POEDAUGHTER7's SparkPeople Blog

Break of Page

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:51:26 EST

I am going to need to take a break from the "fitness" page section of SP. I have chronic pain issues, and I think that people are confused that a tiny amount of arthritis fitness means I am "recovered" fully. I so am NOT over the pain fully, and having people yell at me when I can't do tasks after they see me do "well" on sp is getting on my nerves. Just because I can, on a great day, do a fitness thing or two does not mean it does not cause PAIN or was EASY. End of story.

I wi...

Two Year

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 02:04:23 EST

It is almost the two year mark on my lawsuit for hideous spine injury and stomach chronic injury pain. Two more months to go now. Stacks of lawyer paperwork were filed for two years and no money benefits, VA aide, disability, no Medicare, no Medicaid have been paid-out. America really loves its injured citizens… NOT….

Best Quote

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:41:53 EST

I was re-reading the Spark book this week. I think the part about Reeves is the best quote of the book. Many of the chat forums on SP are dedicated to health and injury repair, I think that is very much the heart of many people's quest for well being.

"Consider the example of Christopher Reeve. A near-fatal 1995 horse riding accident left him paralyzed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair...he committed himself to maintaining his body through a five-hour-a-day exercis...

Hank does Yoga

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 05:32:18 EST

Here the Episode shows how EVIL government social workers and doctors are to you if you have to file medical paperwork with

the government. They are sure EVERYONE is a faker. Also the uphill battle of trying to recover in a world that hates

fitness for wellness.

"Mr. Hill you can take it down a notch." - Social Worker to Hank

"Oh well played Mr. Hill... It's my medical opinion that you MIGHT not be faking... Go home, wait for your check....

The Eve

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:10:16 EST

Yea, it is almost time for trick or treat. :-) 431

Thundercats

Sun, 7 Oct 2012 02:45:42 EST

I just noticed that all the Thundercats are human type cats, like the cat-man played by Danny John-Juleson on Red Dwarf! Soooo glad that cartoon network put that Thundercats on again. :-)

My Birthday 2

Sun, 7 Oct 2012 02:42:01 EST

Today is NOW my Birthday!!!! Woot!

My Birthday

Thu, 4 Oct 2012 03:38:31 EST

The 7th is my birthday, please wish me happy birthday everyone.

New Orleans

Thu, 4 Oct 2012 03:37:30 EST

I am NOT going to New Orleans for Halloween this year. I normally make a visit up there for the eve, but not this time around.

Limits

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 20:37:44 EST

Thought of the day: Pain is registered in your head. Your imagination is in your head. This does NOT mean all pain is in your imagination! I get sick of people trying to say that kind of thing when you mention you are in pain. Most of all when you are working out. I can still workout, but knowing your limits can be useful as well.

Level 14

Fri, 14 Sep 2012 05:46:01 EST

Woot!!! I got level 14 today!!! Way to go! I feel like my night elf reached Azaroth at this point. Yet my world of warcraft account won't log in. Oh well, I am into poetry these days, gaming mmo style has lost it's fun. I would rather level up in the real world, like this site shows.

Move

Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:53:48 EST

The house move this week means I barely need to get to the gym. My pedometer step counter on my hip or foot shows super high daily numbers before I even walk the dogs. 198

Cut Back

Tue, 29 May 2012 18:07:32 EST

I cut way back on my spark streaks so as not to over post anymore. Too much tracking means not enough doing.

Over Posting

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:51:56 EST

I like the SP page, and the chat forums are pretty hilarious. Yet if you do EVERY activity every day, and post in every forum, you have sat a long time barely twitching your fingers on a keyboard. That can be a barrier to going to the gym or bike trail that you have to watch out for.

Activate

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:45:30 EST

Wonder twins powers activate…. Form of a better social life! Yea, I just went into a bad break up this week. I am trying to look my best, and learn to re socialize in new groups.

Am Back

Sun, 27 May 2012 23:40:15 EST

Okay, I am back after being gone a year from this page. I miss the step counter. I do it more when I am doing it online. The surgeon general wrote many books and did many studies on the value of the daily step counter. Ten thousand steps a day or more as a daily goal. I was in one of the studies in 2001, and still use one every day. Yet when I chart it online, I tend to bump it up just a little more to 12 thousand or so more times per week. So here goes, back on the chart wagon.
-An...

Cactus

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 20:28:22 EST

Next year I am only planting prickly pear and agave cactus in my porch flowerpot cooking garden. This year the global warming heat wave in Texas killed every other living thing.

Bike

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:45:14 EST

I don't get this angry at cars when I bike around... But I should.

Bikes on the roof are just funny. :-)

Airship

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 14:41:02 EST

Yea the wars pretty much ended their use. Fun to think of though. "What was the original intent for the 102nd floor of NY City's Empire State Building, which is now used for observation purposes since the original industry failed to *take off*?

Your answer: A dirigible terminal

At one time there were gangplanks attached to the top of the building for passengers to use for boarding purposes. This practical use never occurred because the commercial passenger dirigible bu...

Bike Parking

Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:16:21 EST

I love this bike joke because it implies many things. If you look closely, it is from the Stanford Daily school. Yes, even Stanford students penny pinch by riding bikes. Yes, even they have bad days and can't remember things well. It's a small world after all.

The caption says "The seconds between when you think your bike is stolen, and when you realize you parked it somewhere else."

Qs

Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:02:58 EST

Best behavior changes on a cultural basis. "If you were 'minding your Ps and Qs', what would you be doing?

Your answer: being on your best behavior

The origin of the saying is not certain, but it is English, and possibly comes from either the printing or licensed trades. It is usually said in the context of reminding small children to be polite, also known as 'minding your manners'." - Funtrivia.com

Bike Computer

Fri, 5 Aug 2011 11:27:22 EST

Are Bike Computers a fad or a forever thing? I have been using a new bike computer to log miles, for the past 60 miles. So far it has been pretty fun.

Price

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:57:36 EST

The bike kick continues with a focus on the thrifty aspects of fun with bikes. From the Australian article on electric bikes. It is based in Australia, but many of the ideas are true for the U.S. as well. "The top 10 reasons to buy an electric bike"

"Fifty per cent of all car journeys are of less than five kilometres' duration, which means that there is considerable potential for at least some of those journeys to be made safely and in a much healthier way by bike."

"Th...

Together

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:42:58 EST

Bonnie and Clyde were famous not just for their bank robberies in a rough economic times, but also for kidnapping and holding wealthy people's relatives hostage. There were no government food stamps or social services at the start of the Great Depression. They were based out of Louisiana. They also convinced the relatives they released to agree with a strict leftist political doctrine, and expand social services to the poor. Police fear they may have copy cats in modern day as the economy g...

Island

Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:10:46 EST

I did not know that Pythagoras was a teacher of Plato. A teacher in my religious studies classes at Catholic school used to love to talk about Plato. Plato was a famous firm believer in the city of Atlantis and wrote about it in many of his dialogues. "Which Greek philosopher theorized on the immortality and reincarnation of the soul? He is best remembered for a very famous geometric theory involving a triangle. Your answer: Pythagoras There is not an awful lot known about the mathematic...

Also

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:21:59 EST

I took and passed a psychology, and English class in night school last semester. In psychology, we talked about the hippocampus part of the brain. It also uses endorphins to regulate pleasure and pain. You feel more pleasure longer in life if you work out more. True fact there.

"A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that regular sweat sessions can increase the size of a region of the brain called the hippocampus--a part of the brain that beg...

Idea

Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:09:28 EST

Gandhi often has disdain for modern economics.

Gandhi, steadfast and determined, once described how the world receives a new idea. He said "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,____________________." What phrase completes the quote?

Your answer: then you win

Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) used civil disobedience to gain independence for India from Britain. Rabin...

Kit

Tue, 5 Jul 2011 17:57:12 EST

I am going to repost my Amazon.com Review of Currie Electric E Bikes because I so love them. $290 Amazon.com "Review of Currie Electric Kit"

"The Currie Electric Kit works great!!! I used to love to bike around cities in Louisiana. The swamps made everything flat on streets. Then I moved to Texas and the hills were a real issue with biking. I go to a college night school with very limited car parking space. I also live a bit far from the closest bus stop, and library. In burni...

Shrimp

Sun, 3 Jul 2011 16:11:29 EST

This is the time of year I start to plan my Halloween visit to New Orleans, where I went to school for four years in the 1990s. I was glad to see something remind me of New Orleans in the cooking section.

"Cajun Shrimp
Submitted by: KNOVICK421

Tags
Fish | Dinner | Fish Dinner |

Ingredients

1 lb uncooked, peeled shrimp
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder

Waters

Fri, 1 Jul 2011 16:23:32 EST

They say early explorers mistook manatees for mermaids. Their unearthly mammal looking skin, and person sized bodies, looked human in muddy waters. That is why in the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie mermaids are the neighbors of the Fountain of Youth. "Over Christmas Break I drank water from the Fountain of Youth and saw manatees at Wakulla Springs. What US state was I in?

Your answer: Florida

Wakulla Springs State Park holds one of the world's largest and deepest...

The Show

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:21:29 EST

Dr. Who is... well THE best show ever. Depp, and now Gaiman. Can they do no wrong?

Gaiman chats who with Ferguson... How did I miss this???

http://youtu.be/Xlx1ju7V9Aw

Not my thing

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:10:16 EST

A way to epic fail with girls in the world, and particularly me, is to mention you just got out of the military. I seriously prefer ANY other occupation to discussing former military occupations. I am a book worm student, NOT a fighter! Whenever I can choose between types of people, I don’t like fighters. Just because I made the best of a BAD situation in life in the past, does not mean it was not horrible. A couple of friends tried to go out of their way to “introduce” me to military guys th...

Exponents

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:49:26 EST

Have not seen this one for many years "1. In the Order of Operations acrostic "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally", or "PEMDAS", what does 'E' stand for?

Your answer: Exponents

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally or "PEMDAS" means (P) Parentheses and brackets, (E) Exponents, (M) Multiplication and (D) Division, (A) Addition and (S) Subtraction. Aren't acrostics fun?" - Funtrivia.com

Bike

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:54:02 EST

This week am buying a new scooter bike kit, to use my truck less. The heat wave this week is REALLY showing me that there is a green house gas problem in the U.S.A. This picture is of the Currie Technology scooter bike kit from Amazon.com. It is pretty cheap when you compare it to the price of buying a used car.

Travel

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:46:11 EST

Just got back from a week out in the Virginia, D.C. area. Was good to see the monuments, but I am really tired from my cold, and can not go to the music concert I wanted to see tonight. Grrrr.

Files

Mon, 30 May 2011 22:00:40 EST

On the T.V. show "The X-Files", what redhead was Fox Mulder's partner?

Your answer: Dana Scully

"The X-Files" ran from 1993-2002. Gillian Anderson portrayed the skeptical Dr. Dana Scully whose job it was to debunk the findings of conspiracy theorist Fox Mulder. Her red hair made her a target in the episode "Irresistible" in which the killer removed hair and nails from his victims.

Movie

Fri, 20 May 2011 15:09:01 EST

Hard not to get Johnny Depp fever with a New Pirates movie out this week. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Depp

Fan Effect

Wed, 18 May 2011 20:52:20 EST

"Fan Vaulting is a method of architecture found on the ceilings of Gothic style buildings, especially churches. The decorative effect resembles a fan whereby ribs spread out from one point at the side towards the center of the ceiling to give an arched effect. The earliest example is to be found in Gloucester Cathedral and dates from the 14th century. King's College Chapel contains the world's largest fan vaulted structure."

Boats

Fri, 6 May 2011 13:08:10 EST

I was staying overnight in the hotel part of this boat (back in the 1980s) when my brother first started calling me the nickname "PoeDaughter" after seeing the Beetlejuice movie on cable. The Beetlejuice movie is ironically about ghosts. I didn't see any while there...

"This ship was once one of the most prestigious liners afloat. It now has the reputation of being very haunted and many ghostly happenings have been reported, especially in the first class swimming pool area. Can y...

Downs

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:39:00 EST

Found more bunnies in the back of my place today. A hole full of babies this time. It is starting to be Watership Downs out there. I let them be in peace. "Rabbits and hares were formerly classified in the order Rodentia (rodent) until 1912, when they were moved into a new order Lagomorpha." - Wikipeadia "Which mammals belong to an order that gets its name from the Latin verb "to gnaw"?

Your answer: rodents

The order Rodentia, which includes hamsters, gerbils, and squ...

Life

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:33:58 EST

"The lives of three of these philosophers overlapped somewhat in both time and place. But which of the following could not possibly have met any of the others?

Your answer: Cicero

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle all lived in Athens in the 4th century BC. Plato was a student of Socrates and wrote much about his tutor's life, while Aristotle studied under Plato. Aristotle was 15 years old when Socrates was sentenced to death, so while their connection was indirect it is poss...

On Tour

Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:15:31 EST

I got free tickets to DEVO and Penn and Teller this month. DEVO has an amazing stage show as great as ever with large video graphics on screen behind them on stage. They were innovators
of video music back at the start of videos on cable TV. A good show to catch if you are still in the area to see them.

Also, I saw the Penn and Teller show last night! Very controversial. I mostly like them because of their 9-11 episode. However, I feel they did not go far enough to depic...

Health

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:51:08 EST

Sadly, I gained 15 pounds when I could NOT work out due to being sick for a few weeks. That sucks. I am fixing that now. Setbacks happen. :-)

Explain

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:12:38 EST

This is also how bad it feels to run without an asthma inhaler when you need one badly, and the government will not give you health care for asthma. "What theory was Einstein trying to explain when he said, "When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute, but let him sit on a hot stove for a minute, and it's longer than any hour"?

Your answer: Relativity

Einstein, one of the most influential scientists the world has ever produced, was born in 187...

City

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:29:23 EST

This oddly prophetic trivia answer I got today was written BEFORE the quake in Japan this year. An irony is that I just re started playing Pokemon games with a Pokewalker this month. Pokemon means "pocket-monsters" which are a pocket sized anime cartoon version of the the popular comic book characters like Godzilla. Godzilla is a metaphor for the social and natural forces which destroy society in monstrous ways like earthquakes. Pokemon is also based on popular hobbies of bug and coin coll...

Book

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:14:20 EST

I am feeling better now that three days has past since my doctor visit. However, I am still sitting and reading most of the time. "Which of the following did Jules Verne not write?

Your answer: Oliver Twist

Jules Verne is known as the "Father of Science Fiction" along with H.G. Wells."

Cartoon

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:34:03 EST

I knew Astro Boy was old, but not that it was the first anime cartoon in the U.S. 'Major Astro' was a childrens show originating from Wichita, Kansas. In the mid-1960s it aired the first anime syndicated for broadcast in the US. What was the anime?

Your answer: Astro Boy

'Major Astro' ran from 1960-1973 on KARD-TV. It moved to KSAS-TV in the late 80s and left the air in 1989. It starred Tom Leahy, Jr. as 'Major Astro', who introduced a selection of popular cartoons. The ...

Hat

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:20:28 EST

How the heck would rope make you look mean? "Edward Teach was an infamous pirate who thought his men to be ruthless whilst sailing the seven seas. What other name did Mr. Teach go by?

Your answer: Blackbeard

Blackbeard would stuff burning rope under his hat to make himself look more fearsome and he tied black ribbons onto the end of braids that he had put into his beard. Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, was eventually killed in a fight with Lieutenant Robert Maynard of the...

Treaty

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:53:06 EST

I remember the first time I visited the palace of Versailles when young. Trivia today online: "What was the name of the body which is the predecessor of the United Nations?

Your answer: The League of Nations

The League of Nations was an inter-governmental organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920, and the precursor to the United Nations. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members. "