Sunday, April 27, 2008
One Hour Left To Live
That is what they told my mother last Tuesday, when they rushed my dad from one hospital to a better-equipped one. Thank God, he's lived well past the sole hour doctors had allotted. My dad has been having ventricular fibrillation attacks for the last 20 years or so. First, they were only sporadic...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008
But Dad! Take Your Own Advice!
My two - week stint as a teacher via webcam ended this week. It was enjoyable and found the challenge worthwhile, though it was not without it's cons - it does not give you the freedom to use a whiteboard or a OHP as I would a normal classroom, but all the same it went well. The girls took a real...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008
OK, Which Genius Came Up With This?
I was checking my email on AOL earlier when one of their slideshows caught my eye. It said "11 Ways To Look Younger". Wow, that could sure come in handy! So I proceed to flip through the pictures and list of how-to, and I read the things I'm already aware of: no yo-yo dieting, avoid sugar cravings,...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Are You The Skinny, Salad-Eating Type?
I'll admit it...I love eating good food. Does it show sometimes? Of course. But I can't help it. It's what happens when you descend form a lineage of great cooks. My weight has always fluctuated since my teens and there are times where I've overdone it, but now I combine healthy eating with an...
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
Got Any Juicy Gossip? I Don't.
I'm spending the Easter weekend at my parents' house, which is in a small town along the southern coast of Sicily. Yesterday, as part of the Easter celebrations, the nearly 600-year-old tradition of the re-enactment of Christ's Passion and Death, took place, as it does all over Sicily. It can be...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Silence Of The Lambs
Easter is just around the corner, and with that so are the banquets.Though I'm not a vegetarian, in the last few years I've given up eating lamb or goat at Easter, and in general. I just can't bear that their sweet, friendly faces are slaughtered for someone's gluttony. I know it's a practice and...
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Monday, March 17, 2008
How Do You Deal With Being Accused of Something You're Not?
Well, having been tarred and feathered earlier by two bloggers who shall remain nameless, I've come to ask myself, does it really bother me when people accuse me of something I'm not? Are you strong enough to back your opinions, or do you hide your head in the sand and not speak up for yourself?...
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WOOHOO! My first catfight on Blogit!
It took me three years but I eventually got there! Regarding what? You guessed it....my Obama blog. Why is that trying to make people reason amicably without insulting only generates anger and hate? All that's in that blog is my opinion as to why I don't like Obama as president. And the comments...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Life Long Learning
Are you like me, who could not have been bothered to pay much attention to the subjects you learned in high school or at university, and now find yourself studying them again with passion? Within the last year I have found myself studying three subjects that I could not have bothered with lots of...
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Monday, March 3, 2008
Politeness these days - where has it gone?(Repost)
Note:I posted this some 2 1/2 years ago, yet sadly I've noticed things haven't changed much... Could be that I'm getting on in the years, but when I travel with youth on mass transit I just either want to slap them or get off the means entirely.....I can't stand the rudeness anymore. Case in point:...
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