral reasons but I am not full of pep and vigor. Don't tell me I will, I need to add some exercise to my routine to assist this. But this is not the reason I started to write today, I wanted to comment on how much it costs to be healthy. The food prices for healthy food are absurd. The growers don't have to buy pesticides, fertilizers or equipment to apply them so they spend less and we pay more. Oh yeah, they spend hours hand picking bugs off the plants, right! It's American consumerism at its worst. That's why they have called 'Whole Foods' store 'Whole Paycheck' store. Who wants to go Solar and wind powered on their house? Who wouldn't? Free electric and a check back from the electric company. Right! Who the Hell can afford to buy these additions to our life? We could be so less dependant on the Republican oil party but supply and demand dictates in bed with American Greed that solar panels and windmills only go to those who can, not to those who need. Does it make sense to anyone that the cost of eating right, living right or being right should be so far out of reach? Obesity and ill health exists because people can't afford to eat well. The hypocrisy of those who are in the position to promote change and don't so they can retain their position is morally if not civilly criminal. What do we do? Wait? Pray? Write? The answer is 'D' none of the above.

The first blog

Ok, so this is my attempt to join the human race and the cyberworld as if anyone really gives a rats ass what I have to say. Feel free to comment, criticize, correct, agree, inform, ignore,abstain, just no freakin whining. If you have to whine, blog to someone who would really care, I won't!! I will try to figure out how to post photos for any one who cares. Until next time, "Onward through the Fog"