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Links for 2007-09-28 [Digg] 2007-09-29 00:00:00
Stop Elder Abuse
An important article about preventing elder abuse in nursing facilities and hospitals.
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Links for 2007-09-27 [Digg] 2007-09-28 00:00:00
Nutrition Tip #4: How to Eat Healthfully & Feel Satisfied
Get tips on how to make nice with your personal "food demons." This article chronicles one person's inner journey to finding balance, moderation, & peace of mind when dealing with the psychology behind the complex relationships between food & family.
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Stop Elder Abuse 2007-09-27 21:50:00 Due to my recent constant care of my grandfather, I have spent many days, hours, weeks, in nursing homes, hospitals, in the company of aides, doctors, and nurses. Many thoughts have come to mind. As a young, strong, aware individual, you often have the independence, awareness and physical strength to avoid, fight or just be aware when you being mistreated. Even if you choose not to fight back, you could. One of the most deplorable features of abuse is that cowardly individuals who inherently feel inadequate, gain power and strength from lording over easy targets (i.e., children, subordinates, elderly, animals). In the case of the elderly, those who have either been abused, or for whatever reason, have evil within and a need to belittle those in need, choose to verbally or physically maltreat someone of advanced age. If you step into a nursing home, you will see elderly men and women of all levels of health. There are individuals of fine physical shape, with failing mental facilities an Read more:Elder
Come one, Come all... 2007-09-26 22:55:00 I am back from my hiatus and continue to reflect and be deeply saddened by the loss of my grandfather, however I feel it is necessary to push on with my blogging. I'd like to continue with my format, providing tips of all sorts in various categories, however I invite reader participation as well. As I am a medical doctor with psychiatry training, I'd enjoy posting the occasional Q and A. If you have a question regarding your medical health, are curious as to how to solve a difficult relationship problem, work crisis, or are at a crossroads, I'd like to help. In order to maintain anonymity, I would ask you email me your question, and I will post the answer without identification. You will know who you are, and others can hopefully learn as well.
Links for 2007-09-25 [Digg] 2007-09-26 00:00:00
Run 1, Week 1 (BOHR): A Sad Goodbye & The Start of A New Running Program
A touching tribute to a family track star who passed away recently & information about the program, "Becoming a One Hour Runner."
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Links for 2007-09-24 [Digg] 2007-09-25 00:00:00
Yes, Finally Some Foodie Content Again!!!!!!
Yes, she is back! More hilarious content and delicious food idea from the Corey.
Run 3, Week 9 (CT5K): Not An End, But A Beginning!
Corey's inspiring "getting-into-shape" saga continues...
Fine Feathered Fish Connoisseur
Amazing little video of a penguin who likes to food shop.
How to Deal With Weight Gain
Best ways to combat weight fears and issues.
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On a Sad Note... 2007-09-23 21:45:00 I apologize for the delay in posts to this blog. My beloved grandfather, who I adore, cherish and love so dearly, and have been so lucky to know and who has inspired me to always try to do better, be kinder, and to live honestly, has passed away at noon today. I am so saddened with this loss. I can't believe that someone who brightened the world with his humor, his drive, his support and love could be no more. Please be patient with me as I will take some time away from blogging, to return, I hope soon to bringing new ways to brighten your lives.
Links for 2007-09-18 [Digg] 2007-09-19 00:00:00
Walking: The Underrated Stress Destroyer
Daily unwinding from stress with humor/wisdom for all.
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Health Tip #3: Walking, the under-rated Stress Buster 2007-09-18 13:46:00 Being a closet type-A minus my whole life, I honestly have felt I'm doing nothing unless I've achieved my maximum potential. Whether this involves getting the grade, writing a thank you note of Pulitzer quality, or hitting the gym, I used to be a tightly wound spring. Obviously, as you can imagine, I was a stressed out little bugger before I saw the light. This mentality is not sustainable, and will only cause bags under the eyeballs and anxiety, neither or which are inviting qualities. So, as I am one to always seek development and better ways of doing everything, I actively worked on taking it down a notch, at any chance I could get. Being a stressed out nut is not your identity...it is a temporary state of being you must battle tooth and nail. I simply get annoyed at individuals who just complain or submit to their exposed nerves. One should think, how can I better this situation and be happier? Unfortunately, not everyone is self-aware, and sometimes people may not realize they a Read more:Health
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Beauty Tip #2: The Frizz Wars...Part I 2007-09-16 16:34:00 A "before" photo of an unfortunate red-headBefore I knew (or cared) how to handle my luxurious waves aka undulating frizz, I was in ignorant bliss. I went from Shirley Temple ringlets as a child (after my early bald-as-a-bowling-ball phase) to the wild lioness mane of my early teen years. Thankfully due to the intervention of my beauty savvy Mom and Aunt, who worked in tandem to pacify my many follicles' reactive temper, I became quite a young goddess, if I may say so myself. ;) Part of this intervention involved curling irons, conditioning treatments, and a cornucopia of barrettes. ;) When the Bumble & Bumble salon burst open their doors in Manhattan's swanky hood, in buzzed many savage beasts of mangy manes who surprisingly had human DNA. I was probably run over by this herd, but learned of this curl-tempering cure in time. Ouidad, a shop which many worship as a shrine, proved too shellac-ing for me, but Bumble & Bumble's Leave-In Conditioner worked like a miracle worker. It held Read more:Beauty
Links for 2007-09-14 [Digg] 2007-09-15 00:00:00
Nutrition Tip #3: Eat Anti-inflammatory Foods For Good Health
As the third installation in the series of nutrition topics, this post will again give you many practical tips on how to achieve better health through nutrition. As promised, I will now discuss the specifics behind maintaining an anti-inflammatory diet.
Redheads facing extinction
Sad news today from the National Geographic suggesting that Redheads, or Ginger Headed People, could become extinct within the next hundred years.
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Rockin' Girl Award!! 2007-09-14 18:00:00 From the blogarific blogster Corey Irwin from Cook. Eat. Drink. Blog., I have been gifted this fabulous honor of Rockin' Girl Award
. This most auspicious honor is thrilling, mostly due to the fact that it was given by Corey. Her blog is fantastically well written and entertaining. I'd highly recommend checking out her other blog as well, See Corey Run. Once again, Ladybug Tea CoThank you! Thank you! I'm also thrilled to pass this award on to the following fabulous blogging ladies: Corey of Cook.Eat.Drink.Blog. and See Corey RunJamie of Suburban Queen BlogNessa of MumblingsBarby of MehLisa Seale Cruz of ShopaliciousLady Banana of Lady BananaDiane of Much of a Muchness
Bodacious Blog Award! 2007-09-13 23:19:00 I am thrilled to be deemed/awarded the exciting BODACIOUS BLOG award by the fabulous JOolian of just jOolian!! He has kindly plugged my site on his AB FAB site, which is a MUST VISIT at: just JOolian. An artiste by day and a blogger by night, follow his amusing musings... I'd like to pass the torch to the following delightful blogs! Feel free to keep the love flowin' by passing this award onto other sites you adore. Fish Without Bicycle HereJulian at just jOolian ~ hippocampus hi-jinxTom Coffee at Spilling Coffee with Humorist Tom CoffeeJenn at Mommy Needs CoffeeCorey (my sis) at See Corey Run and Cook.Eat.Drink.Blog.Dawn & Ann at Twisted Sister...Totally Pissed Off!Kiwipulse at KiwipulseChristyZ at Christy's Coffee BreakFat Triathlete at The Fat TriathleteMark at ProBloggers MatrixPabloPabla at Blogsreview.netJim at Tips for New Bloggers (So incredibly helpful when first started!)AnEnglishMum at An English MumI highly recommend checking out ALL of these blogs!!
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Organizational Tip #3: Procrastination Nation 2007-09-08 14:09:00 Anyone with mostly human DNA and a beating heart has experienced the joys and woes of procrastination. Why do we clean the entire bathroom ceiling to toilet when a paper is due? When you are dreading prep for a job interview? Suddenly, you have an emergent 5 course meal to plan. We've all been there. So, I will include the psychology lurking behind this, and a few steps to push on through. 1. Fear of failure/perfectionism: Especially if you have a reputation of success, the bar is set high. Your mother, your buddies, the tollbooth lady, whoever you know or have bored with your life story, know you can achieve amazing things. Disappointing these people is scary, so often instead of completing a task, you have an unfinished novel, a partially baked cake, or a half painted Monet look-a-like in your den aka scary junk room. By avoiding completion, you effectively don't disappoint. Solution: Your imagination or nightly dream world may run wild with potential conversations or scenarios wi Read more:Procrastination
Health Tip #2: A large melon and other overnight successes 2007-09-05 10:31:00 Recently, I was informed that my extremely precocious, bright and bossy little male cousin, all of age 4 (going on 40) had quite a discovery. He is fascinated with the world, which is so inspiring. He loves to watch and learn, and his latest interest is in gardening. And in this pursuit of the green, he is following around my multi-talented, hilarious aunt like a heat-seeking missile. To little Noah, she is the all-knowing Yoda. Again, kids are great. So, as he is quite persistent, to the point that his Dad and Mom (my 1st cousins) are now willing to hand over anything from a 300 pound chocolate bar to the keys to their car, they go to all lengths to find ways of satisfying his intellectual hunger...NOW. The latest story involves Noah and my aunt planting watermelon seeds. To the delight of Noah, a honeydew appeared just 3 weeks later on an anemic stalk in its glorious form. This ruse, aided and abetted by a late night supergluing stunt, would not work perhaps in a year or two, but at Read more:Health
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Kitchen Tip #2: Be the Shiznit of the Hiznit (I have no idea what this means, but it sounds cool) 2007-09-03 15:39:00 To take a breather from the advice giving aka bossing everyone around, I will foray into the world of household recommendations. As today is Labor Day, many will be out grilling a variety of delicacies on their outdoor BBQ. For some, it will be Porky the Pig on a spit; other more health-conscious friends will be julienning some zucchini, eggplant and other veggies, slopping on some marinade and roasting to absolute culinary perfection. A most abhorrent task is scraping the grill post-BBQ. For those who forgo the task, or run from the room with a sudden urgent to-do when others are buzz sawing the grease from the rungs (you know who you are), this may lure you back to the task. So, here goes... drum roll please..... The beautific creation is Reynolds Non-Stick Grill Foil. I am not recommending this product lightly. After grilling baked potato halves and salmon (marinaded in a ginger sesame concoction) atop these sheets, I can attest to their fabulousness. These nonstick sheets are sturd Read more:Kitchen
Organizational Tip #2: 5 Ways to Disconnect and Refresh 2007-09-02 20:05:00 Instant gratification has become a part of our world. The faster the better. I used to sit tapping my fingers aggressively, huffing and puffing waiting for my dial-up connection to load a page. Now, along with lightening speed internet speeds, comes an expectation for our brain waves to keep up the pace. And this means returning 100+ emails a day, keeping up with technology, participating in 20 internet communities. And I'm not even including the outside-of-the-internet life we all (hopefully) enjoy. This would involve cooking and eating, maintaining relationships, a career (unless blogging is yours), paying bills, etc etc etc. This pace somehow seems normal. So, what I profess are 5 tips to decompress from this manic life we lead. The bonus is you will return to your work refreshed and energized and with a brain that actually works. 1. Stop and look and listen. When signs of exhaustion set in, it is often too late. Your brain is already fried and perhaps you are reading and re-readin Read more:Refresh
Saving Money Tip #1: Ebay on Steroids 2007-08-25 13:08:00 I am no tightwad, however I am a firm believer in smart spending for your mental health.Here's the scenario:You are in a massive hurry to the airport as you set your alarm for PM instead of AM. You are jetting off to the Seychelles for a much-needed weeklong decompression session. You wake up in a fright. Your hair is a wild mix of Roseanne Roseannadanna and Billy Idol and still deciding whether or not your vivid dream of eating everything in the fridge was a nightmare or a reality (also a nightmare). Just to refresh your memory:Option one: Schlep your large bags like a hunchback hippo into the murky, sweaty subway for a hair-raising journey of scarcely populated cars and sidelong glances at your fabulous newly refurbished hair-do, perhaps? Yes, cheap...but worth your sanity? Also, you may or may not make your flight. Here's the potential cast of characters sitting cheek-to-cheek with you on the underground:Option two: Hail a cab and spend $40. Give a generous tip because you are goi Read more:Saving
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Health Tip #1: Seven Tips to Maintain Your Sanity in Times of Stress 2007-08-16 00:09:00 When it rains, it pours. I'm not a big supporter of cliches, like the "pot calling the kettle black" and such. Seriously, what the heck does that mean? But, sometimes these little annoying words can really just fit. I like to piece together sound bites to enrich and simplify your life, but also to bring laughter. Today's piece is a bit more serious as stress from difficult life events is no giddy matter. And as hardship is often oddly twinned with other difficulties, coping skills must be bolstered. So, here are my top 7 tips for getting through it all.1. Look for joy in little things: It may seem silly to enjoy the warmth of a cup of coffee or tea first thing in the morning or the smell of fresh sheets, but happiness isn't about large chunks of money or the largest house on the block. It is simply a string of moments and simple joys. If you don't appreciate and notice these tiny bits of fun, they will pass you by. And if you are a cranky monkey, or unimpressed unless huge successe Read more:Health
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Organizational Tip #1: Post-traumatic Martha Stewart-itis syndrome 2007-08-10 15:28:00 So, who feels more stressed out AFTER reading MarthaStewart
's mag? Maybe I have problems, but I find her small font and perfect home layouts and instructions for creating your own doily to be overwhelming. I just feel like an inadequate failure. And to boot, I can barely keep up with the millions of things I need to do involving daily life maintenance. I haven't even gotten to the beauty routine I apparently should be doing. Alas, I seek to share life tips that will not add more weight to your to-do lists, but will actually lessen your load. I am also struggling to juggle multiple responsibilities as many other ladies are these days. My first tip is not so much a tip as a change in mindset. As a female, we seek to please. When I get an email, I feel a compulsion not to offend the sender by waiting too long to write back. When the phone rings, I think, yikes, must get to it! When someone rings the door bell, I throw on whatever scraps are nearby and aim a slightly presentable appeara Read more:traumatic
Beauty Tip #1: Glowing Shiny Skin 2007-08-09 20:35:00 Like many out there, I have been blessed/cursed with oily skin. They say it prolongs one's youth, however in the same vein of finding positivity in bird poop on one's windshield or worse, on one's head, I am skeptical. (Expanding on the falling projectile topic...a very close hilariously accident-prone friend of mine had an unfortunate surprise when a squirrel tumbled and banged into her head, while on the way to work. Me, on the other hand, after 36 hours of solid doctoring work as a resident had a bird aim successfully for my head. On no other time in my life have I found such an obvious sign sent from above, both in the otherworldly sense and the actually sky. I felt pooped on after dealing with what seemed like 100 screaming patients and yes, I needed to have the point remade. Anyway, not to digress...) So, as a brilliant solution, I came upon Aveeno Clear Complexion Foaming Cleanser 6 fl oz (180 ml), seconded by a top beauty-mag, to relieve me of my ever-greasy complexion. It c Read more:Beauty
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Kitchen Tip #1: Now we're cooking... 2007-08-06 23:17:00 Before I discovered the joys of cooking
, I knew the pleasures of eating. Nothing was more blissful than watching my Mom whip up something fabulous. As I grew older, I began experimenting, unknowingly incorporating what my mother does. So, as a fledgling cook, I discovered a few things. Finding any recipe to fit scraps in the fridge is deadly. A few sweet potatoes should just be roasted or tossed if sprouting spindly legs. What was on the menu was Sweet Potato and Pumpkin cake. If I actually thought about it logically, I would have realized how revolting this would be. I baked it and baked it for what seemed an eternity... and it still was goopy. Fortunately after this disaster, I always stepped back from recipes to think, do I want to eat this? or would I reserve this delicacy for my worst enemy? So aside from understanding spices and letting one's creativity loose in the kitchen to make both disasters and then culinary miracles, was grasping how important good kitchen tools are. So, Read more:Kitchen
Clothing Tip #2: The Perfect T 2007-07-30 14:25:00 On my last excursion to the thriving metropolis of Gotham city, my free will drove me to the GAP. However, my find was surely fate. So, with so many other exciting stores around, I gave myself 5 minutes. Not a minute to waste on my precious journey. Digging thru the racks and their fabulous socially-conscious line RED, I moved on to the general sale area. One can get an eye put out by another shopper in line for bargains. So, I ralied on, nails at the ready. I grabbed an average looking gray sweatshirt-colored T (Short-sleeved jersey T, heather gray, online #444799, size S--I'm a 4/6 and it's just right). I didn't get too excited until I felt the material. OMG. Like butter. And I tried it on, and I was sold. But the love grew when I brought it home. In the hot sun, it breathed, hugged my curves in a flattering way without the unappealing RIDING UP in the back. And for the low-riding jean wearers, the T is the right length so those walking behind you can notice your bum without actua Read more:Clothing
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Clothing Tip #1: you'll never have a bad undie day again 2007-07-26 23:17:00 My first post I'll start with the basics. Underwear. You all know how grabbing a bad pair at 6am can set a day off on the wrong track. Everything goes wrong. And all of us reformed thong-wearers (you know who you are) understand the price of sexiness...a sore bottom, a constant wedgie. Into the trash bin they go to be replaced with.....drum roll....BARELY THERE undies. I especially LOVE model number 2370. But I've gotten other pairs, and you cannot go wrong. These undies are divine, magical, fabulous. If I have a bad day, I can't blame my underwear. In fact, they are much like a lucky charm. They feel amazing, stretch, breathe, look way smaller than you are and then magically stretch into your form. So, take the path to redemption.ITEM: Barely There undiesWebsite: http://www.barelythere.com/ (can be found all over the net)PROS: no tags, soft, stretchy microfiber material, no pantylines, no painful thong ropeburnCONS: none
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first... 2007-07-25 00:20:00 This is a forum for ideas and recommendations of all sorts. As I am particularly obsessed with SIMPLIFICATION of our manic lives, my ideas will follow this theme. Tips and ideas will include the hottest products (i.e., shampoo, cleaning product, undies) to stock tips, websites, to how to flay a fish. Whatever I come across, I plan to share as often as possible. As a veritable visual sponge for good ideas, I first spot inviting colors, objects, sounds, and these translate hopefully into the brightest, best and most fabulous items for you. Often, my latest T-shirt find or organization tip is an instant must-have or do for my close pals and lucky random passer-by-er. So, hang on to your seats. Here we go.
Links for 2007-10-02 [Digg] 2007-10-03 00:00:00
Run 1, Week 2 (BOHR): Slow & Steady Wins The "Race"
Corey's running saga continues, this time with hill workouts (courtesy of Pittsburgh).
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Links for 2007-09-29 [Digg] 2007-09-30 00:00:00
Day 1: Gallery Show Opening
Fabulous showing of jewelry in well-known Pittsburgh art gallery.
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Links for 2007-10-14 [Digg] 2007-10-15 00:00:00
All Slimmed Down & Nothing To Wear!
Excellent, insightful post regarding the changes (inside and out) that occur upon weight loss.
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Tag...you're it! 2007-10-13 10:20:00 I was tagged by Diane of Much of a Muchness. A visually stunning blog. Do check it out. I am to tell you 7 honest things about myself. So, here goes1. I am in a major life transition now. I've made a break in my personal life, moved from London (sadly) to the US, and have a new lease on life. 2. I am a Gemini and thus am obsessed with many things at once, both of the right and left brain. 3. I am very impressed and cattle-prodded-on by my sister's amazing intent and success of getting in shape at See Corey Run. I truly believe she will run a marathon. 4. I normally love to cook, but am on a long hiatus as I was burned out while living my life in London. I am slowly sifting through recipes and the passion is sparking...5. My first love is writing, and I fear I may tinker around before putting together my first book (a main dream of mine). 6. I am a closet shy person, even though pushing myself into completely uncomfortable situations (living in Manhattan, London, new jobs, new challen
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