Monday, October 31, 2011
Lunch Ready
What I made
That I ate
Today's the day
South of Tucson
Looks good,
What I eat,
And it is good.
That I ate
Today's the day
South of Tucson
Looks good,
What I eat,
And it is good.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Jobs' Cancer
October 25' 2011
I saw on TV last night (Sixty Minutes) that Steve jobs thought he could cure the cancer with his vegan diet.
I admire his determination to avoid drugs and surgery, for that is my inclination also, but there's some things he missed the boat on, as is plainly clear. Otherwise he'd still be with us.
My take is that cancer, like body-odor,is not caused mainly by what a person consumes. And therefore, there's not much chance to stop it or alleviate either condition solely by what materials a person consumes, vegan or no.
I feel that a nutritious diet will help ANY situation (some conditions more than others), but some conditions have a way of needing something mindful also. I think firstly a person (the victim or the patient) must admit his/her need for help.
If a person simply thinks their way of nutrition is going to win the battle, they don't realize yet that it IS a battle. And that's their first mistake. This Steve Jobs-battle was a fight for LIFE, and that's often, as we know, how cancer rolls.
To everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, as I was, in '06' (of this century):
My first reaction was to tell no one. I wanted it to be my secret. I felt my FEAR Would increase exponentially, if others knew. I also felt - and here's that "magical thinking" - that if no one knew, I could actually stop and destroy my cancer by myself.
Lone Ranger, that's me. Turns out it's a common reaction. And there ya go, headed for the grave alone.
Luckily, I wound up talking briefly to a counsellor, after a month or two, and she gave me some judicious tips. She said "Use buzzwords" and she said to use them LOUDLY. The buzzwords were CANCER, HELP, DRIVERS. Next thing I knew people were lined up at my church, scheduling my trips to get the radiation and the chemo. Instead of keeping secrets, this counsellor helped me help others to save my life.
It's a shame to lose him; I'm sure he is still haunting Apple environs, he was a man obsessed with life, it would seem, and I think he's still fighting with his wife about all this, but my opinion is:
He would rather be a dead hero than a live one. And in that I think he accomplished his druthers.#
I saw on TV last night (Sixty Minutes) that Steve jobs thought he could cure the cancer with his vegan diet.
I admire his determination to avoid drugs and surgery, for that is my inclination also, but there's some things he missed the boat on, as is plainly clear. Otherwise he'd still be with us.
My take is that cancer, like body-odor,is not caused mainly by what a person consumes. And therefore, there's not much chance to stop it or alleviate either condition solely by what materials a person consumes, vegan or no.
I feel that a nutritious diet will help ANY situation (some conditions more than others), but some conditions have a way of needing something mindful also. I think firstly a person (the victim or the patient) must admit his/her need for help.
If a person simply thinks their way of nutrition is going to win the battle, they don't realize yet that it IS a battle. And that's their first mistake. This Steve Jobs-battle was a fight for LIFE, and that's often, as we know, how cancer rolls.
To everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, as I was, in '06' (of this century):
My first reaction was to tell no one. I wanted it to be my secret. I felt my FEAR Would increase exponentially, if others knew. I also felt - and here's that "magical thinking" - that if no one knew, I could actually stop and destroy my cancer by myself.
Lone Ranger, that's me. Turns out it's a common reaction. And there ya go, headed for the grave alone.
Luckily, I wound up talking briefly to a counsellor, after a month or two, and she gave me some judicious tips. She said "Use buzzwords" and she said to use them LOUDLY. The buzzwords were CANCER, HELP, DRIVERS. Next thing I knew people were lined up at my church, scheduling my trips to get the radiation and the chemo. Instead of keeping secrets, this counsellor helped me help others to save my life.
It's a shame to lose him; I'm sure he is still haunting Apple environs, he was a man obsessed with life, it would seem, and I think he's still fighting with his wife about all this, but my opinion is:
He would rather be a dead hero than a live one. And in that I think he accomplished his druthers.#
Jobs' Cancer
October 25' 2011
I saw on TV last night (Sixty Minutes) that Steve Jobs thought he could cure the cancer with his vegan diet.
I admire his determination to avoid drugs and surgery, for that is my inclination also, but there's some things he missed the boat on, as is plainly clear. Otherwise he'd still be with us.
My take is that cancer, like body-odor,is not caused mainly by what a person consumes. And therefore, there's not much chance to stop it or alleviate either condition solely by what materials a person consumes, vegan or no.
I feel that a nutritious diet will help ANY situation (some conditions more than others), but some conditions have a way of needing something mindful also. I think firstly a person (the victim or the patient) must admit his/her need for help.
If a person simply thinks their way of nutrition is going to win the battle, they don't realize yet that it IS a battle. And that's their first mistake. This Steve Jobs-battle was a fight for LIFE, and that's often, as we know, how cancer rolls.
To everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, as I was, in '06' (of this century):
My first reaction was to tell no one. I wanted it to be my secret. I felt my FEAR Would increase exponentially, if others knew. I also felt - and here's that "magical thinking" - that if no one knew, I could actually stop and destroy my cancer by myself.
Lone Ranger, that's me. Turns out it's a common reaction. And there ya go, headed for the grave alone.
Luckily, I wound up talking briefly to a counsellor, after a month or two, and she gave me some judicious tips. She said "Use buzzwords" and she said to use them LOUDLY. The buzzwords were CANCER, HELP, DRIVERS. Next thing I knew people were lined up at my church, scheduling my trips to get the radiation and the chemo. Instead of keeping secrets, this counsellor helped me help others to save my life.
It's a shame to lose him; I'm sure he is still haunting Apple environs, he was a man obsessed with life, it would seem, and I think he's still fighting with his wife about all this, but my opinion is:
He would rather be a dead hero than a live one. And in that I think he accomplished his druthers.#
I saw on TV last night (Sixty Minutes) that Steve Jobs thought he could cure the cancer with his vegan diet.
I admire his determination to avoid drugs and surgery, for that is my inclination also, but there's some things he missed the boat on, as is plainly clear. Otherwise he'd still be with us.
My take is that cancer, like body-odor,is not caused mainly by what a person consumes. And therefore, there's not much chance to stop it or alleviate either condition solely by what materials a person consumes, vegan or no.
I feel that a nutritious diet will help ANY situation (some conditions more than others), but some conditions have a way of needing something mindful also. I think firstly a person (the victim or the patient) must admit his/her need for help.
If a person simply thinks their way of nutrition is going to win the battle, they don't realize yet that it IS a battle. And that's their first mistake. This Steve Jobs-battle was a fight for LIFE, and that's often, as we know, how cancer rolls.
To everyone who has been diagnosed with cancer, as I was, in '06' (of this century):
My first reaction was to tell no one. I wanted it to be my secret. I felt my FEAR Would increase exponentially, if others knew. I also felt - and here's that "magical thinking" - that if no one knew, I could actually stop and destroy my cancer by myself.
Lone Ranger, that's me. Turns out it's a common reaction. And there ya go, headed for the grave alone.
Luckily, I wound up talking briefly to a counsellor, after a month or two, and she gave me some judicious tips. She said "Use buzzwords" and she said to use them LOUDLY. The buzzwords were CANCER, HELP, DRIVERS. Next thing I knew people were lined up at my church, scheduling my trips to get the radiation and the chemo. Instead of keeping secrets, this counsellor helped me help others to save my life.
It's a shame to lose him; I'm sure he is still haunting Apple environs, he was a man obsessed with life, it would seem, and I think he's still fighting with his wife about all this, but my opinion is:
He would rather be a dead hero than a live one. And in that I think he accomplished his druthers.#
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Blogabout
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Turns out what they say is FREE costs a buck. If you're like me, you say, "No matter." Pretty soon, though, I notice that they advertise it as "free or nearly free," and again, it doesn't sound like a big deal. But I'm wondering if it will become "$2.00 or nearly $2.00" and I'll still be saying "Oh, well."
Oh, well.
When my oldest son first gifted me with my eyepad, unannounced, I saw there was no smiley face for my e-mail. I've grown accustomed to the smiley face; I feel like it makes me less of a bitch :-) so I created a signature for all my outgoing e-mails on the eyepad: "Where's the smiley face on this dum iPad?"
That went out for about a month, and finally my gift-bearing son clued me in to some "free" apps for smiley faces.
After a few confusing forays, I went to a geek at my public library and sought help with the smiley face issue. Of course, afterwards, when I thought I had gotten it, I didn't have it, so I went back the next day and we tried again. Trying to stick to the "free" notion, we found we were stymied again and again. Finally it came to me that I was going to have to spend a buck, and "who cares!" let's just "get'er done!"
I really only wanted certain smiley faces - I thought I could be quite happy with 8 or 10 - but this process landed me up with three hundred and forty-seven smiley-faces for my e-mail! And some of them clearly Japanese characters! or is it Chinese? I may never know...I'm beginning to think of them as totems or whatever. We surely are going global.
The first "totem" smiley face is truly the classic smiley face, which I can't seem to find on this blog - another huge project?! - and so, at least, I have that, for a buck, on my iPad2. I can only tell you that even if it took two days to get it, I just can't seem to live without "cutesie" :-) . I'm a serious painter and collage artist, but with letters and e-mails the cutesie smiley faces make things very clear, and I love clarity. Does that sound weak? Clarity is so hard to get these days, when "stinkin' thinkin'" is what we have so often, all around us. Things aren't that clear at all. So we have to MAKE them clear.
Oh, well.
When my oldest son first gifted me with my eyepad, unannounced, I saw there was no smiley face for my e-mail. I've grown accustomed to the smiley face; I feel like it makes me less of a bitch :-) so I created a signature for all my outgoing e-mails on the eyepad: "Where's the smiley face on this dum iPad?"
That went out for about a month, and finally my gift-bearing son clued me in to some "free" apps for smiley faces.
After a few confusing forays, I went to a geek at my public library and sought help with the smiley face issue. Of course, afterwards, when I thought I had gotten it, I didn't have it, so I went back the next day and we tried again. Trying to stick to the "free" notion, we found we were stymied again and again. Finally it came to me that I was going to have to spend a buck, and "who cares!" let's just "get'er done!"
I really only wanted certain smiley faces - I thought I could be quite happy with 8 or 10 - but this process landed me up with three hundred and forty-seven smiley-faces for my e-mail! And some of them clearly Japanese characters! or is it Chinese? I may never know...I'm beginning to think of them as totems or whatever. We surely are going global.
The first "totem" smiley face is truly the classic smiley face, which I can't seem to find on this blog - another huge project?! - and so, at least, I have that, for a buck, on my iPad2. I can only tell you that even if it took two days to get it, I just can't seem to live without "cutesie" :-) . I'm a serious painter and collage artist, but with letters and e-mails the cutesie smiley faces make things very clear, and I love clarity. Does that sound weak? Clarity is so hard to get these days, when "stinkin' thinkin'" is what we have so often, all around us. Things aren't that clear at all. So we have to MAKE them clear.
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