Life Size

As of May 2013 Florida has the first life size Barbie Dreamhouse, a 10,000 square foot affair containing 350 dolls,an elevator,the dream closet,a bright pink baby grand piano all included behind an Art Deco exterior. A few days later in Berlin and even larger (27,000 sq. ft.) version opened with mixed opinions. A group of activists claiming it represents domesticity and if that role is strengthened in childhood it will be a life long role. I say give me a break,they're just kids, did anyone ever protest Cinderella's Castle in Disneyland? I also wonder if the furnishings are made to accommodate Barbie's rather different proportions? The Dreamhouse in Berlin was scheduled to move to another European city after its 3 month stay in Berlin.

Sleep/Time

I was thinking about how I ended up so tired yesterday and how sleep can be an elusive commodity at times, or maybe I was just  over amped on endorphins? and from there I wanted to "Turn Back Time". Time can be on your side,too much of it on your hands,time can be in a bottle,time after time, and those are just examples of time in songs,I won't even get started on movies about time! Then you have the endless phrases about time,do it later when there is more time,where did the time go? the ever popular time is money,which makes sense  if you think of saving or spending,but  does that work with time? Where do you put time when you save it? Every day has 24 hours and saving time one day doesn't give you more hours the next day. Then there is the big time,a timely manner,timing is everything,hard time,a stitch in time,time is of the essence,all the time in the world,a sucker is born every minute and live for the moment. If none of these work for you maybe a timeshare would be the answer? Until next time!

A Pictorial

I'm feeling one brick short of a load today,so rather than attempting to make sense I am going to post pictures of unusual mailboxes. I wouldn't mind having the lighthouse mailbox.

Stabs in the Dark

I tend to have a cynical view of modern medicine,particularly using medications where it is questionable if the chemicals are doing more harm than good. Are they really hoping to stumble upon cures,or are the big pharmacy companies simply lining their proportionally big pockets? Then a person takes a glance into the past at medical science and it seems apparent that medicine has been founded on the best guess theory. A Nobel prize in medicine was awarded in 1927 for the discovery of using malaria to treat neurosyphillis,which was a fatal disease at the time. My first thought was how did they come up with a disease to cure a disease? As it turns out it is just as reasonable approach as ingesting the chemicals that medicine uses in the treatments today where the long term effects are largely unknown. What they had observed that inspired the malaria "cure" was that some patients who developed high fevers would be cured of syphillis. With that observation came the idea of treating the syphillis by giving the patients malaria to produce the high fever. It might sound a little crazy,but at the time was considered acceptable risk as the malaria could in turn be treated with quinine. I'm not sure which I would prefer if given a choice...modern or old school? and are researchers any closer to having it all sorted out?

Reverse Offense

Mostly a person reads or hears about younger people carjacking the vehicles of the elderly,and as you will see there is a reason for that. A 64 year old Australian man held a knife he had just purchased during his shopping errands to his 22 year old victims throat. He managed to get her out of the car and while he was loading his walker and groceries into the car she called the authorities who had ample time to arrive a arrest the carjacker before he made his getaway. I can't help but wonder if he had more problems than just his mobility? or maybe this is what the future holds for carjackers as they age?
In case anyone is keeping track of the times "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" uses questions from my previous posts, today's show used two. One was about the breast milk lollipop and the other was about Dr. Seuss...maybe I should start a new career writing for them?

A Plug For Rage

Have you heard of Rocky Wood? Rocky is an author who lives in Australia. He has written several books about Stephen King and his works, as well as a few novels. When Rocky was diagnosed with ALS aka MND in Australia, a group of authors including King got together and wrote a collection of short stories titled "Rage Against the Night" to help finance the purchase of a machine that will allow him to communicate as the disease progresses. I was very touched by the kindness and camaraderie of this group and have purchased the book and am currently reading it. Unlike some horror stories these offer characters that as King put it "stand up against the darkness,stare it right in the eye,and give it the finger". It is a terrible disease Rocky is up against and I urge anyone with the least interest to purchase the book. I will also be purchasing books by Rocky not only for my enjoyment but with the hope that I am helping with his struggle.

Going

This year is going,going...but not quite gone. September is Responsible Dog Ownership Month and Happy Cat Month,they kind of go together if you think about it.
9/1 National No Rhyme (nor reason) Day
9/2 Bison-ten Yell Day
9/3 Another Look Unlimited Day
9/4 Newspaper Carrier Day
9/5 Be Late For Something Day (sorry,this just doesn't happen for me)
9/6 National Lazy Mom's Day
9/7 Neither Snow nor Rain Day
9/8 Virgin Mary Day (not the drink,but feel free to celebrate with one!)
9/9 Wonderful Weirdos Day
9/10 Swap Ideas Day
9/11 Odd Day
9/12 Video Games Day
9/13 Blame someone Else Day
9/14 National Kreme Filled Donuts Day
9/15 International Dot Day
9/16 Stay Away From Seattle Day
9/17 Time's Up Day (jeez,I hope not...)
9/18 National Cheeseburger Day
9/19 Talk Like A Pirate Day (one of my favorites!)
9/20 National Tradesmen Day
9/21 Big Whopper Liar Day (big lies aka Mobys)
9/22 Elephant Appreciation Day
9/23 Innergize Day (day after autumn equinox)
9/24 National Woman Road Warrior Day (I used to be one of these)
9/25 National One-Hit Wonder Day
9/26 Johnny Appleseed Day
9/27 Ask a Stupid Question Day (whoever said there are no stupid questions didn't know a lot of stupid people)
9/28 World Heart Day
9/29 National Coffee Day
9/30 Blasphemy Day
As always,enjoy your month!