Got Secrets?

I just wanted to remind everyone of this great website/project "Post Secrets". They evoke the whole range of emotions! Has anyone submitted one yet? Would you?

I'd love to do some research on this opportunity. Does it help people? How much? In what way? Lots of questions.

Sometimes I read them & my heart hurts so much for them. I wish I could just give them a HUGE LONG HUG! Hmmm is that a secret? Nah...well it isn't anymore if it was! HA!

No Laughing Matter!

Just got these today & thought I'd share them with you. It is pathetic though! Man! Click view larger to read them!

Bill Maher had on Ian McKellan (Lord of the Rings & now DaVinci Code) last night. Ian said he has solar panels on his roof & gets so much energy he sells it back to the electrical company. So basically he gets his electricity not only free but makes money. He also said he sold his car & walks now in London. Thought we should all walk to work...right! He has no concept of the suburbs! Ha! Said he was in CA walking & he was walking faster than the cars & buses. HA! Then he said that people get in their cars & they are isolated from others & get aggressive. He said when you walk down the street you can smile & shake a hand & connect. Interesting thought but there are plenty of people walking in metropolitan areas that walk right past each other and still do not do this. I mean some do shake hands, but it is not just because you are in a car that they don't.

World Tai Chi Day

 
Today was World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day so I was with about 20 other people doing Tai Chi on this dreary & drizzly day! Ick! It was about 58 degrees but it is already going down & is 53 now! It also says rain almost every day for the next week! Ugh! But it was fun & good for the spirit. We were doing it at the same time as people were in 60 other countries. That really makes you feel connected to the world. We went out to the Chinese Buffet for lunch...which my tummy didn't like, so that is why I put frustrated on how I feel. I had some errands to do today & grading of course, but at the moment neither are possible. Hopefully later in the day. My tummy has been odd for the last few days, probably the Augmentin (sinus antibiotic) I just finished yesterday. Hopefully it will settle down soon.

I've been doing Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Yoga & Meditation (our combo package) for about maybe 7 years now? I'll have to check. Last few years I haven't been able to do much due to my foot. I starting to get back into it though. I left off on my Level II working on my Master Level to teach. I'm certified in Tai Chi in a Chair though. The first 10 months I did it was great & then I didn't go for 2 weeks because finals week was approaching & "I didn't have time!" RIGHT! I got a migraine. I went to take some migraine meds & I'm out. So I call my pharmacist & they say "Sorry!" I'm like "I have 3 refills what is the deal?" Not good to be aggravating a person who already has a migraine...not a happy camper. Well they had me look at the date...it was over a year old. I had not taken them in the 10 months I was doing Tai Chi! I really do love it & hope I can get back into it. Last summer just as I was starting again I tore the muscle in my foot they grafted, well the half they got back. We'll see what I can do this summer.

If you go to the Illinois World Tai Chi Day site you will find a link (scroll down) with an explanation of Qi Gong & then a Qi Gong Sitting Meditation which is really good. I just got finished doing it. I'm going tobookmark it myself. Can be a lovely break at work or at home if life is getting to you.

The Sneeze

My dad sent me this today & I thought you might like it too!

They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium.

With rich maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt.

Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears.

This class would not pray during the commencements----not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it.

The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families. The speeches were nice, but they were routine.....until the final speech received a standing ovation.

A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a moment, and then, it happened.

All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!!

The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said, " GOD BLESS YOU, each and every one of you!" And he walked off stage...

The audience exploded into applause.

The graduating class found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval.

Isn't this a wonderful story?

Pass it on to all your friends.........and GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

In God We Trust, United We Stand.

This is a true story; happened at the University

Weekend Asgn: Lesser-Know Work

Weekend Assignment #108: Show off (or link to) a lesser-known work from a favorite artist.

My favorite is Noel's work. In particular her Angels. The ones I like the most are:

Grace
Whisper
Mercy
Angel of the Lake

She also has some lovely books.

Extra Credit: When was the last time you were in an art museum?

A year ago May. I went to see the Rembrandt exhibit after the MPA conference. I lucked out! It was sold out but a member donated a ticket & because I was alone they gave it to me. I think got the audio tour at the membership rate. I am so glad I did the audio tour. Totally worth it! I would have never known the info it explained or picked up the points in the painting they suggested. I found my self so excited. I was learning something so new. I was not really into art so this was all totally new to me.

I Can See...I Can See!

I went to get an eye exam today so I could get some fresh contact. It had been a year already man! Well, the first thing I find out is I'm not suppose to be using my Renu Moisture Lock. I had no clue. I had heard about the eye fungus thing but not that this solution was possibly linked. I don't watch the news a lot & didn't see it on the web news.

Sorry...interruption here to scream that the White Sox lost! I'm a Cubs fan but I'll still watch!

Ok so back to my eye exam. He told me that of the 30 people who got the Eye Fungus thing, 26 used the Renu solution. He did add that Renu is the #1 solution though sooo...great example for me to use in class to show between Correlation & Experimentation. So he told me to just hang on to it & gave me some OptiFree.

So next he asks me if I want to try the new AcuVues. I have used Biomedics for years. I inquired & he said they are made of silicon and thus breathe better & don't dry out by the end of the day. Hey...that would be good as I am having that problem more as I get older. When I was in college I could fall asleep with them in, and that was not the time they had those types, and I'd wake up & never even realize I did...except when I realized I could see across the room Ha! Ya, I can't see far! So I say sure! Now does that mean I can answer YES to having silicon implants! HA! So I'm trying the trying the these new ones. Probably 10 years from now they'll tell me I'm blind because of them! (Knock on wood incase I'm supersticious!) They say all the other companies using plastic ones are going to change to silicon. We'll see.

Well I am happy to report my eyes have not gotten worse! YAAA some part of my body is not getting worse! I could see the teeniest, tiniest print up close clearly! YA!!! Perfect on the new machine that does peripheral vision too. And considering my baby brother (shhh you didn't hear me say that) has worse eyse & he is 6 yrs younger than me I'm thrilled! :-)

I do have to go back in a few weeks to get them dialated & check a bit more. I couldn't today since they said I couldn't read up close for 3-4 hours. I have to grade papers so no way. Once school is out then I can...I'm just go shopping! HA! I can do that...just tell me where to sign! HA! I do want to get the more detailed exam as my mom just had a cornea transplant last year & I look like her & have some of her health issues. I also had a head injury in 8th grade that pushed my eye back & cracked my sinus cheek bone from the force. At that time that eye was worse in vision a bit...now with age the other has caught up. My eyes are really not that bad...I think 3.25 is the prescription so but just good to keep tabs on them I figure.

You know at the teachers conference I go to last year we were asked which we felt we could do without hearing or vision. What would you pick. I, and a few others, did ask if we were originally born with it & lost it or just born without. That seemed to make a difference somehow. Tough one...to not see children's smile...my nieces...to not see your mate? But then not hear their voice or laugh? To hear MUSIC! Ugh! I'm not sure still but just so grateful today I have both. Mom still has stitches in her eye & it is almost a year. She can't drive still & then she is likely to get the other eye done so that is another year! And she has a convertible Seabring so that is really hard not to be able to drive it. She would live in it. You should see how many times you would have to vacuum the dust from it! HA!

Well fresh contact & I can see so clearly now...maybe that is not so great...man I have to vacuum in here! HA! Let you know how the contacts do later!

The Eagle is Landing!

Here is another one I got that is cool....

Check out what some of our boys overseas did to their helicopter.

Some Afghan is probably freaking out rightabout now.

The story is: this very specialMi-24 helicopter is presently flying in Afghanistan, where it is no doubt causing quite a stir. God Bless the U.S.A.