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Dog flea collars are necessary for protecting pets from getting fleas. It is essential to note that it prevents but does not heal infestation. The collars help in repelling the insect. Some have been made with […]

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Dog wormers help in deworming the dog from both internal and external parasites. They have been designed in various forms such as tablets, injections, powder and also granules. These allow pet owners to choose them based […]

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Dog flea sprays are very crucial when it comes to protecting your pet from fleas. Fleas cause irritation, infection and also discomfort to the dog. The sprays that we have below are all well rated on […]

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During this year’s meeting of state lawmakers, KCPW is joined once again by representatives from Alliance for a Better Utah for our Better Utah Legislative Update. Today Matt Lyon, strategic advisor to the group talks about what’s passed so far and about various measures to restore education funding in Utah.

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In Season: What we’re doing with Eggplant

It took a while for me to find my love for eggplant. We didn’t eat it growing up and I definitely didn’t venture out on my own during the college years. It was actually when Matt and I started dating that I started eating eggplant. Because Matt loves the stuff.

He’s happy with it any sort of way. Simply seasoned and grilled might be his favorite preparation, but he’s also a fan of fried, roasted, you name it. Me, I’m a bit more specific with my likes and I’ve compiled some of them here for you.

This roasted eggplant pasta recipe is an excellent introduction to eggplant. Roasted eggplant tossed with a simple tomato sauce, pasta, basil (although we make ours with a 10oz container of our pesto in place of basil), and fresh mozzarella. What’s not to love?

I made this eggplant parmesan recipe over the weekend. It was delicious and I will make it again. However, this is not a quick recipe. It took me a good part of Sunday to make the sauce, fry the eggplant, assemble, and bake the dish. But, it was amazing!

We also like to season, grill, and freeze eggplant for use during the winter months. It takes minutes to thaw and works great for grilled veggie paninis, used as a pizza topping, or chopped and tossed with a nice sauce and pasta.

But this. This has become a favorite of mine. We were in San Diego last spring, staying at an AirBnB, working with whatever spices they had in the kitchen…along with a few farmers’ market purchases. Matt tossed together this simple marinade which we used for eggplant, shrimp, and halibut. Wow. Total game changer for grilled eggplant right here.

Cilantro Soy Grilled Eggplant
* serves 4-6 as a side

  • 2 lb eggplant, 1/2 in to 3/4 in slices
  • handful chopped cilantro, plus some for sprinkling on top to serve
  • 1 garlic clove, sliced
  • 1 tsp freshly grated ginger
  • pinch hot pepper flakes
  • juice of 1 lime
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 Tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame oil

  1. Place all ingredients in a ziploc bag, mixing to make sure all sides of the eggplant are marinating. Place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes and up to a couple hours, flipping once or twice to mix the marinade.
  2. Heat a grill over medium high heat. Grill eggplant for a couple minutes. Check for grill marks and flip. Grill for a few minutes longer. The eggplant should be very pliable when removed from the grill.
  3. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
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stuff i hate

I don’t like the word “um”. It’s not even a word. Stop saying it people.

Hate this question, “How’s life?” or any variation of this vague, frankly, lazy and rude question. I don’t have time to answer you. Ask me something more specific.

Starchy, mildly green bananas.

I don’t believe people that don’t like chocolate. You are a horrible person, a liar and I don’t like you.

I hate spilling stuff on me.

I hate that i need sleep. because I love it too much.

Hate that people actually label their relationship status on facebook.  Just don’t do it.

I hate early classes.

I hate night classes.

Hate socially awkward, aloof people.  If I try, you have to too.

Hate one-uppers.  unless it’s funny.

Spring allergies. it’s JUST GETTING WARM FOR GOD’S SAKE. Gimme a break. No Kit-Kat.

I hate people that don’t flush the toilet.  I mean, what is wrong with you? It’s a matter of courtesy, not water conservation.

Bad gifts.  If you know me and I get one from you, shame on you.  Don’t waste your time shopping, just give me the cash.

The inconsistency of the quality in cafe mochas at the dailygrind. Come on guys.  you are the best.  don’t do that.

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Wading Beauties . . .

It is fascinating to observe the feeding behaviors of the large wading birds in our Wetlands. The Roseate Spoonbill featured above was using the steady, back-and-forth foraging motion this beautiful bird uses to find and capture its prey.IMG_1565Through a unique process called tactolocation, the Roseate feeds in shallow water by sweeping its large spoon-shaped bill from side to side. The bill snaps shut as soon as it comes into contact with small fish or other aquatic invertebrate, and voila ~ dinner!IMG_5076The Great Egret, on the other hand, strides out across the open, quiet water, neck extended, stopping every few moments to see who might be swimming below. The Egret has incredible patience and waits for just the right moment, always at the ready.IMG_1635Often with a subtle swaying of his neck or tilting of his head as a prelude, he suddenly lunges forward and plunks! his head into the water – and comes up with a treat in his long pointed beak.

IMG_1606The Great Blue Heron is also an amazingly patient hunter, walking slowly through marshes, wetlands, and fields or other open areas in search of prey. The Great Blue often stands perfectly motionless for the longest time, just waiting for fish or other small creatures to “come within range of a lightning thrust of its dagger-like bill” (Smithsonian Handbooks. Birds of Florida, 2002, p. 66).IMG_2237It’s not unusual for the Great Blue Heron to spear very large fish. You can frequently see the bird toss the fish up in the air, over and over, catching it in different positions, in an effort to get the fish to slide down his throat headfirst. The exhausted Heron sometimes must toss the fish on the ground and try again a number of times. If you have the patience to wait (!), it can be a marvel to watch.

What a joy to live in a place where we can see these birds at such close range, and watch their behaviors, especially at this time of year.

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‘I Don’t Want to Be President’: John McAffee to Exclusively Promote Crypto in 2020 Race

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Programmer and crypto enthusiast John McAfee revealed his intention to use his 2020 bid for U.S. presidency as a platform to promote permissionless cryptocurrencies in an interview with Cointelegraph Nov. 1.

Speaking with Cointelegraph at the Malta Blockchain Summit today, the founder of McAfee Antivirus Software said he plans to run “around a libertarian platform,” and use his access to the national stage solely to discuss cryptocurrencies, while expressing сonfidence that “no one will elect [him] as president.”

McAfee commented that his pro-crypto stance is mainly based on the concept of “personal freedom,” stating that in his coming bid for presidency he wants “to talk about personal freedom and how cryptocurrency can help us achieve that.”

McAfee elaborated that his intention to run to presidency was not to win, but rather to gain a large public platform for promoting decentralized cryptocurrencies, stating:

“That’s [crypto] all I’m going to talk about. See, I don’t want to be president. I couldn’t be…no one’s going to elect me president, please God. However, I’ve got the right to run.”

McAfee first announced his intention to run for U.S. president in 2020 in order to support the crypto community and promote crypto in early June, 2018.

In the interview today, McAfee also reiterated his prediction from last-year that top cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $1 million by the year of the U.S. president elections. However, McAfee clarified that that amount of U.S. dollars will not be the same $1 million that we have today, since fiat currencies will logically flee to crypto markets, adding confidently:

“In five years time fiat will be on its last legs.”

The upcoming U.S. presidential run will be not the first one for McAfee ,who sought the Libertarian Party nomination in 2016. McAfee has since claimed that if he “been more connected with the community in 2016,” he would even have better promoted the idea of “currency independence.”

As he said in the interview today, back in his 2016 run, he focused on “lapses in cyber security.”

In June 2018, McAfee announced on Twitter that he would stop  promoting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) due to “threats” from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Previously, the businessman had admitted to charging over $100,000 per tweet to promote cryptocurrency projects and products.

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With the recent news of Steam (an online gaming giant) opting out from the use of cryptocurrencies, there has been a push in the gaming market to develop a platform, that seamlessly integrates the use of digital assets for making in-game purchases.

However, there are many issues which currently exist that need to be ironed out before such a platform can become a working reality. For example, due to the ever fluctuating value of BTC, ETH, it is tough to find a normalized rate at which transactions can take place.

What Is CryCash?

CryCash has been described by media outlets online as being the world's “first cryptocurrency that has been tailored to satisfy the needs of gamers and game developers”. The CryCash ecosystem features a wide array of services that help make gaming a smoother and more enjoyable experience.

CryCash Features

Some of the key aspects of this service include:

Good Compatibility:

According to reports online, CryCash has already confirmed integration into Crytek’s game developer platform. In addition to this, company representatives are also saying that they will be partnering with many more service providers in the coming future.

Made Exclusively For Gamers:

While many other blockchain services work to integrate a host of services, CryCash is designed exclusively for use in a gaming context. It is designed to help gamers make easier purchases without having to bother about fiat exchanges, or fluctuating BTC value.

In a press statement released by CryCash, the platform has been described as an “independent decentralized ecosystem of products for gamers fueled by an all-new, gamer-centric cryptocurrency.”

Inbuilt Features:

CryCash uses an ecosystem that consists of four independent components that are all run using native tokens called CRC. For starters, there is an app called Plink which is built into the interface. It serves as a social network, a messaging and chat service, a task manager, and a CRC wallet.

Unique Model Of Operation:

As many of us may know by now, a majority of blockchain services allow us to earn tokens by mining. However, CryCash allows users to earn CRC via the completion of in-game tasks. According to the official company website, the tasks are assigned to players by developers (via Plink).

Once the task has been completed, users automatically receive CRC token in their e wallet. For example, while paying a game called “Warface”, users are given the task of killing 100 enemies to earn a total of 5 CRC.

Other Important Aspects To Consider

Good Exchange Value:

According to the company's website, the token is measured in Ethereum, but can also be used in exchanged for fiat currencies. The rate for such an exchange has not be disclosed.

MarketPlace Feature:

The Crycash ecosystem features a marketplace that allows for CRC to be spent on “in-game items, or other games”. In terms of its design, it will be based upon an al new Cryengine technology, that will allow for good privacy and overall control as well. At this point, it should also be mentioned that there will be small transaction fee of 1.5 percent on all CRC transactions.

E-sports Integration:

The company aims to collaborate with online gaming giant E-sports so as to help increase the visibility of this platform.

Another great aspect of Crycash is its ability to serve as an advertising portal. This allows developers to target their primary demographic more easily, thereby making it easier for players to make trades and purchases.

CryCash Token Details

According to the company’s official whitepaper, CRC tokens will offered from December 12 through January 15. In terms of purchase, the value of 1 CRC has been set at .001. To break down this value even further, we can see that a single CRC token can be bought for around $0.41. It should also be made clear that this price is only applicable during the ICO, and during the regular crowdsale, the token value will be higher.

Lastly, in order to minimize transaction fees, Crycash uses certain protocols that help prevent monetary fluctuations However, this cannot be guaranteed as, in the past few months, the value of Bitcoin and Ethereum have skyrocketed (with bitcoin currently touching a value of $21,000 USD).

In terms of the token sale structure, we can see that:

  • 60% of all tokens will be put up for sale to the public.
  • 25% of the tokens have been reserved for purchase by advisors, partners and team members.
  • The remaining 15% will be used as long term reserves.

The allocation of all collected funds will be as follows

  • 30% of all funds will be used towards further platform development
  • 30% will be used to initiate the “Buy Back program”
  • 20% of the money will go towards marketing and business expansion.
  • 10% of the funds will be used to maintain smooth daily operations
  • The remaining 10% will be used to cover for legal expenses, as well as serve as a contingency fund.

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Goal Bonanza

Goal Bonanza is a blockchain technology that aims to disrupt the $3 trillion global betting industry. Find out how it works today in our Goal Bonanza review.

What Is Goal Bonanza?

Goal Bonanza, found online at GoalBonanza.com, is a self-regulating, blockchain-powered football (soccer) betting platform based on ERC20 tokens.

The platform aims to offer a fresh and new football betting experience using lottery-like crowd betting. The crowd bets on 10 possible final score outcomes. Based on how much money is bet, the crowd drives the potential returns. Goal Bonanza doesn’t set the odds themselves. They let the crowd set the returns based on which scores are most and least popular.

Overall, Goal Bonanza aims to offer a better betting experience than traditional bookmakers and betting exchanges, which offer unattractive odds and low returns. The bigger the crowd, the bigger the potential returns will be.

Goal Bonanza’s whitepaper describes one example of how their platform could be used for exciting gambling opportunities:

“Imagine $100,000+ in returns on $1 bets by successfully predicting the final score of a football game out of 10 possible outcomes.”

How Does Goal Bonanza Work?

Goal Bonanza’s basic process involves users choosing football scores from 10 possible options. You can choose a 0-0 draw, for example, a 1-0 home win, a 0-1 away win, and other combinations. Or, you can choose the “Goal Bonanza” option, where you pick any other final score.

You can choose from competitions in most major football leagues and competitions, including the EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, Liga, Liga Do Brasil, Argentina Primera Division A, CSL, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2020, EUFA Champions League, EUFA Europa League, and COPA Bridgestone Libertadores.

In addition to this system, Goal Bonanza will apply gamification mechanics to engage and motivate users to play in order to win rewards, badges, and points. These symbols are used to elevate the player’s status and privilege while showing their talents, expertise, and accomplishments.

Overall, these systems are designed to tap into “basic desires and needs of users’ impulses which revolve around the idea of profits, status, achievement, competition, and community collaboration.”

The ecosystem revolves around an ERC20-compliant digital token built on Ethereum. Goal Bonanza doesn’t require the use of fiat currency. That means it’s outside the legal jurisdiction of gambling regulatory bodies, and it’s considered a non-regulated stateless business.

By year 3, Goal Bonanza has an oddly specific earnings target: the company claims they’ll reach a total of 6.34 million active players and generate earnings of $74.9 million.

What Types Of Problems Does Goal Bonanza Seek To Solve?

Goal Bonanza aims to solve the following problems in the betting world:

Licensing And Compliance:

Many gambling websites consistently struggle to remain compliant and regulated. Goal Bonanza is a stateless, non-regulated cryptocurrency platform that is not subject to any regulatory or licensing requirements.

Unique Customer Proposition:

Most betting platforms offer the same basic betting experience. Goal Bonanza aims to attract users with a unique feature – like picking football scores from 10 possible outcomes.

Lack Of Privacy:

Identity verification requires substantial personally identifiable information, including forms of identification, credit cards, and bank account details. Goal Bonanza allows users to play without any type of identification. There are also no records of deposits or withdrawals.

Low Returns:

Betting platforms provide low returns and unattractive odds designed to favor bookmakers and the house. Goal Bonanza doesn’t set the odds and potential returns – the players do. That means the bigger the crowd, the bigger your returns will be.

The Goal Bonanza ICO

The Goal Bonanza pre-ICO is scheduled for October 1 to October 31. During the pre-ICO, 1 ETH = 15,000 GOAL tokens.

There will be 5 rounds of the main ICO, with each round lasting 6 days. The ICO is scheduled for November 1 to November 30. The base rate for tokens during the ICO will be 1 ETH = 5,000 tokens.

Who’s Behind Goal Bonanza?

Goal Bonanza is led by founding partner Veljko Ristic, CTO Jon Santillan, and Chief Advisor Jacob Lopez.

The company was founded in 2017 and lists its headquarters in Makati, Manila, Philippines.

Goal Bonanza Conclusion

Goal Bonanza aims to change the world of football (soccer) betting using a decentralized gambling platform. That platform involves picking football scores from a range of 10 different options, or clicking the “Goal Bonanza” button to choose a score from outside of those 10 options. There are no odds – the crowd sets the odds by choosing the most and least likely scores for any particular match.

To learn more about Goal Bonanza and the ongoing ICO, visit online today at GoalBonanza.com.

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The New Commodore 64, Updated With Its Old Exterior

Commodore 64Commodore USA The Commodore 64 is being re-released for the modern computer user.

I was just 6 years old when the Commodore 64 computer went on sale in the summer of 1982. Although I already owned a computer at the time — a ZX Spectrum — I remember my excitement about possibly getting my little hyperactive hands on the newly released Commodore.

At the time, the Commodore computer cost $595 and came with a whopping 64 kilobytes of memory. It also contained a graphics and sound card that stood apart from other computers of the day.

Now, nearly 30 years later, the Commodore brand has taken on new management and is re-releasing its flagship computer, this time with all the amenities of a modern-day computer packed inside.

In its heyday, the Commodore 64 was one of the most successful home computers made, shipping more than two million units a year for almost a decade after its release. Although exact numbers don’t exist, experts estimate that the company sold between 15 and 30 million Commodore 64 computers.

But the Commodore 64’s success was short-lived. Commodore International, the maker of the computer, declared bankruptcy in 1994 after several bad business decisions and aggressive competition from I.B.M. and Apple.

Commodore 64Commodore USA The new Commodore 64 comes with all the modern amenities needed to surf the Web and play video games.

Barry Altman, president and chief executive of Commodore USA, said he purchased the Commodore trademark in September of last year with the goal of reviving the company and offering a product that no longer exists.

“Thirty years ago computers were an all-in-one product, with the keyboard, memory and components built inside,” Mr. Altman explained. “Over the years that has changed,  and we believe there is a huge potential to revive the early format.”

The new Commodore 64, which will begin shipping at the end of the month, has been souped up for the modern age. It comes with a 1.8 gigahertz dual-core processor, an optional Blu-ray player and built-in ethernet and HDMI ports. It runs the Linux operating system but the company says you can install Windows if you like. The new Commodore is priced between $250 to $900.

The company’s Web site says that the new Commodore 64 is “a modern functional PC,” and that although the guts of the device have greatly improved, the exterior is “as close to the original in design as humanly possible.” Most people would not be able to visibly tell the old or new versions apart, it says.

“The response has been completely dramatic,” Mr. Altman said. “We’ve been averaging about five registrations per second on our Web site. This is from people giving us their name and e-mail address to be kept abreast of updates on the new Commodore.”

Some may wonder why someone would want to purchase this type of computer when a world of iPads and laptops exists.

Mr. Altman says he sees two types of customers for the new computer.

“There are a lot of really young computer users who want to own a retro-looking computer,” he said. “And of course there are those 30- to 40-year-olds who owned the original Commodore 64 and want the nostalgia of their first machine.”

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Commodore USA The Commodore can run the Microsoft Windows operating system or a proprietary Commodore OS.
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Selecting the ideal Shipping and delivery Label towards your Desires

That which you do when you purchase something in the least on the net? Continue to help keep persistence and hold out for that matter to succeed in. However, the corporation which is marketing the goods and services should really achieve you to absolutely deliver the answer. shipping labels amazon How can they are doing that? Attempt to recollect you’d want to include things like your source tackle. That is certainly surely especially mentioned all over the delivery and delivery label. It’s the critical information and facts that assists to move the shipment from the person hand to another. The courier firm employs it great within the warehouse to reach for your customer’s doorstep. Now, with the many provider, you could potentially uncover distinctive kinds of templates.

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LEADERSHIP, It’s no longer the “$5 day”

On January 5, 1914 Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company announced to the US that they would pay their factory workers $5.00/day for their labor. This was a little over a 100% increase from the average wage across the United States and it sent a shock wave throughout the country. Leaders in other organizations were both outraged and terrified by the unprecedented move as they knew theirs would soon have to follow suit and contemplated the perceived lower profit margins.

Henry Ford, however, became an overnight hero and helped transform the middle class economy of the United States. Workers flocked not by the thousands but tens of thousands to come work for the Ford Motor Company. Workers in his factory not only felt the pride and prestige of their newly prized positions but they often made public commitments to give a 100% increase in their efforts to Mr. Ford for his generosity.

“I INVENTED THE MODERN AGE, The rise of Henry Ford”, by Richard Snow

But that was literally, 100 years ago, at the birth of the linear assembly line age. The world of 2014 is a stark contrast to the world of 1914 and even  terms like, “carrot and stick management technique”, have become antiquated buzz phrases. Yet leaders in many organizations today still believe that it’s just a matter of “pay them more and they will work harder” or worse “we’re paying them more so if they do not produce more results they get the stick”.

So what if your organization does not involve pay? Like amateur athletics? Or it’s more complicated than simply paying people more, like being the president of the United States? Some have reduced leadership to the “destination and map model” or more commonly known by the buzz word….Vision. The net result over the last ten years has been sterile corporate objectives, mission statements and founding values that has done little more than pay lip service to the true meaning of the term vision.

So if that is all obsolete, what’s a more “21st Century” notion of leadership excellence?

“Leadership is recognizing and communicating another person’s worth so effectively that they come to realize it in themselves.”

– Dr. Stephen Covey

And how do you communicate another person’s worth?

Public acknowledgement of their accomplishments

Everyone likes a ‘moment on stage’, to know that they matter. But it must be sincere, it must not be overdone and it must not be a backhanded compliment with ‘areas of improvement’ wedged in between. People are a little sharper today than a century ago. Overdone compliments and the old “positive sandwich technique” are an obvious and quick way to lose credibility as a leader.

Invest your personal time, in their professional development

The world does not need more on-line training modules, webinars, manuals, formal mentor programs or team bonding events. It needs people, taking a genuine interest in people, at all levels and passing on knowledge and coaching from their own experience. Naturally this will have limits, a leader cannot be all things to all people all the time, nor can they afford to get caught up in individual dramas that can ensue. But that should not stop them from trying, as most people simply want to get better as a professionals and as a human beings. This is genuine mentorship, this builds trust and respect.

Create new opportunities, new challenges

Regardless of the size or scope of the organization, few people want to remain stagnant and those that do are often grateful for being nudged out of their comfort zone. So it is safe to say that people need new experiences and to steal a line from Dino De Laurentiis; “It jars something deep inside, allowing us to grow. Without change, something sleeps inside us and seldom awakens.” Leadership is the responsibility to make sure that everyone in the organization has new challenges, pushed past boundaries and have professional opportunities that matter to them as well as the organization.

And yes, people want to get paid but

That by itself is no longer enough, nor is it leadership. Organizations that cut corners with people’s compensation can quickly lose trust and credibility, earn a reputation for caring more about the dollars than the people. On the other hand, organizations can over compensate and can end up getting taken advantage of by those tempted by greed or willing to cut corners themselves. Leadership is the responsibility to balance the pay component, if applicable, with the culture created by the other three components above.

Ultimately, leadership in the 21st Century is a complex topic and a lot has been written about it, just in the last decade. It’s safe to say though, it’s much more than the “Five Dollar Day”.

“If you take great care of your people, they will take great care of your customers and long-term profits will follow.”

– Jack Taylor, Founder of Enterprise Rent A Car

The Nannocode, Revisited

There are some universal truths that apply to everyone; they exist in all cultures and function independently of politics, religion or business. These truths are akin to natural laws and like Newton’s law of action and reaction; they govern the consequences of ones actions.

Everyone is, of course, free to choose their actions but rest assured that everyone does make choices whether consciously or unconsciously every day. The consequences of those choices have a ripple effect across ones personal and professional life. Therefore, before one can find any path to external mastery, the road to internal mastery must first be paved. Here are ten principles for cultivating internal mastery.

These principles are meant to be a guidepost, something to aspire to, a personal and professional code that anyone can strive towards. How one lives up to these principles is always in flux, it’s not meant to be a tool for value judgment nor is it an application for sainthood. It is simply a starting point to what is called the inner circle of self-mastery.

Principle: Get treated, as you treat others.

It is the “Golden Rule” that every grade school child in the United States was once taught; “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.” It’s how you treat those around you, when you are not ‘required’ to be kind or patient that speaks the most about your character. It is also as much about respect and follow-through as it is about kindness. Do you respond to those emails, voice mails and text messages in a timely manner? Or do you make people wait, repeat themselves over and over or chase you down? Do you treat what’s important to the people around you that matter most, as just as important?

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

-Saint Basil

Principle: Reap what you sow

At the end of the day…at the end of your life for that matter, the only thing that you truly own and take with you is your character. It’s not the character that others see but the one only you see in the mirror. Integrity often gets directly associated with honesty, which is true, but there are other important traits in the mix that makes the blend that is your character. Do you speak with sincerity? Or are you always trying to manipulate others? Do you show loyalty to those that are loyal to you? Do you make sacrifices for that loyalty? Do you pay the price, daily, to get better at what you do and improve your competency?

“Character is like a tree and reputation like the shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.”

-Abraham Lincoln

Principle: Those who keep taking action with purpose, get results. Those who don’t, get nothing.

A mentor once said; “Never quit” but the meaning goes deeper than simply to keep going. Action yes, but with focus on a direction and a relentless discipline towards mastery. It also involves courage to act in the face of adversity and tackle the biggest obstacles without hesitation. Perseverance can be related to motivation, it’s intrinsic, and it’s about taking action under the toughest conditions and when others won’t.

“Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake somebody.”

-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Principle: Manage yourself or others will come in and manage for you.

A healthy definition for the principle of self-control involves balance. Humans are creatures ruled by emotion so to simply say ‘hold them back’ or ‘contain’ them like pulling on the leash of a collared animal is not realistic or sustainable. Science and medicine now suggest that this kind of repression can lead to both physical and/or mental ailments.  Even the Mr. Spock of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek found that emotions were not something to simply tame. At the same time, your emotions should not be in control of you. Look at it as, “making friends with your emotions”. Practice self-awareness, cultivate the ability to direct and redirect both the positive and the negative emotions. They can be a great source of passion, enthusiasm and courage to aid you through solutions and leadership. With some reason, logic and left -brain thinking you can redirect the negative emotions.

“Remember to not only say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at a tempting moment.”

-Benjamin Franklin

Indomitable Spirit

Principle: All things either grow, adapt to their environment and evolve or they wither, stagnate and become extinct.

Stay the course…mastery is a pursuit, a lifestyle and a mindset; It will not always be easy, in fact it’s more often very difficult as is with most things worth having. There will be constant temptations for the ‘next best thing’ or the ‘flavor of the month’, etc. Just remember that there is no replacing solid fundamentals, in anything: business, sports, art, and life. The fundamentals are the real meal that nourishes you, the rest are side dishes and desserts. Part of mastery is adapting those fundamentals to the changing environment.

There will also be many plateaus, the extended break in the action where you feel like you are just spinning your wheels, not moving forward. That’s a natural part of the process; mastery is never a straight performance line pointing up at a 45-degree angle. Those times of ‘plateau’ may be happening for a reason. They are meant to reflect, re-balance and reevaluate so try to enjoy them.

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will.”

-Mohandas Gandhi

Principle: Get over your business card or no one will want it.

There will always be someone smarter, tougher, richer, better looking or more powerful than you. The minute you start thinking that you are bigger than it all, you will run into trouble. That’s about the time the ‘rug’ that is your life gets pulled out from under you. Be open to the opinions and knowledge of those you perceive as less experienced than you, even the youngest student can be a teacher. It doesn’t mean that you have to always agree, but listen for understanding, not just to respond. You may gain some insight; at the very least you will earn some respect.

“It’s what you learn after you know it all that really counts.”

-John Wooden

Principle: Gratitude creates gravity.

How often do you give thanks for what you have? To those around you? Do you subscribe to what is called abundance mentality? Some call it the law of attraction, others refer to it as gravity but by any name it is a force that draws things to other things through motion. The motion you create through your actions, your mind and your heart will determine what gravity brings towards you. Having that attitude of gratitude creates a gravity that simply brings more abundance into your life. Try starting your day with two or three things that you have to be grateful for, everyday. You’d be surprised what the day brings.

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.”

-John Milton

Principle: Believe in something, otherwise you will fall for anything.

Principles are a belief system, so is self-confidence or logic or even love. What do you stand for? Your country? Nationalism is a belief system as well. The word belief often gets relegated to discussions about religion or codes of conduct that govern people’s actions. There are other places though to start thinking about your belief systems and what you stand for. The point is to start somewhere and elevate your awareness. Principles are a good place to start because they are natural laws that apply to anyone and everyone. Either way you make a choice though, you decide what to believe in and stand for or your environment will start doing it for you. There is very little room in between.

“Principles are natural laws that govern the consequences of our actions.”

-Dr. Stephen Covey

Principle: Everyone has unique gifts, use them or lose them.

Do you know your purpose or are you wandering aimlessly? Getting rich for example is not in and of itself a purpose. It’s a means to an end but what end is the real question? How many people have you seen become wealthy or famous only to lose it all just as quickly or throw it away on drugs or some other form of self-destruction? Wealth can be a great thing but how you acquire it and what you do with it must be wed to a compelling purpose. If you had to write a statement at the end of your life that would be put on your tombstone, what would it say? Or a mission statement that defines your life, how would you define your own purpose? Does that statement energize you? Give you a sense of significance?

“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

-John F Kennedy

Principle: Nothing great is ever achieved without passion.

Webster’s dictionary defines passion as: “intense, driving or overmastering feeling of conviction. A strong liking or desire for or devotion to some activity, object or concept.” Passion often gets confused with motivation or inspiration. Motivation is an intrinsic quality; it is making the choice to act when you don’t feel like it or when it isn’t easy or convenient. It is you, lighting the fire within you. Inspiration is something external that can fuel that fire or cause it to burn brighter or just a bit longer. Passion is whether or not that fire exists within you in the first place. Is the fire within you burning? Smoldering? Or has it gone out? Do you even know?

“There is no passion to be found in playing small – in settling for a life less than the one you are capable of living.”

-Nelson Mandela

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5 Leadership Tips for 2012 – Forbes

Mike Myatt, in his article post for Forbes below shares some excellent thoughts on leadership for the new year. They speak well to the first three of the four cycles of Black Belt Business;

  1. Self-Mastery
  2. Skills Mastery
  3. Team Mastery

It cannot be stressed enough how powerful following these cycles, in the exact order, are for creating sustained excellence in your professional and personal pursuits. From people like Steve Jobs to John Wooden to Theodore Roosevelt, the formula appears over and over. The best part is that it does not matter who you are or where you are in your profession or life. You don’t have to aspire to become a “Teddy Roosevelt” to benefit from doing good things for yourself and your career. Just move FORWARD

Mike’s bonus tip is my favorite, probably because I’m right there with him having read close to 75 books in 2011 and have the same goal to read 100 books in 2012. It has been said that Theodore Roosevelt read one entire book per day throughout most of his life before his presidency. That’s serious reading!!

5 Leadership Tips for 2012 – Forbes.

Lao Tzu on Leadership

“There are four types of leaders; The best leader is indistinguishable from the will of those who selected her. The next best leader enjoys the love and the praise of the people. The poor leader rules through coercion and fear. And the worst leader is a tyrant despised by the multitudes who are the victims of his power.

What a world of difference among these leaders! In the last two types, what is done is without sincerity or trust only coercion. In the second type, there is a harmony between the leader and the people. In the first type, whatever is done happens so naturally that no one presumes to take the credit!”

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (Translated by Ralph Alan Dale)


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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Spam Isn't Always Spam

"In 2007, the seven billionth can of Spam was sold. On average, 3.8 cans are consumed every second in the United States." ( Really?

Since 1998, I have received TNTC (too numerous to count) actual spam emails and now blog comments identified as unsolicited, unwanted, or suspicious by the Blogger system.  Some comments were correctly identified as spam while others were not.  Frustrating is the fact that comments I have posted to blogs I follow are being incorrectly detected as spam, which is what this post is really about.

I now realize that Blogger has been zapping some of my comments to other blogs for quite a while.  I may have missed out on another blogger's giveaway as a result of this.  I believe Blogger removed my comment to this particular blog post after I saw it published and made a mental note that I was commenter #5. My comment was probably stored under the blogger's spam tab.  The winner was announced as someone else and rightfully so since my comment did not remain in the #5 position.  I shrugged this off as a fluke and decided the doll was not meant for me.

Blogger's spam detection system is obviously flawed.

Vanessa of Fashion Dolls at Van's Doll Treasures informed me that some of my comments to her blog are showing up as spam.  Then Jorge of Clicking Dolls was notified by email of a comment I made to one of his posts that was not visible on his blog.  Like Vanessa, Jorge found my comment under the Comments/Spam tab of his blog's dashboard after I asked him to look there.

To check your blog for legitimate comments incorrectly detected as spam, using the old/original Blogger interface, go to the Blogger dashboard, click Comments, then click Spam.  Hopefully you will not find any legitimate comments, but it would not surprise me if  you do.

A periodic check of the spam tab might be in order for a while until Blogger corrects its flawed spam detection system.

  1. It was easier with the old interface to see Spam was there. Now it's an extra step. The new Blogger interface has some other issues as well. I have reported them to their technical team. Not sure what will come of it. Thanks for this post. I also check my email spam all the time. I have found enough important emails there that I never delete the spam without perusing it first.

    1. I enjoyed the old interface much better, too, Vanessa.

      Improvement is only good when it works and when there is an immediate resolution to any unforeseen problems.

      How can I report this comment issue to Blogger. I could not find a technical support link under the Help link. Thanks!

    2. On the top right hand side there is a little wheel like icon. If you click it, you can see the Blogger help menu. I also discovered that you can switch back to the old interface from there.

    3. Found it, but didn't find a place to actually type in the problem that needs reporting, just a series of suggestions for other unrelated problems. I won't sweat it.

      My problem may be that I never began using the new interface. I still post blogs, read and comment using the old interface because I do not like the new interface. I'll try commenting using the new interface to see if that solves my issue and continue to post using the old.

      They should have just left well enough alone in my opinion.

  2. Revelation: The reason Blogger detected my comments to others' blogs as spam falls on my prior refusal to use their new interface. Now that I am using the new Blogger interface, I have not experienced (as many) zapped comments, maybe 1 or 2 as opposed to all, when I was using the old interface to comment. Perhaps this is Bloggers' way to force all to convert to the new interface. I am now a convert (reluctant), but converted.

Your comments are appreciated. To eliminate spam comments, all comments are being moderated. Thank you!


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a safe place

Their kindness unraveled me.

There were no expectations.  There were no admonitions.  There was no condemnation.

They listened with calm patience and peaceful understanding in their eyes.  They encouraged with loving words of counsel and wisdom for every aching sigh and wretched confession.

Without judgement or correction, they drew near and waited for this unwilling flower to open.  They were not appalled when a long wilted petal fell to the ground.  The stench of long neglected wounds did not make them flinch.  Nor were they scandalized to see that what remained was lacking.

And when the tears fell and the dam broke and my speech became slurred and incomprehensible, they laid solemn hands over me and called on the Comforter to minister where they could not.

Over and again, another blemish would be revealed as we addressed the last.  I was appalled that the breaking was cyclical, there seemed to be no end.  The healing a wrestling of persistence and stamina.

But these mothers, these Titans, she that had walked in the ways that I was entering, created a holy haven with their Being.

They provided for me what no other had attempted or had fathomed was needed.

These women of faith surrounded me with a shield of anointed protection.  Rescuing me from the harsh elements of this earth, they created a safe place.  They sustained a covering in which I finally felt the confidence to heal. A gentle gathering where truth could be spoken and received.  Where the poignancy of honesty was delivered in the sanctuary of acceptance.

There is a resistant protection built up in every broken person.  When there has been a shattering, the frantic makeshift triage has left a thick scar. Only in a harbor, a place of refuge can we even entertain a thorough repair.

We all need a cove, where our hearts and minds find soothing balm, a place we feel content.  It’s where the violent waves meet the breakers far from the shore.  A shelter where there is love and calm waters and we don’t fret the tides. Tears well up in our eyes from just the thought of being there and our longing to return overwhelms us until the breath in our lungs presses against our heart and all we hear is the deafening beat in our ears.

That is where the layers begin to fall away and  the walls start to crumble.  When we stop trying to pick up the broken pieces with dust-covered hands and press them back into the walls that imprison us.

It’s where the tears begin to wash away the soot and our stories start to fall like vibrant petals from our tongues.

This is the space that every broken girl needs.  It is a gift of grace and love.  It is a place of  beauty and courage where brokeness, weakness, flaws and fragility are not uncomfortable but unconditionally accepted.  It is where you are called blessed because of them.

Beautiful alabaster box, pouring out your sin and hurt and shame at the feet of Christ.

Oh mighty women of valor!  We need you to pass on your knowledge, your intentional acceptance and willingness to serve and save.  So many of us need you.

So many need us to take up that mantle of rescue.  To lift our hands in service and call on the Comforter to abide in the spaces we keep.  To restore warrior princesses and high priestesses to their rightful, whole and fortified selves.

And show your own self in all respects to be a pattern and a model of good deeds and works, teaching what is unadulterated, showing gravity [having the strictest regard for truth and purity of motive], with dignity and seriousness.And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous and [a]irrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us.  Titus 2:7-8 (AMP)

let’s cross over

He calls me out to cross the waters.

But I am hesitant.

The harbor is safe. The docks overflow with provision. I am held in high esteem. My position is secure and my name is known at the gates.

Oh but his voice dances on the wind. I am drawn by his invitation though reason keeps my feet planted in the sand.

The water is perilous and unpredictable. Struggles and temptations are the litany of the water. It is murky with the unknown. Hostile is its nature.

There are storms at sea.

Monsters rise up out of its dark deep and rush waves upon waves of doubt and fear onto the shore. They threaten to capsize and send me adrift should I dare attempt a crossing. Should they engulf me, overwhelm and consume me, I could perish!

But still he calls.
Let’s crossover.

What is on the other side?
Why does he beckon?
I must know.
I cannot resist.
Across the waters I will go.

Quickly all is black of ink and foamy white and shades of gray.

The waters are merciless.

Tempests rise, squalls abuse, hurricanes churn, the waves are icy cold and heavy. They batter and bruise.

The sea is unrelenting.

Run down, I am sinking beneath the waves. Gasping for air, I am at the brink of surrender when I hear that same sweet voice now speak with authority into the chaos.

Then peace.
All is haltingly still.
I will cross over.

What is on the other side?
On the other side is victory.
On the other side is potential.
On the other side is hope.

When I cross over to the other side, the storm surge rolls and withdraws and rushes back into the sea. My adversaries are swept into the very waters that threatened and tried to intimidate me. Doubt and fear are dragged through the sand and into the dark undertow.

Let’s crossover.
Let’s walk on water.
Let’s go and know Him
and all He is,
and all He will do,
on the other side.

thorns and thistles

The earth is in me.

Though my soil is deep, rich and fertile, the warmth of its dark grounds seemingly affectionate and cultivated, in it lie thorns and thistles.

The gardener scattered the seeds of His word in my fields.  My heart had been worked by the till of contrition and I was ready to receive the seeds of life.

As these seeds took root their young shoots pushed though the surface, reaching for the righteousness of the Son and seeking to drink in the refreshing rains of His grace.

The dormant thorns and thistles were aroused.

Thorny creeping tendrils of cares and fears, worries and anxiety began to twist, tangle and distort. And while I worked diligently to remove the noxious weeds, it seemed that with each one I removed, three more sprouted up in its place. Prickly and seemingly evolving in defense, they were painful to uproot.

The thistles of my doubt and skepticism were even more adept at pressing down words of life.  They were quick to choke every expectant bud as too lofty to take root and too risky to cultivate.

Soon my treasure of seed was fruitless.  Hope looked just vain. The promise of increase, harvest and bounty in the Word was consumed until the vital shoots and buds of my faith shriveled, withered and came to nothing.

I was overcome.

In my despair the serpent slithered:

The earth is cursed.  “..thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you”

Scripture warns me of these thistles and thorns.  They are the bitter herbs that took root when along with Eve I rejected God’s provision and questioned his motives.

They are the weeds of discontent and distrust.

They are the root of all sin that continues to distance us further and further from the certainty of the gardener’s love and intentions for us .  They spiny stalks are the cause of pain, suffering and death that we experience in our lives.

God saw all of this.

We were overrun by thorn bushes, suffocating and seemingly defeated.

Then God, in His unfailing love and never-ending compassion, sent His son to free us all.  Christ gathered up each thorn of sin and He laid them on his head.  He bore my shame and endured my pain and sorrowed all of my failings.

He succumbed to my death.

Reaching down into the depths of all sin, he paid the price of the curse.   And in rising again, he defeated it.  Breathing life into his lungs he breathed life into all humankind.

He made all things new.

And through Him, and with Him, I can hope again.

I can believe that those seeds of promise in me will one day birth fruit to perfection.


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I am always looking for things to write about. While  I was reading on MyKLove this morning, I came this article: My Superhero Identity and it really hit me in the gut.  I mean…..Who did  you look up to in the superhero world?  Which one was your “Number One Person” ?  I have to admit that I agree with Pastor Joesy about Wonder Woman.  I  did have some of the same thoughts about Wonder Woman.  But to tell you truth, I didn’t identify with a hero at all,  but a little bit  of a villain.

My person was  Cat Woman.  My life kinda mirrors hers, yes, I even stole and made some destruction in my time. Doesn’t most teenagers to some extent? I was a mouse coming up.  I know….Now, that is hard to believe with my loud mouth and direct questions, but I didn’t know how to stand up for myself.  I was always looking for the approval of a man because I never got the approval of my father.  He wanted a boy and I defiantly was not that.  He did teach me to have a firm handshake.  I have be told that I could brake someone’s hand with my handshake.  LOL

Cat Woman  was weak in the first place and a little helpless stepped on mouse who didn’t know how to stand up for herself.  Then the frightful night came and she got taken by the cats, only to awake to a brand new day.  She discovered that she was more with the help of the cats, and that is when she was turned to hurt men because she saw them as the ones that put her down.

I was this weak wallflower  like Cat Woman until a man beat me so bad that I almost lost one of my children and I finally found the courage to call the police and send him to jail.  The judge  then sent me to AL-ANON.  In that first year I finally found that I was not  this weak little thing that most people in my life had told me I was.  I also found out that I had a voice and more strength  to stand on my own two legs without depending on a man for everything.   I took my kids out of a bad situation and tried to raise them on my own.

Now my Superhero is Jesus.  I will follow Him anywhere.  He is my Lord and Savior.  I love Him very much.  God is my Father and is Love.  He is teaching me how to Love better and intimately.  I also love him.  I am filled with the Holy Spirit.  I listen to him all the time so that I can know what God wants me to read in His Word, study and take into my  heart, and what He wants me to do and say and know. Praise the Lord for His grace and mercy!!!

Journal 2018 – Day 7 – Bipolar and Sexuality

Bipolar Disorder effects all areas of your life but one area I didn’t know it effected much was sexuality. The thing with sex and bipolar is that either you have it in spades and running over or you don’t have an active libido at all. I am of the later which is why I didn’t know it was part of the Bipolar Disorder. A friend of mine didn’t care whom she had sex with, or what kind of sex she had or with how many men she had it with at one time without any protection at all. This kind of reckless sexual activity is called hypersexual behavior is common in Bipolar disorder. Then there is the other side of the coin when another friend of mine had no interest in sex at all. She didn’t want to be touched in any way at all. Not even from her boyfriend. She was fine with cuddles and hugging and kissing, but going further than that made her run out of the door screaming as if she had been touched by a hot poker. As you can see neither one of these situations puts the person in a very good sexual position. The bad thing about the medications for Bipolar Disorder is that it can stop the hypersexual behavior of the Mania phase of the Bipolar disorder but in most cases it will  completely turn their libido off for good.

Some say that Bipolar disorder is the reason for sexual addiction. The two are often difficult to untangle. According to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) article “Opening the Door on Hypersexuality,” the prevalence of in the people with bipolar disorder is on average 57%. It involves a significantly heightened sex drive resulting in things like “constantly thinking about sex, a preoccupation with pornography, an abundance of one-night stands, engaging in sex with multiple partners, having random sex, seeking out prostitutes or having multiple affairs even when in a committed relationship.”

Most of these sexual encounters don’t mean anything to the person with Bipolar.  They get momentary pleasure from the experience, but they just crave the act of sex.  They don’t really care where or how they get it.  There is no emotional element to these sex acts. When this disorder has disrupted a person’s life almost totally, that person might become a prostitute to hide their sexual appetite.  This way they  can have as much casual, meaningless sex they want.

People with Hypersexuallty are often more likely to try more risky sexual positions and experiences such as being tied up and blind folded. Masters and Servants are also games that can be played as well as the use of whips and chains.  There is one game that even I am willing to play and as stated above I’ve got no libido, and that game is Dirty Minds.  I’d check it out if you want a little fun.

I hopw that I have given you something to think about.  You can’t always judge a book by its cover.

Journal 2018 – Day 6 – Depression

Depression. Now that’s a difficult word there. Let’s start with the “official” definition and go from there. According to the National Institute of Mental Health Depression is a common but serious mood disorder. Some of the symptoms are persistent sadness, anxious or “empty” mood, feelings of hopelessness or pessimism, irritability, feelings of guilt, worthlessness, or helplessness, loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activities, decreased energy or fatigue, moving or talking more slowly, feeling restless or having trouble sitting still, difficulty concentrating remembering or making decisions, difficulty sleeping, early morning awakening or oversleeping, appetite and/or weight changes, thoughts of death or suicide or suicide attempts, aches or pains, headache, cramps, or digestive problems, without a clear physical cause, and/or that do not ease even with treatment. The symptoms can be severe and affect how you feel, think, and handle your daily life. To be diagnosed with it, you have to have had the symptoms for over two weeks. Not everyone has to have all the symptoms. Some people experience only a few while others experience a lot more. It is the most common mental disorder, and it’s most likely caused by a combination of genetic, biological, environmental, and psychological factors.

There are several types of depression

Persistent Depressive Disorder (also called Dysthymia) – It last for at least two years. A person has major depressive episodes along with less severe symptoms.

Postpartum Depression Must more severe than “Baby Blues” ( a relatively mild depressive/anxiety episode that typically clears up within two weeks after giving birth). This is a full-blown Major Depression during pregnancy and/or after delivery. The feelings of extreme sadness, anxiety, and exhaustion that accompany this type of depression makes it extremely difficult for these new mothers to take care of daily tasks for themselves much less for their babies.

Psychotic Depression – This happens when a person has Major Depression along with some form of psychosis such as hearing or seeing upsetting things that others cannot hear or see (hallucinations) or have disturbing false fixed beliefs (delusions). This type’s symptoms typically have a depressive “these” such as delusions of poverty, illness, or guilt.

Seasonal Affective Disorder – It is characterized by the onset of depression in the winter because of the loss of natural sunlight and coming out of it in the spring when the sun comes out again. Winter depression is normally accompanied by increased sleep, social withdrawal , weight gain, and it predictably returns every year.

Bipolar Disorder – It is different from depression because it’s got mania episodes too, but a person with bipolar does experience extreme lows which are depressions, but they also experience extreme high or euphoric or irritable moods called “mania” or less severe form called “hypomania”

Now that’s that out of the way. It’s the dry stuff. The information stuff. Now we can have some fun….Well….to tell you truth, it’s really not that much fun living with depression. Most of the time you have okay days which are spend in partial dread of bad days.  Then bad days hit and your world is torn apart you don’t know when it is going to end.  It is more than sadness and disinterest. It is like falling down a deep, bottomless, smooth, stone sided well at the speed of light. All you can do is hold on and try not to loss your mind.  The only fun is when the mood swings liven up the place. They can change as slow as the gentle wind blows or as fast as a hurricane roars.  Sometimes my changed so often that if plotted it would look like an EKG.  LOL  The key is not going too high or low.

Well, that’s a good overview of depression.  Now I hope you have a basic understand.  If you have any questions, please leave me a common.

Journal 2018 – Day 5 – Mood Swings

Mood Swings are such a pain in the butt.  Oh, how I wish things could go back to the good old days.  Back before I knew what depression, mania, hypomania, schizophrenia, and mixed states all meant.  Back when I was just an angry child who was always getting into fights because I have an Irish temper and a bad attitude.  Oh, the trouble I’d get into because of my rage.  Mom and I would get into such fights.  She had a good 8 inches to a foot in height on me and way over a 100 pounds, but I could knock her out when I wanted to because I had done it before once completely by accident.  What can I tell you?  She fell easily.

Now Back to the point…….Yes…..Yes….Mood Swings!  They can be easy like a breeze or violent like a hurricane. They can be brief or last for ages.  They can even be small like a drop in the a puddle or large as if a ripple in a lake.   They can be high as the clouds in the sky or low as Hell is from Heaven.  There is just no telling what is coming next with mood swings.  They are just so tricky way which is the big problem with them.

A time in the life with Mood Swings is as follows:

It’s 6:30 am and the sound of the alarm shatters sleep from your mind.  You don’t want to be awake, but you are.  You check around the room just to make sure of where you are and to take a mental note of yourself.  You slowly get up out of  bed, taking inventory and coming to the conclusion that your are in an okay mood today.  You have to check in with yourself every morning to make sure of how your feel because there is no telling otherwise.

You check your planner to see what is on the agenda for the day and lay out the clothes that you will wear for the day.  All of a sudden, anger falls on you as if the red fever just swift through the room and you don’t like the clothes you just picked out. You don’t want to go where you are suppose to go today.  You start yelling at the top of your lungs about everything that comes into your mind. Then a wave of laughter hits you so hard, you fall to the floor of your room rolling.  You just can’t stop laughing.  You don’t know why your laughing.  It’s as if someone as told you the best joke in the world and you just can’t stop laughing.  Then you choke!    Out of the blue you start crying as if someone stole your favorite teddy bear. Your still on the floor with tears running down your face.  You can’t get up because you are so upset.  You try to calm down and pull yourself together.  It takes time, but you finally do it.  Now your okay and finally get ready and walk out of your room.  When you look at the clock, you see that all that happened inside an hour.  Now it’s time to face the day.

Now, not all mood swings are this extreme or quick changing, but this gives you a good picture of the kind of feelings and emotions that a person deals with when they are dealing with mood swings.

Another things that I would like to address is the fact that people who do not have severe mood swings think that it is easy to deal with both yourself and the world around you because they don’t have a problem with it, but when you are fighting with yourself and dealing with the world at the same time, it is not easy in any way, shape or form.  It can be down right hard.  For example:

You have your mind telling you that your are sad, but it is more that sadness and you don’t know why and don’t know how to get out of it. You really just don’t want to do anything at all to tell the truth.  The sadness is more than just sadness.  It is something that you can’t explain, but people don’t want to hear that.  They just want you to get over it and do your job.    Then you have things that you HAVE to do in the world such as work and deal with people.  On top of that people in the workplace want you to be happy with a smile and with sadness you can’t smile.  So we try so very hard to please everyone and force that smile on our lips, but it is a false smile.

I hope you now have an idea of what mood swings are about.  Feel free to comment.

Journal 2018 – Day 4 – Bipolar II

Well, I guess it’s about time to talk about the BIG ANIMAL IN THE ROOM called  BIPOLAR II.  It is the most misunderstood mental illness in the book.  Some people think it’s about the crazy, emotional people that can’t control themselves in public and others think it’s just depressed people that  live on their own in the woods and parks in and around our cities. How about those people locked up in the mental hospital?  Some of them could be Bipolar. I”m here to tell you that all are right and wrong.

We’ve all heard the commercial from TV or radio that states, “Do you feel happy and energetic on some days, but then sad and sluggish on other days? If so, and if your symptoms persist for extended periods of time, making it difficult for you to live your life as you usually would, then you may want to speak with your healthcare provider.” (FREE TV)

There are some Key Points in  this passage:

  1. First let me clarify, you don’t have to be “happy” at all. and secondly, you don’t have to be both “happy” then “sad” then “happy” again. You can just be “depressed” or “sad”.  There is no set formula to go by.  The doctors play it by ear.
  2. Symptoms have to persist for an extended period of time which means more than two weeks to a month.
  3. This condition has to have made it difficult for you to live your life normally.
  4. Finally, You NEED to talk to your Healthcare Provider about it before IT’S TOO LATE..  When it first starts disrupting your life get help! Please!  It can get serious really fast!!!!

Back when I was first diagnosed, there was only one kind of depression and it was called Manic Depression.  It was a unipolar depression.  You only got really depressed like you were falling down a deep well with no hope of coming up or seeing daylight again. Later the “people in the know” came to discover a new type of depression called bipolar depression which is part of a larger condition of  bipolar  disorder where there were two poles of extreme emotions, both highs and lows.  The highs were not “happy” but euphoric and top of the world feelings.  You feel like you can do anything.  Your mind races at 90 mph like a car, but you can also turn irritable. The Lows were not always “sadness” but deeper than that and into hopelessness, depression, and the extreme would be thoughts of suicide.  After several years, “the powers that be” changed everything again and divided Bipolar Disorder into Bipolar I (More of Mania  or “highs” and  some Depression) and Bipolar II (Some Hypomania (Mixed states or “mid-highs” but mainly depression).  You will get mixed states in both.

According to WebMD, Bipolar is a very serious disease and can be risky behavior and even suicidal tendencies,  Bipolar disorder is a lifelong or chronic illness.  There is no cure for it.  It affects the brain in ways that cause unpredictably extreme mood swings that vary in length and duration.  There is no known cause of Bipolar disorder;, but a combination of genetics, altered brain structure, chemistry and environment may play a role.

Here are a few fun facts just for your knowledge:

  1. Bipolar disorder affects about 5.7 Million American adults in any given year and as many as 60 million people worldwide.
  2. More than half of all patients begin seeing symptoms between the ages of 15 and 25, but it can begin at any age.
  3. There is no cure, but for many people the symptoms can be controlled with medication and treatment.
  4. Some people may experience mood swings that are less extreme than a full manic episode , known as hypomania.
  5. People with bipolar disorder often also have other mental health disorders (Sources : Mayo Clinic and Others)

I’m normally not one for stats, but I do like my lists.  (LOL)  Look here.  It’s a disease, first and for most.  Yes there is no cure, but it can be managed by medication and therapy and in extreme cases, hospitals, straps and really good drugs.  (LOL)  Most of us live relatively normal lives and only those closest to us know that we are mentally ill. We don’t have pointed ears or a forked tongues.  We look pretty much alike.

That Frightful Night

I thought I was a normal kid.  I was a preacher’s kid to begin with so I had a mark set against me to start with, but other than that I thought I was normal until that night oh so many nights ago…..

I was ten years old and it was a cold, winter night, when all of a sudden I was awoken by a scream ripping through the air from my mom’s room’.  I didn’t know what was going on.  I was scared and on my feet before I knew it. . As I was wiping sleep from my eyes, I slowly made my way around the hallway to my mom’s room to see what was going on.  A little light came through the ajar door as  another scream ripped the night! I jump back and covered my mouth trying not to cry out myself.

I slowly open the door.  Mom in a flowing nightgown,  is kneeling in the middle of her bed, reaching out with her arms as if trying to protect herself and screaming at the top of her lungs: “Don’t let the Head and Hands get me!”: “They are going to get me!”: “Keep them from me” just to show a few.  She was so upset and not making any sense.  She was totally alone in the room.  There was no one trying to get her.  There were no floating heads or hands flying around the room.  Evening being 10, I could see that.  I was scared and I could not understand what was wrong with my mom.  It didn’t make any kind of logic.

I tried getting her to stop screaming, and of course that doesn’t happen. I finally called my grandparents and they told me to call 911 and they were on their way.  I tried not to cry and stay calm while still trying to get my mom to calm down herself until help came.  You know how on TV they used to show people going to the mental hospital as being taken by men in white coats. Well, I’m here to tell you that it was the case at least when I was a child.  My grandparents took me out of the house after I got a bag together, and the men in white coats took mom after they shot her with some kind of medication to calm her down.

Before I could see my mom, her doctor had to discuss a few things with me.  It turns out that my mom has the disease Manic Depression, but more importantly she suffers from another disease called schizophrenia that caused her to act the way that she did the other night at home.  She was seeing and hearing things that were not there called hallucinations.  He explained that my mother was fighting against demons in her head that only she could see and hear and that I was not to worry about them getting me because they were only after my mom.  This scared me because I understood demons from my dad and I didn’t want them after my mom, but the doctor said that he would fix mom.

Later I went to see her at the Meridian Mental Hospital in Mississippi.  She had undergone ECT, or Electric Shock Treatment, which is where they strap a person down, put electrodes on each temple, a plate in your mouth, and send a whole hell of a lot of electric current through a body to kill brain cells.  She didn’t even know I was her daughter.  She could barely speak to me and had no feeling in her at all.  It took everything in me not to cry or scream at her to wake her up and tell her, “I’m your daughter.”  I finally had to run from the room back to my grandparents arms.  I cried all the way home in Oxford.

After months, she came home, and after more months we went back to our house on Hillside and again we were alone together.  I  never quite felt safe anymore, but I couldn’t let her know that because it might send her into another fit and they may have to make her forget me again if that happened.

That’s the night that everything changed for me…..That’s the night that a scream ripped through the my life….

Journal 2018 – Day 3 – Mixed State

I have to apoligize for not posting these last few days. I’ve been in a mood and today is no exception.  The thing is Today I want to talk. {Now YOU know YOUR in TROUBLE   LOL} My mind is racing and body shaking and I can’t get anything done. My mind is like a humming bird darting from this flower to that flower.  Taking just a little from each one. This is normal for what is called in the Bipolar realm as a Mixed State.  I can’t keep a thought in my head.  My fingers are floating on the computer just trying to keep up with the thoughts flying out of my mind.  It is so hard to try to keep my mind on one topic so that this is understandable because my mind is so full of so many things that I want to tell you.

Mixed states are kinda funny.  I’ve been dealing with Mental Illness for more than half my life, but it wasn’t until the last five years that I’ve come to understand and better deal with this area of it.  Mixed states are defined by episodes of both mania and depression at the same time or in rapid sequence without any downtime.  Mania when in a mixed state involves irritability, high energy, racing thoughts and speech and over activity. Depression features the same symptopms as normal such as sadness, loss of interest in well everything, low energy, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, and thoughts of suicide.  I know it sounds impossible that both the high energy of Mania and the worthlessness and thoughts of despair of Depression could be going on at the sameGoo time in one human being, but I am here to tell you that it happens a lot more often than you think.  What do you think about A person that is crying when she is happy and saying that she is having the best time of her life.  Is she really happy or sad?  Yes!  Both!  She is in a mixed state.

I have the added characteristic of being a rapid cycler. This mean my emotions are all over the map a lot of the time.  You know what an EKG looks like with the rapid up/down lines? Well? Imagine that is a person’s emotions where they are high for a while then they are okay then sad and do on.  But you my moods actually change as fast as an EKG looks with the almost straight lines.  I can be happy, sad, crying, mad, angry, rage, sad, then happy and  laughing my head off okay all within an hour without anyone causing the changes.  The medication I am on now helps a lot, but I still have episodes which I don’t like.

Good night for now.  I’ll write more tomorrow…..maybe….lol!


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