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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011I’m Addicted to My iPhone
Monday, July 11th, 2011
Minda
Our guest blogger this week is, Minda Brown Jaramillo, from Cleveland, Ohio. She recently moved back there after spending 10 years in the Southwest. She has been employed as a Licensed Independent Social Worker for the past 26 years and is currently managing programs for Women in Recovery. She enjoys reading, traveling, listening to music, and movies. She has been married for 15 years and has two dogs.
I think I’m addicted to my iPhone. After 2 Droids (the original and its upgrade), I was really tired of spending money on something I wasn’t satisfied with. I’m amazed by my iPhone’s speed, accuracy, and how the touch screen for texting is so right on. I also love the general easiness of its functionality.
Using my iPhone
How do I know I may be addicted? I am a licensed clinical social worker and work with addicts on a daily basis. In order to be diagnosed, there is a little book called the DSM IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders that provides clues as to whether you meet criteria for this. Although I don’t believe in labeling people, it does give one a good point of departure to work from. Here’s a sample of some of the questions the book asks regarding addiction: “A maladaptive pattern of use leading to significant impairment or distress manifested by three of the following in a 12 year period:
1. Have you gone through withdrawal? Wow…I don’t know yet because I’m never without my phone. I can only surmise that I would go through withdrawal or, at the very least, panic if I did not have it.
2. Have you build up a tolerance? Hmmm….well, I guess since a phone is nothing I can ingest orally or through injection to determine if I’ve built up a tolerance; I can determine that I use it more than I used to, not to mention others have told me the same thing.
3. Have I given up important activities or relationships that I would normally participate in or a failure to fulfill normal obligations? Well, I think I’m safe with this one. I wouldn’t stay home to be with my iPhone. I’d just take it with me.
4. Have I suffered any consequences, legal or otherwise due to using my phone? I don’t think so, although again, I am conscious to not text while driving. However, I will look to see if I’ve received any emails. I do have to be careful while in business meetings to not focus on my iPhone.
5. Is there a great amount of time spent trying to get to my phone? Well again, I’m really never without it.
6. Have I suffered a physical or psychological disturbance that is exacerbated by its use? No, I can honestly say I have not.
7. So the good news for me is (according to the DSM IV book) since I haven’t had my iPhone for a 12 month period, I’m in the clear – at least until the new iPhone comes out in September which is supposed to rival all other phones on the market.
Check with me a year from now and it may be an entirely different story.
No Signs of Recovery!
Don’t Hate Me Because I Don’t Garden
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Annice
There it is – I said it: I don’t garden. Never did. Don’t want to, don’t have time to, don’t want to make the time – until l I retire – maybe. I know gardening is the favorite past-time of baby boomers, but I’m just not that into it. I dreamed my house was surrounded by beautiful plants and flowers blooming all about, bordered by superbly arranged hedges brilliantly designed by a landscape architect (green, of course).
My Dream
But the truth is, I’d rather do yoga, read a book, walk my dog, work on my novel, or plan a dinner party.
I wish my house had a vegetable garden with a variety of edible plants right outside my door. And I would love to walk outside swinging a basket in my arms to gather strawberries, blueberries, tomatoes, and watercress, but then again, I’d have to sow in order to reap. Last year, my dear friend and expert gardener Sadhvi, helped me grow various lettuces and herbs in potted plants for my deck. She educated me and set me up, and I’ll be darned if I didn’t have lettuce and herbs all summer long. But now, I can’t even get it together to do that. So, I went to the garden shop and bought colorful plants (don’t ask me what they are) and I will re-pot them and display them on my deck so I can sit and relax in the privacy of my home.
Front yard
By the way, I must also confess that my yard needs a ton of work. I looked on the HGTV site to see if by chance I could nominate myself for an extreme outdoor makeover but couldn’t find that option on the website. I’m so desperate. If you know of a contest for outdoor landscaping, please let me know. You see, I live on a mountain, so I’ve convinced myself and everyone else that I don’t need any landscaping because I’m a firm believer in the school of “natural habitat.” In case you’re thinking, OMG, I’m so glad I don’t live next to her, you can’t see my house from the road. It’s down a big hill (the one my husband slipped on during the snow storm in January and broke his hip), and no one can see it.
Back yard
Last year's deck - will try again
Laugh Lines: One of These Will Make you Smile!
Monday, February 21st, 20111. How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It. 2. How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit? Tame Way. 3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psychopath 4. How Do You Get Holy Water? You Boil The Hell Out Of It 5. What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! 6. What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long? Polaroids 7. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work? A Stick 8. What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours? Nacho Cheese. 9. What Do You Call Santa's Helpers? Subordinate Clauses. 10. What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand? Quatro Cinco. 11. What Do You Get From a Pampered Cow? Spoiled Milk. 12. What Do You Get When You Cross a Snowman With a Vampire? Frostbite. 13. What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches? A Nervous Wreck. 14. What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can Roast Beef. 15. Where Do You Find a Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him. 16. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? Because They Have Big Fingers. 17. Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive? Because It Scares The Dog. 18. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic? Sanka. 20. Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down? Because They Wore Their Belt Buckles On Their Hats. 21. What's The Difference Between a Bad Golfer And a Bad Skydiver? A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack, Dang! A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack. 22. How Are a Texas Tornado And a Tennessee Divorce The Same? Somebody's Gonna Lose A Trailer.copyright sadhvi 2011
Laugh Lines: A Rare Medical Condition
Saturday, February 12th, 2011
A RARE MEDICAL CONDITION
A man and a woman were sitting beside each other in the first class section of an airplane.
The woman sneezed, took out a tissue, gently wiped her nose, and then visibly shuddered for ten or fifteen seconds.
The man went back to reading his book.
A few minutes later, the woman sneezed again, took a tissue, wiped her nose, then shuddered violently.
Although assuming the woman might have a cold, the man was still curious about the shuddering. A few minutes passed when the woman sneezed yet again.
As before she took a tissue, wiped her nose, her body shaking even more than before.
Unable to restrain his curiosity, the man turned to the woman and said, “I couldn’t help but notice that you have sneezed three times, wiped your nose, and then shuddered violently. Are you okay?”
The woman replied, “I am sorry if I disturbed you. I have a rare medical condition. Whenever I sneeze, I have an orgasm.”
The man, more than a bit embarrassed, was still curious and asked, “I have never heard of that condition before. Are you taking anything for it?”
The woman nodded and said, “Yes, black pepper”.
