Sharon's birthday.

at 03/19/10 9:46AM *
Send Sharon a big happy birthday. My sweet Sharona!!!!



Health Care note of the day:
Part ll Employer Responsibilities, Sec. 1553 page 360, Prohibition against DISCRIMINATION on assisted SUICIDE, MERCY-KILLING, and EUTHANASIA.
Hello out there people!

Aren't you concerned?
  • basil60
    Can you believe our kids are in their 30's!?! (Well, Jeremy soon will be..) What does that make us? (don't answer that.)
    by basil60 at 03/19/10 11:42AM
  • joc
    Very, very concerned. I've contacted my congressman.
    I will have two kids that are in their 40's before this year is over.
    That makes me OLD!!!
    How old was Sharon when y'all came to the church in Liberty?
    by joc at 03/19/10 1:30PM
  • rebekah1
    I know. It's ridiculous. I wake up at night thinking about it. They're stripping our rights and everybody is going along with it waving banners. So much for America, Land of the Free and Home of the Brave. I still don't understand why if it's so great, our Senators and Congressment aren't signing themselves up. But in any socialist, marxist, communist society there is an elite class. Guess they're ours. Yeah for them.
    by rebekah1 at 03/19/10 2:02PM
  • rebekah1
    They're going to ram it down our throats because it's what's best for us. We're too stupid to realize it.
    by rebekah1 at 03/19/10 2:04PM
  • diannes
    Uh, that is totally crazy! This morning, I should have printed it out! Funny how smoke and mirrors work. How can we believe anything from this government?
    by diannes at 03/19/10 3:11PM
  • AlanL
    Pretty insane all of the things that they think have to be spelled out. One big problem with lawyers is that they think the law must have every little thing spelled out, or it'll be open for too much interpretation. But the more they spell out, the more things they introduce that would amount to judgment calls. Legal contracts and laws are just ridiculous, and impossible these days.

    And with the mindset we've developed in our time, based on how contracts and laws are written, people try to read the Bible the same way, either looking for loopholes or looking to exclude things based on what it doesn't say. It doesn't work that way!
    by AlanL at 03/19/10 3:58PM
  • packetstorm5150
    I wonder how they define "mercy-killing"?
    by packetstorm5150 at 03/20/10 3:30PM

et tu Brute

at 03/15/10 6:24PM
The ides of March
  • sjean
    If March winds bring April showers and April showers bring May Flowers. What do May Flowers bring?
    by sjean at 03/15/10 7:28PM
  • joc
    June Bugs!!!???
    by joc at 03/15/10 7:39PM
  • jenkegley
    ^Ha Ha!^ Good one!
    by jenkegley at 03/15/10 9:01PM
  • kailua
    June Brides.
    by kailua at 03/16/10 12:44AM
  • AlanL
    The Ides of Tony Mauck's birthday.
    by AlanL at 03/16/10 9:31AM

Stupid Buzzard

at 03/05/10 8:20AM
goes and commits suicide on my windshield. Applies brakes. Honking the horn. Duck! Wham! Crack goes the glass! Over the truck and flop to the road. Stupid dead buzzard!
  • AlanL
    Wow! Maybe you shouldn't have honked... then you'd have just run over it. ;-)

    Really, sorry about that. Having to get a new windshield is a pain.
    by AlanL at 03/05/10 8:54AM
  • terra
    You have the worst luck with birds and cars.

    I recall to mind a story of your jeep and a large beech type bird.
    by terra at 03/05/10 8:58AM
  • diannes
    Oh yeah, the seagull story.
    by diannes at 03/05/10 10:18AM
  • sjean
    Aaaack. That is some bird. Sorry about your glass!
    by sjean at 03/05/10 10:47AM
  • tangsoodotpm
    At least his buddies got a meal out of it.
    by tangsoodotpm at 03/06/10 4:27PM
  • goastrider44
    wow
    by goastrider44 at 03/07/10 2:29AM
  • adampual
    BOOOO!!
    by adampual at 03/12/10 2:10PM
  • kailua
    I remember being at a stop sign waiting for an on coming van to turn. At the van turned, I saw a Seagull hanging from it's grill. It's foot had gotten stuck and it was just hanging there. I cannot imagine their face when they got out and saw that! LOL

    Sorry about your trouble. What a payne in the glass.
    by kailua at 03/12/10 11:17PM

Omnaris and Pantanase

at 02/26/10 8:56AM
Have any of you had problems with Omnaris or Pantanase? I was having shooting muscle pains and muscle weakness. It felt sorta like the flu. Made me think of a friend with Fibro Myalgia. It was hurting to touch certain muscles. Also have joint aches that will wake me up. I have been on these drugs for 1 month. Studied the pharmacy printouts and found possible side effects, linked with these two drugs. Stopped the Omnaris and the shooting pains and muscle weakness are much better. Suggestions?

Will talk with my doctor, next week. We have had to switch quit a few drugs, over the years because of side effects. Don't like being the exeption!
  • mother_hen
    Hadn't heard of this, but when I googled it I remember that I am seeing lots of advertisements for Omnaris lately. Good to know! Hope you figure something out. Allergy shots have helped me a lot.
    by mother_hen at 02/26/10 10:28AM
  • kailua
    I used to be a pharmacy technician and I remember that it is possible to have joint pain from these type of drugs. (Of course it is possible for one to have side effects that have not been noted in clinical trials as well.)

    Ominaris should not be combined with erythromycin (antibiotic) or oral ketoconazole (antifungal) due to drug interactions. It is a steroid which suppresses the immune system. Meaning it makes you more susceptible to disease and illness.

    Patanase is steroid-free so won't cause immune supression problems. It is more likely to cause a hole in the nasal septum and to make one feel sleepy than Omnaris.

    My son, starting at a young age, was on an inhaler for several years. He complained during this time that his feet hurt terribly. His physician, allergist, foot doctor and even specialists could find nothing wrong. They did not know what to do to help him except to try shoe inserts. (big whoopy)

    I was having problems with my own asthma and was prescribed the same type of inhaler. After being on the medication for only a few days I noticed that my elbow hurt but put it off as work related. I awoke another day to find that my feet hurt terribly! It then dawned on me that might be the source of my my son's pain. We both stopped the medication and the foot pain went away. All those doctors should have paid back the money I paid them. ;-)

    Moral of the story: Listen to your body and trust it. Many times it knows more than the 'professionals'.

    What color are you hibiscus?
    by kailua at 02/26/10 12:45PM
  • sjean
    I know I had a "rare, but documented" side effect to an antibiotic. I was so dizzy after 2-3 days that I could barely stand. I stopped it on my own and the dizziness vanished.
    by sjean at 02/26/10 1:16PM

A crunching in the woods,

at 02/22/10 10:08AM
sounded as if a large thing were walking through the recently logged acreage, next door. Hmmm, what is that sound? Movement above catches my eye. Did you know buzzards are really clumsy? The trees are thick and the buzzard is taking off, from a high limb. His wings are so wide he crashes into limbs as he ascends. The dry limbs and twigs snap and crack. How odd!
There are 20+ buzzards in the trees, all staring in the same directions. Ok, what stinky dead thing will I begin smelling any second. No dead raccoon, possum, etc.. Two redtailed hawks are perched nearby, watching. Chores are calling to me, so enough fun. Walking back to the gate, I hear a wooshing sound overhead. Twenty buzzard fly in formation ( I never have seen this ) about 30 feet over my head. What a cool sound, they make. Reminds me of our owl swooping down next to my head. They pass by and all is quiet, again.
  • sjean
    Oh... I was waiting to hear you say they swooped down on you. Relief!
    Good to see you last night.
    by sjean at 02/22/10 10:21AM
  • AlanL
    Cool!
    by AlanL at 02/22/10 1:54PM
  • rebekah1
    just be glad they didn't vomit up whatever they were eating all over you. they do that, you know.
    by rebekah1 at 02/22/10 5:02PM
  • carolattheriver
    Wow! Neat experience. Oh Rebekah. She is such a goof!
    by carolattheriver at 02/22/10 10:08PM
  • kailua
    Yer lucky they didn't poo on you! I always get nervous about that. I have seen seagulls plop on two people - bleck.

    That is the sweetest picture in your avatar!
    by kailua at 02/25/10 1:22AM
  • rebekah1
    ha! until you drive up to it and then you see all the broken toys, chewed up shoes and bikes. but that just means it's lived in.
    by rebekah1 at 02/25/10 1:19PM