geezerchick
- Bio
- exercise junkie, married to the best alien on Earth, four grandchildren, ornery dog who is not house-trained, if it's legal, I've probably done it -- for pay
MY RECENT POSTS
- An Argument in an Old Marriage
May 22, 2012 11:30AM - I Have no Nipple and I Must
Squirt
May 18, 2012 05:51PM - Yay -- The Cancer is Gone
April 17, 2012 01:12PM - The Pathology Lab is
Slooowwwwww
April 13, 2012 04:30PM - Cancer is Chaos
March 30, 2012 11:13AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “I recently reconnected
with a woman I hadn't seen
since I was
8 years old.
Amazin…”
May 22, 2012 08:50PM - “No longer invisible.
Growing old makes no sense. Do
not tell
me it is
intelligent…”
May 22, 2012 08:44PM - “Mary, thanks.
Amy, I
do open doors for him, fix his
computer, start the fire
in
th…”
May 22, 2012 03:27PM - “I thought I had a talent
for uncovering odd bits of
news --
you surpass me! We
l…”
May 21, 2012 12:00PM - “May I suggest the word
Perdu (from the French lost)
for one
who has lost a
child.…”
May 21, 2012 11:33AM
Geezerchick's Links
MAY 7, 2009 9:19AM
Telling the Medical Profession How to do its Job
I'm feeling gloomy this morning. It's rainy. My hip hurts. And it
occurs to me that in many ways I'm in worse shape now than before I
went for microcurrent physical therapy. Â I have paid in
every possible way for my mistake in seeking this therapy: Pain,
Time, Money, Emotional Freakouts,… Read full post »
MAY 5, 2009 7:48AM
Mental Looping
I used to think the three worst things on planet Earth were Space,
Time and Gravity. Space is why my dog can run away, or why I can be
stuck in traffic (on my bike), or why I can't be with the people I
want to be with at any given…
MAY 1, 2009 4:39PM
Waterboarding and Neti Pots
Last night after my yoga class, one of the other students mentioned
that a local man has offered to be waterboarded for charity -- at
$1000 a minute. Â And he's looking for other volunteers.
After the initial shock wore off, I asked, "Does anybody know if
waterboarding is very different from…
APRIL 30, 2009 6:58AM
A Letter from my Grand Daughter
I just received a letter -- a real physical hand-written letter --
from my 7-year-old grand daughter. She sent it from her school as a
class project. She told me planted grass seeds in a cup and they
sprouted. And she sent me a drawing of a hexagon. Â When
she was…
APRIL 26, 2009 7:23AM
Saving 30 Cents at Staples
Staples emailed me coupon to get a free cloth shopping bag with any
purchase. I was low on paperclips, so the coupon served as a
reminder to go to Staples (probably the whole point of sending me
that coupon -- but I expect they thought I'd spend more than a
couple…
APRIL 24, 2009 11:39AM
Yoga for Hip Joints
I
discovered something odd about my hip joints at last night's yoga.
 When I started out in triangle pose, I could barely
get my feet 2 feet apart. But as soon as we started turning our
feet this way and that, and leaning to the side, my hip joints
become more… Read full post »
APRIL 23, 2009 2:32PM
Why Pledge the Flag?
Would you begin public gatherings by reciting an old advertising
jingle?
How about a poem written by a socialist Baptist minister?
Or maybe a poem edited by the United States Congress?
These ideas sound preposterous. But that’s exactly what
we’re doing when we say the pledge of allegia… Read full post »
APRIL 22, 2009 3:58PM
Standing on One Foot With my Eyes Closed
I went to the morning Pilates class at my gym. The attendees were
mostly women, mostly over age 60. And most of us are or have
recently been in rehab. We started trying to top each other -- my
Physical Therapist is weirder than yours kind of thing.
 Mine has me…
APRIL 21, 2009 9:29PM
Trying to Figure out Twitter
I've spent the day trying to figure out Twitter. I signed up for
TweetLater.com so I can automatically follow back anybody who
follows me. I set up a keyword search so I can follow anybody who
writes tweets with my key words. And I posted a tweet -- a message
with…
APRIL 19, 2009 3:19PM
Yoga on the Rope Wall
My Iyengar Yoga class has a rope wall. Loops of rope hang from
supports along the wall. Today the teacher showed me how to cross
two of the loops, put my legs into them and do a supported version
of Downward Dog. Â It's wonderful! The ropes hold about
half my weight…
APRIL 19, 2009 7:18AM
Safety and Ideals
I entered my local Toastmaster's International Speech Competition
yesterday with this talk. I got 3rd place. I may have
persuaded some listeners to stick up for their rights and oppose
government monitoring of email. Here's the talk:
APRIL 18, 2009 2:31PM
Didn't Win the Toastmasters Division
I got 3rd place at my Toastmasters Division competition. It's okay.
The guy who got 1st place danced. He jumped. He made silly faces.
His voice was confident. His performance skills outshown mine in
every way possible. Â Now I have more time to work on
the screenplays I'm writing, and the…
APRIL 17, 2009 7:59PM
One Remark Causes Lifelong Food Prejudice
When my girls were young, I agreed to babsit a neighbor Chris's
daughter Eden for the day because her regular sitter was ill.
My neighbor hadn't returned by dinner time, so I made an
extra pizza sandwich for Eden. A pizza sandwich is a slice of bread
painted with tomato paste,… Read full post »
APRIL 15, 2009 4:59PM
Thoughts on Moving *Again*
I'm just back from accompanying my husband on a job interview.
While his potential colleagues interviewed him, the chancellor's
wife took me on a tour of the town and grilled me. I enjoy
Philadelphia. I'm not eager to move. I told her that.
 She told me she didn't want to move…
APRIL 15, 2009 8:28AM
Trying to Stay Forever Young
I really thought I was going to escape. Everybody grouches
about getting old.. But I was fine – biking around the city,
swimming at the pool, running to catch the bus. Then I turned
60. For the first time, I was in pain. I couldn’t lift my leg
over the back… Read full post »
APRIL 11, 2009 6:32AM
Iyengar Yoga from a Lineage Teacher
When I took yoga in college as my gym class, I had no idea I was
learning most of the asanas incorrectly. Tree pose looks so simple.
But I didn't know that the pelvis must face forward and the hips
remain level. It doesn't matter how high your foot goes on…
APRIL 10, 2009 9:01AM
One Remark Causes Lifelong Food Prejudice
When my girls were young, I agreed to babsit a neighbor Chris's
daughter Eden for the day because her regular sitter was ill.
 My neighbor hadn't returned by dinner time, so I made
an extra pizza sandwich for Eden. A pizza sandwich is a slice of
bread painted with tomato paste…
APRIL 5, 2009 7:27AM
Teaching Children not to Peek
I'm just back from a visit to my younger daughter's home where I
did some magic tricks with her children. Â The key to my
magic shows is that the children do the magic and make the
discoveries. I'm just the storyteller. They are the actors. They
wave the magic wands, say…
APRIL 2, 2009 7:50PM
Bring your own box to the restaurant
I'm helping Valerie Melville with a book she's writing on how to
live more ecologically. In one section she suggested bringing a
paper bag to the restaurant for your leftovers. Â Gooey
city! I wrote her back that it makes more sense to bring a
re-usable plastic box that can go in…
APRIL 1, 2009 3:55PM
Pilates and Kegels
I took another Pilates class today. Afterwards several other
students and I asked the teacher more about the pelvic squeeze that
is part of the core stablity in Pilates. Â We all said
that kegel squeezes do nothing for our sneeze and leak problems.
 Maybe we're doing them wrong?? The teacher keeps…
MARCH 30, 2009 10:59AM
I asked for a bike, and they gave me a wife
My husband is going to be interviewing for a job in California.
Since our older daughter, her twins, my mother, father, brother and
sister all live in CA, I'm coming with him. We'll arrive several
days early to visit family. Â He asked what I'd like to
do while he spends the…
MARCH 24, 2009 5:56PM
Getting the Bum's Rush
I am now officially out of P.T. My physical therapist noticed that
my rehab doc had neglected to send him a copy of my prescription. I
don't need him to tell me to exercise. I just needed his guidance
as to which exercises would help me. Going to P.T. was getting…
MARCH 23, 2009 6:34AM
Pre-Emptive Bandages
I must be wearing a sign that says "Give this woman more exercise!"
I bragged to my chiropractor about all the exercise I'm doing,
imagining an enthusiasatic response. My chiropractor runs
marathons-- he's another exercise junkie. But NO! Not a word about
what a great program I'm doing. Instead, he ga… Read full post »
MARCH 21, 2009 7:59AM
Not Getting Anything More Done
Yesterday I decided to take it easy. Aside from my early morning
bike ride to mail a DVD to a friend in time for her grand
daughter's birthday party, I limited my exercise to the 80 minute
routine from my PT. Â No trips to the gym. No yoga
class. No weight…
MARCH 18, 2009 12:40PM
How is a Doctor's Office Different from a Torture Chamber?
This is a legitimate question: How is a doctor's office different
from a torture chamber?
The last time I went to my rehab doc's office, he told me to
get on his examining table and proceeded to pound on my shins with
a mallet. He did not explain what he was going… Read full post »
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