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I REALIZE THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF HELP OUT THERE WHEN IT
COMES TO TAKING
CARE OF OURSELVES... but, I've never heard the following,
have you? The
article said that there is a new use for duct tape that even
the
greatest handy man alive would probably not be aware of. In
the
"Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine," there was
a study
about warts that some researchers had done. They compared
two ways of
treatment, the one with the time honored method of freezing
the wart
with liquid nitrogen and the other was to use duct tape.
Both were said
to be effective but the tape was most effective. Here is the
plan of
attack, one is to cut a piece of tape to size and leave it
on the wart
for six days, always replacing it if it should fall off. If
any
irritation occurred, however, you are to stop this method
immediately.
After six days, you should soak the wart in water and then
gently file
with an emery board. Then new tape should be applied in 12
hours, and
then to continue this cycle until the warts are gone. You
must stop
however, if they aren't gone in two months. Now I surely
wouldn't
recommend this treatment unless and only if my doctor went
along with
it, but I wonder is duct tape truly the answer to almost
everything?
MARK TWAIN CONTINUES TO SURPRISE ME WITH HIS WONDERFUL...
and
meaningful quotes about life. "Grief takes care of itself
but to get
full value out of joy, you must have someone to divide it
with." True,
how true and every time we are full of joy we should call or
visit a
friend and share that joy.
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR NEW POWER WORDS... that help to express
our
feelings, mostly because common words have more common
values and don't
get our point across quite as vividly. An example of that
would be the
word validated, as that used to conjure up the marking,
stamping or
mutilation of a parking ticket. Now it seems that to be
validated as a
person is truly a good thing and it has nothing to do with
our being
touched in anyway. Power words are interesting but they tend
to come
and go unlike most of their common counterparts. (Some
copied).
I JUST LOOKED AT SOME VERY OLD COMIC BOOKS THE OTHER DAY...
and was
interested to find out that as far back as 1842, "The
Adventures of Mr.
Obadiah Oldbuck" became the first comic book ever published
in America.
The very beginning of this phenomenon however is traced even
further
back to 1569, when a German one was first published. How
many remember
the Buster Brown comics, they used to be given out to
someone buying a
pair of shoes. Surprisingly even Superman's pedigree dates
back to
1938, so I guess reading comic books is a wonderful way to
study
history. In the 1880's a 19th century illustrator named
Palmer Cox
licensed his popular comic characters and called them the
Brownies.
They were a group of mischievous, pixie-like creatures, and
they
forever changed American media and marketing. Isn't history
fascinating? (Thanks to my "Mature" magazine for this
history lesson.)
DO WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW THE ANSWER WHEN WE ASK SOMEONE HOW
THEY
ARE?... I truly hope so, as what better way to be a caring
and helpful
friend than to want to know the truth about how someone is
feeling both
physically and mentally. Also, it usually seems to be a true
indicator
of our spiritual life as those who practice religion seem to
have an
easier time of coping with the myriad of stresses we all
encounter.
A.A. Milne, famous author of Winnie the Pooh, has really
given us an
example of who not to emulate, and that would be Eeyore and
his
pitiful, poor me, oh woe is me attitude. He is honest and
very humble
but sometimes that is not a good thing, even though someone
like him is
easy to read but not much fun to be around. He believes that
to
celebrate birthdays is a waste because they are here today
and gone
tomorrow, and if Pooh greets him with "good morning" he
will reply "If
it is a good morning, which I doubt." (From an Anonymous
pastor)
ROBIN ROGERS, TV NEWS PERSON... has decided to no longer
wear a wig
which she had been doing due to her chemotherapy regime. She
said that
she no longer felt it necessary and that what was important
was what
was inside of her, deep inside and that that was her soul.
She went on
to say that not her hair, color of her skin or anything else
other than
that made her who she was. It goes along with the dream that
Martin
Luther King had when he said we should only be judged by the
content of
our character. Character, seems to be one of the buzz words
this
election year, and at times I'm still wondering who has that
character
that I want to be associated with. As for Robin Rogers, it
is always
good to do what you feel is best for you and the rest of the
world as
long as it is the right thing to do and doesn't harm anyone.
I would
imagine each one going through what she has will have a
different time
when the wig should come off, and to make such a personal
decision can
only come from the one doing the wearing, because they and
only they
can know the absolute right time for them.
SOMETHING JUST CAME TO ME... you know what I mean that light
bulb kind
of moment when you realize what someone has been telling you
is most
assuredly true in your life. Mine is something that has
happened
numerous times over the many years of this column and it is
the fact
that my husband accuses me of having to read EVERYTHING that
was ever
written. I do like to read and my copious clutter will
attest to that,
but everything, surely that can't be correct. Sad to say it
is, and
even a piece of junkmail that any normal person would throw
out
unopened becomes fodder for maybe something to put in my
column, that
something that I haven't come across before. I just keep
hoping my
readers will appreciate the fact that 24-7, I'm always on
the look-out
for tidbits to fill these lines. Yes, I have paper and
pencil next to
my pillow just in case it's needed when some piece of
information comes
across in a dream or a late night phone call, and yes, there
is also a
phone next to it. I only hope and pray that at least one
thing in each
week's hodge-podge of ideas will brighten your day or at the
least
bring a smile when needed.
THE "FOG INDEX" IS THE NAME GIVEN TO ONE OF THE SCALES USED
TO MEASURE
THE READABILITY, OR THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION REQUIRED FOR
READING AND
UNDERSTANDING... something that you are reading. The lower
the score,
the easier to read and the more accessible it is. Using this
measure,
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address scores a ninth-grade reading
level, while
Time magazine aims for an eleventh-grade level. The Lord's
Prayer is
rated on a fourth-grade level and Psalm 23 measures at a
fifth-grade
level. These rankings shouldn't surprise us, for one thing
the news of
the day is very complex and requires a good deal of
explanation while
the prayer is brief and to the point without complexities
and various
agendas. I enjoy reading from every level, after all what is
more fun
than a Dr. Seuss book or more intriguing than a biography of
a famous
person. That is why I am reading a book on each of the
presidential
candidates. This time around, I want to see for myself what
they feel
and how they act when under extreme stress and when
circumstances seem
to be all in their favor or on the other hand not at all in
their
favor. Will I be done in time to vote for the "perfect" one,
I plan on
it, keep in mind that I am reading a book about almost all
of those who
initially threw their hat in the ring. So far, Mike
Huckabee's book ,
"Digging your grave with you knife and fork" is a favorite,.
That's
right it no longer matters what I learned in his book, as he
is on to
other things.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT...
It is now
known around the world as people who embrace the principles
of working
together, pooling resources and talents to bring about a
desired
result. I find it interesting as to the names that are used
in the
various countries when talking about participating in such
an event. In
Finland for example it is called a talkoot, in England it is
a Jacob's
join, in Turkey an imece and in Norway a dugnad, and we in
America
compare it to a barn raising and having a potluck dinner. No
matter
what it is called, the end result is what counts and what
needs to be
focused on.
PASS IT ON...AND ON...