Measuring fatigue
Sometimes the simplest way to measure how fatigued you are is to look at silly errors you make while in the throes of exhaustion. This morning I actually added myself as one of my contacts in an instant messaging program. Had I not noticed the mistake, I might have become one of the first people in history to IM myself. While it might have made for fascinating conversation, I quickly deleted myself from my contact list.
I've learned there are new 'professionals' to help you with your well-being. Not life-coaches, but health-coaches. They help you to try to lose weight, improve your general well-being and to help you exercise properly. Mostly they assist by helping you in setting and achieving goals. The jury is still out on this, but my initial impression of the health coach I met with yesterday was very favorable.
Why is the Jewish deli disappearing? A combination of rising prices for food and rent, younger generations that are more focused on eating healthy food rather than comfort bood and the growing variety of eateries. The weak economy isn't helping either. Why go to a deli and spend $40 for you and a friend to have corned beef sandwiches when you can get a corned beef sandwich elsewhere. It won't be as good, but it will still be the type of sandwich you were craving.
Other things being pondered on a relaxing Saturday morning:
FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided the offices of the Scooter Store, investigating Medicare fraud. People who don't need the power-chairs the company sells get them anyway, because of the company's aggressive tactics in 'bulldozing' doctors into prescribing them. Now when I see one of the resident here in a power chair a good deal of the time, but once in a while getting up and walking, I don't think twice about it. But when I see one in a chair and then in a wheelchair and then walking with a walker, I wonder what's going on. A power-chair should be reserved for someone who can't move themselves easily in a wheelchair, for the most part. However, there is something to be said for giving those people who can navigate short distances in a wheelchair the freedom of movement a power chair provides. I'll be curious to see how his comes out.
Speaking of wheelchairs, TSA officials are now estimating that 15% of requests for wheelchairs from passengers approaching security checkpoints are phony. People will ask for the wheelchair, get moved to the front of the line, pass through security and then miraculously leap from their chair and make a beeline to their gate. How utterly disgusting. Get in line with everyone else you jerks.
Clive Davis, record producer extraordinaire took several cheap shots at Kelly Clarkson in his recently published memoir. Now Howard Stern himself is defending Clarkson and giving Davis the verbal smackdown. Stuff like that crap in his book should be ignored. When Clarkson and Stern engage Davis in the war of words, the only winner is the book's publisher and Davis. They make more money because more people buy the book.
So is Glenn Beck afraid to appear with the WWE and defend his insults against fans of wrestling and how the WWE's "anti-Tea Party" character is wrong? Apparently so. Heck, I'd tune in to see Jack Swagger power-slam Beck. I'd even love to see it done multiple times.
Three sisters in Pennsylvania were convicted of political corruption. Why is the fact they are supposedly "devout Catholics" relevant to the story? Does someone having deep religious convictions mean they can't possible commit a crime?
Dead mice with tylenol tablets stuffed into their mouths are going to be air-dropped on Guam to try to control the island's brown tree snake population. Really? Who thought this up? It's actually a brilliant strategy. The pills are toxic to the snakes and harmless to almost every other creature that might happen upon a mouse with a pill in its mouth.
If it's the end of February, it must be time for North Korea to rattle sabers and tell the South and the U.S. that dire consequences will be suffered if they go ahead with joint military exercises. Why do they bother? They make these empty threats annually and then don't do a thing.
Mark Cuban says the Lakers should "amnesty" Kobe Bryant?? (amnesty means to get rid of a player so that their salary won't count against how the league's luxury tax is calculated). I hope Cuban manages to have one of his many minions keep him supplied with some of that anti-fungal gargle to treat his athlete's mouth condition. He does keep his foot in his mouth regularly.
A WalMart worker confessed to stealing junk food from her employer on a regular basis during her seven years as a maintenance worker for the retail giant. She acknowledged it was wrong and said she'd never do it again. WalMart made sure that was the case and fired her. The items weren't expensive, but she's been charged with felony theft in addition to losing her job. 63, out of work and facing a felony charge. I hope the Oreos were worth it.
Bobby Bonilla was a pretty good baseball player. In 15 seasons he was a six-time All-Star, won three batting titles and one World Series ring. All well and good. But he retired in 2001 and yet, the Mets owe him an annual payment of just over $1.1 million from 2011 through 2035. Is it any wonder why baseball ticket prices and parking are so damn expensive?
This Date in History:
On this date in 1455, the Gutenberg Bible, first book printed with movable type, was printed (this is considered the 'traditional' date of printing).
On this date in 1836, the Battle of the Alamo begins.
On this date in 1870, post-Civil War control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
On this date in 1896, the Tootsie-Roll was invented.
On this date in 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. in perpetuity.
On this date in 1905, the Rotary Club was formed.
On this date in 1941, plutonium is produced for the first time.
On this date in 1945, the famous "flag-raising" on Iwo Jima took place.
On this date in 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army demanded $4 million in cash to secure the release of kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
Famous Folk Born On This Date:
W.E.B. Du Bois
Paul Tibbets (pilot of the Enola Gay when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima)
Majel Barrett
Peter Fonda
Fred Biletnikoff
Bobby Bonilla
Emily Blunt (today is her 30th birthday)
Dakota Fanning (19 years old today)
I've learned there are new 'professionals' to help you with your well-being. Not life-coaches, but health-coaches. They help you to try to lose weight, improve your general well-being and to help you exercise properly. Mostly they assist by helping you in setting and achieving goals. The jury is still out on this, but my initial impression of the health coach I met with yesterday was very favorable.
Why is the Jewish deli disappearing? A combination of rising prices for food and rent, younger generations that are more focused on eating healthy food rather than comfort bood and the growing variety of eateries. The weak economy isn't helping either. Why go to a deli and spend $40 for you and a friend to have corned beef sandwiches when you can get a corned beef sandwich elsewhere. It won't be as good, but it will still be the type of sandwich you were craving.
Other things being pondered on a relaxing Saturday morning:
FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided the offices of the Scooter Store, investigating Medicare fraud. People who don't need the power-chairs the company sells get them anyway, because of the company's aggressive tactics in 'bulldozing' doctors into prescribing them. Now when I see one of the resident here in a power chair a good deal of the time, but once in a while getting up and walking, I don't think twice about it. But when I see one in a chair and then in a wheelchair and then walking with a walker, I wonder what's going on. A power-chair should be reserved for someone who can't move themselves easily in a wheelchair, for the most part. However, there is something to be said for giving those people who can navigate short distances in a wheelchair the freedom of movement a power chair provides. I'll be curious to see how his comes out.
Speaking of wheelchairs, TSA officials are now estimating that 15% of requests for wheelchairs from passengers approaching security checkpoints are phony. People will ask for the wheelchair, get moved to the front of the line, pass through security and then miraculously leap from their chair and make a beeline to their gate. How utterly disgusting. Get in line with everyone else you jerks.
Clive Davis, record producer extraordinaire took several cheap shots at Kelly Clarkson in his recently published memoir. Now Howard Stern himself is defending Clarkson and giving Davis the verbal smackdown. Stuff like that crap in his book should be ignored. When Clarkson and Stern engage Davis in the war of words, the only winner is the book's publisher and Davis. They make more money because more people buy the book.
So is Glenn Beck afraid to appear with the WWE and defend his insults against fans of wrestling and how the WWE's "anti-Tea Party" character is wrong? Apparently so. Heck, I'd tune in to see Jack Swagger power-slam Beck. I'd even love to see it done multiple times.
Three sisters in Pennsylvania were convicted of political corruption. Why is the fact they are supposedly "devout Catholics" relevant to the story? Does someone having deep religious convictions mean they can't possible commit a crime?
Dead mice with tylenol tablets stuffed into their mouths are going to be air-dropped on Guam to try to control the island's brown tree snake population. Really? Who thought this up? It's actually a brilliant strategy. The pills are toxic to the snakes and harmless to almost every other creature that might happen upon a mouse with a pill in its mouth.
If it's the end of February, it must be time for North Korea to rattle sabers and tell the South and the U.S. that dire consequences will be suffered if they go ahead with joint military exercises. Why do they bother? They make these empty threats annually and then don't do a thing.
Mark Cuban says the Lakers should "amnesty" Kobe Bryant?? (amnesty means to get rid of a player so that their salary won't count against how the league's luxury tax is calculated). I hope Cuban manages to have one of his many minions keep him supplied with some of that anti-fungal gargle to treat his athlete's mouth condition. He does keep his foot in his mouth regularly.
A WalMart worker confessed to stealing junk food from her employer on a regular basis during her seven years as a maintenance worker for the retail giant. She acknowledged it was wrong and said she'd never do it again. WalMart made sure that was the case and fired her. The items weren't expensive, but she's been charged with felony theft in addition to losing her job. 63, out of work and facing a felony charge. I hope the Oreos were worth it.
Bobby Bonilla was a pretty good baseball player. In 15 seasons he was a six-time All-Star, won three batting titles and one World Series ring. All well and good. But he retired in 2001 and yet, the Mets owe him an annual payment of just over $1.1 million from 2011 through 2035. Is it any wonder why baseball ticket prices and parking are so damn expensive?
This Date in History:
On this date in 1455, the Gutenberg Bible, first book printed with movable type, was printed (this is considered the 'traditional' date of printing).
On this date in 1836, the Battle of the Alamo begins.
On this date in 1870, post-Civil War control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
On this date in 1896, the Tootsie-Roll was invented.
On this date in 1903, Cuba leased Guantanamo Bay to the U.S. in perpetuity.
On this date in 1905, the Rotary Club was formed.
On this date in 1941, plutonium is produced for the first time.
On this date in 1945, the famous "flag-raising" on Iwo Jima took place.
On this date in 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army demanded $4 million in cash to secure the release of kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
Famous Folk Born On This Date:
W.E.B. Du Bois
Paul Tibbets (pilot of the Enola Gay when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima)
Majel Barrett
Peter Fonda
Fred Biletnikoff
Bobby Bonilla
Emily Blunt (today is her 30th birthday)
Dakota Fanning (19 years old today)
posted by me at 8:05 AM
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