Sunday, May 31, 2009 - Where has May gone? It flew by. Charlie and I are doing very well and I am so pleased to be with him. For weekend breakfasts I made pancakes. I made the barbequed meat again, and yesterday also a meat loaf that was good: mostly meat and eggs with a little minced onion, celery and carrot (mire pois). We have been watching movies and eating Haagen Daz ice cream at home, saw "Private Benjamin", "Outsourced" and "Taking Chance" - all were good.
I just read a book on eating and it seems that short fat glasses cause people to drink more - this would be good for water glasses. It says that larger plates cause people to eat more food than they do when food is served on smaller plates. People who chew longer eat less. I knew this because the gut hormones, ghrelin and leptin have more time to act.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
"The World's Fastest Indian" movie on Burt Munro
2005 movie: We watched Anthony Hopkins re-enact the true story of part of Burt Munro's life focussing on his speed record still standing today. At age 68 in August 26, 1967, Munro set the world's record for SPEED in the category of under 1,000 cc engines. Munro still holds the world record, no one has yet gone faster. Can you believe he went almost 200 miles per hour (190.07) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, and he was 68 years old !!! Born at home (Herbert James Munro) on March 25, 1899, with a stillborn twin sister, he died in his sleep from heart failure on January 6, 1978. He married in 1927, and fathered a son and three daughters.
Even more astonishing is that Burt set his current world speed record on an old 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle manufactured to reach speeds up to 54 miles per hour. Munro worked on it for years and tinkered it up to higher and higher speeds with parts he personally made in his garage. Truly amazing !
If you decide to see this movie, be sure to first watch the Special Features interview with the real Burt Munro, it will make you appreciate the movie even more.
AND the movie is an excellent psychology study of the human spirit, and is inspiring in every category. Anthony Hopkins said it was his best role ever.
I think that Jami just had a tooth filled. I do hope that they correctly sized and placed the filling correctly so that there is no toothache pain from the filling pressing on the nerve root. May we have a calm and pain-free Jami.
Even more astonishing is that Burt set his current world speed record on an old 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle manufactured to reach speeds up to 54 miles per hour. Munro worked on it for years and tinkered it up to higher and higher speeds with parts he personally made in his garage. Truly amazing !
If you decide to see this movie, be sure to first watch the Special Features interview with the real Burt Munro, it will make you appreciate the movie even more.
AND the movie is an excellent psychology study of the human spirit, and is inspiring in every category. Anthony Hopkins said it was his best role ever.
I think that Jami just had a tooth filled. I do hope that they correctly sized and placed the filling correctly so that there is no toothache pain from the filling pressing on the nerve root. May we have a calm and pain-free Jami.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Freedom Day is May 27
Today is my liberty day, a day of thankfulness for my freedom. I intend to relax and be mindful in the moment. I will keep a smile on my face, joy in my heart, and sunshine on my body.
I love life and feel gratitude for love, life, and liberty.
Thanks for my children and family and friends and neighbors. Last, but not least, thank you for my Charlie.
And on a sad note, Clayton mailbox vandalism, sheriff notified, and mailbox has been replaced. Now tv, phone, inet cable cut, I will just cancel these services to Clayton.
I love life and feel gratitude for love, life, and liberty.
Thanks for my children and family and friends and neighbors. Last, but not least, thank you for my Charlie.
And on a sad note, Clayton mailbox vandalism, sheriff notified, and mailbox has been replaced. Now tv, phone, inet cable cut, I will just cancel these services to Clayton.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Charlie bought some blue mouthwash and after I gargled with it, my teeth were blue. So you know what I did next. I made my own mouthwash. I recycled my green Carlson's cod liver oil bottle, put vodka in it, added just a few drops of peppermint oil, wintergreen oil, and eucalyptus oil. It came out wonderful but strong so I added a bit of water. I made my own label and taped it on the bottle. Great!
For years I have made my own toothpowder. I purchased some toothpowder for the container and when it was used up, I re-filled the container with Arm & Hammer baking soda which is alkaline and good for teeth. For general household cleaning, I also use baking soda instead of Ajax, Comet, etc. However, I do buy Bar Keepers Friend because it is oxalic acid and when the sink does not clean up well with the alkaline baking soda, the acid Bar Keepers Friend will do the job. I plan to find a source to buy oxalic acid and then I will re-package it in my own container and label.
We went to the ballet "Tune In and Turn Out: Dancing Our Way Through TV Land" ( www. abileneballettheatre.org) at the Paramount Theatre and they are really, really good. Two of the dancers will go on to the Joffrey. One of the choreographers (Lindsay McGill) is as good as it gets, she could work on Broadway. I love live entertainment.
For years I have made my own toothpowder. I purchased some toothpowder for the container and when it was used up, I re-filled the container with Arm & Hammer baking soda which is alkaline and good for teeth. For general household cleaning, I also use baking soda instead of Ajax, Comet, etc. However, I do buy Bar Keepers Friend because it is oxalic acid and when the sink does not clean up well with the alkaline baking soda, the acid Bar Keepers Friend will do the job. I plan to find a source to buy oxalic acid and then I will re-package it in my own container and label.
We went to the ballet "Tune In and Turn Out: Dancing Our Way Through TV Land" ( www. abileneballettheatre.org) at the Paramount Theatre and they are really, really good. Two of the dancers will go on to the Joffrey. One of the choreographers (Lindsay McGill) is as good as it gets, she could work on Broadway. I love live entertainment.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
5-22-09 - Muffler Day
Friday, today is another beautiful day in Paradise and Charlie got off work early so it is even better. He is off work Monday, 5-25, for Memorial Day, so we have almost a four-day holiday. The muffler of the Blazer fell apart, so he went to Pep Boys and bought some parts and crawled under and fixed it in just a few minutes, he is a genius.
We went browsing-shopping in several stores, and did not buy much but looked around a lot.
In the evening, after dinner, we watched DVD movies from the public library and ate ice cream. The movies were bad, but we enjoyed being at home together.
We went browsing-shopping in several stores, and did not buy much but looked around a lot.
In the evening, after dinner, we watched DVD movies from the public library and ate ice cream. The movies were bad, but we enjoyed being at home together.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifUneventful so far.
Today is warm but pleasant, about 85 degrees. The weather is similar to Los Angeles but even milder. 85 here feels cooler than 85 there. An uneventful day so far. My liver and onions came out great. And I want to recommend www.responsibletechnology.org which was started by the author (Jeffrey M. Smith) of "Seeds of Deception" and "Genetic Roulette", two excellent books and the website has a list of GMO foods and many, many scientific references to proof of dangers and toxins in the food offered to us today by the profit-motivated giant food companies. Please note that I am all in favor of capitalism and "caveat emptor" (buyer beware). Because of the poisons deliberately put into the DNA of our food, I refuse to buy any genetically altered foods such as non-organic corn, soy, squash, tomato, and others.
5-27: My Annual FREEDOM FROM HELL Day
WARNING: Avoid this post ! This post contains unpleasant, sick material. It is very personal may NOT be helpful or entertaining to you. You may want to just skip it entirely. I believe mental illness is contagious, and this post describes depraved mental illness. I recommend that you go to a different post. Here goes: When I was young and dumb, a virgin at 18, I married a devil, Gene. Being young and stupid about people, I did not even recognize that he was a bona fide paranoid schizophrenic with severe BPD - personality disorders as well as multiple drug abuse. I had no idea that it was possible for people like him to even exist. I had been loved and pampered by my parents and teachers and was praised and admired by everyone for eighteen years. I won awards and contests and was first in everything, your outstanding "good girl". Imagine my shock and surprise at the first abuse when I was suddenly back-handed hard, right across the face, unexpectedly and without reason. An instant transformation from Teachers' Pet to Prisoner-Slave. I had no one to guide me, no parents, no aunts, no uncles, no grandparents, no friendly adults to tell my troubles to, only three younger siblings with their own problems.
It worsened from there, my life was in danger many, many times with knives, guns and physical abuse. I miscarried from his beating me and kicking me in the stomach with hard boots. He loved to put out cigarettes on my torso where the burns would not show. He strangled me unconscious several times. He loved to play Russian roulette, pointing a gun loaded with one bullet at my head and pulling the trigger. He would put a thin towel on me and beat me with whips and belts and sticks on top of it since he explained that this would keep some of the bruises from showing. He kept a constant watch on me since he knew I wanted to escape, I could not even defecate unless he was standing over me with a loaded gun, usually cocked. His beatings would come without any cause or any warning or any schedule and in between them he would sometimes apologize profusely. He repeatedly threatened me and told me of the different abuses and tortures he intended to do to me. He would drive me to work or school and be waiting to pick me up, always stalking around the work or school peeking in and watching me. I was simply his prisoner. Although I did now know it at the time, I was conditioned into Pavlovian constant fear of death.
He was also a pedophile for young girls, age 6 or so and he would often go out and say he had been at a school or playground. I sat next to him in a Shakey's Pizza restaurant when he groped a young girl's vaginal area for a long time (she was too shocked and confused to do anything ) when he saw her father go to the restroom. When the father returned from the restroom, the girl told on Gene. The father called the police and Gene ran out to the car with the father chasing him. I silently prayed for the father catch him and for the police to arrive in time, but he got away. I was horrified at Gene and at one point was able to report to the police from a college phone but the policeman answering the phone refused to take his information and instead made fun of me. At that time I was too much of a young greenhorn to know what to do next.
He had many more sick depraved inclinations. He liked to hurt animals. After he tortured Jaspar, a gold cat I acquired, I made sure never to have any pets. I was properly brain-washed into constant fear of death. There is much more that I could say, but I will stop here because it is sickening relive this. Let me just say I wish Gene literally to burn slowly in hell. He was human in his body but not in his soul. He deserves to never have been born.
I finally escaped from him on May 27 wearing a blonde wig. I had arranged with a friend of a psychiatrist to get a ride to California straight from the last exam. I had met a psychiatrist at college in the lunchroom and told about my situation. I asked for help to escape. Gene did not work, like a pimp, he always took all my money from my work but over the years I managed to sneak some money into hiding so I paid the friend out of money I had secreted in the hem of a coat to let me get a ride with him. I had lied to Gene and told him the last day of school was the next day. Back then, it was difficult for me to tell any lie even when my life was in danger. This is how stupid young people can be. Needless to say, I had a bad case of post-traumatic stress disorder for many years.
So you can see that May 27 is a holy day to me, a sacred day of freedom and liberty and healing. For years now I use this day to feel joy and to meditate and be grateful. I know now that "No one can do anything to you unless you let them" ( a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt who did not live by it) and I regret my stubborn promise to myself to stick with it and make my marriage work. I strongly believe in divorce. I wasted years of my life with unnecessary suffering but I am grateful that I finally ran away. "Geography is everything" - a quote from the serial murderer Ed Gein. Joy, optimism, meditation/prayer, moderation, mobility, service, love.
It worsened from there, my life was in danger many, many times with knives, guns and physical abuse. I miscarried from his beating me and kicking me in the stomach with hard boots. He loved to put out cigarettes on my torso where the burns would not show. He strangled me unconscious several times. He loved to play Russian roulette, pointing a gun loaded with one bullet at my head and pulling the trigger. He would put a thin towel on me and beat me with whips and belts and sticks on top of it since he explained that this would keep some of the bruises from showing. He kept a constant watch on me since he knew I wanted to escape, I could not even defecate unless he was standing over me with a loaded gun, usually cocked. His beatings would come without any cause or any warning or any schedule and in between them he would sometimes apologize profusely. He repeatedly threatened me and told me of the different abuses and tortures he intended to do to me. He would drive me to work or school and be waiting to pick me up, always stalking around the work or school peeking in and watching me. I was simply his prisoner. Although I did now know it at the time, I was conditioned into Pavlovian constant fear of death.
He was also a pedophile for young girls, age 6 or so and he would often go out and say he had been at a school or playground. I sat next to him in a Shakey's Pizza restaurant when he groped a young girl's vaginal area for a long time (she was too shocked and confused to do anything ) when he saw her father go to the restroom. When the father returned from the restroom, the girl told on Gene. The father called the police and Gene ran out to the car with the father chasing him. I silently prayed for the father catch him and for the police to arrive in time, but he got away. I was horrified at Gene and at one point was able to report to the police from a college phone but the policeman answering the phone refused to take his information and instead made fun of me. At that time I was too much of a young greenhorn to know what to do next.
He had many more sick depraved inclinations. He liked to hurt animals. After he tortured Jaspar, a gold cat I acquired, I made sure never to have any pets. I was properly brain-washed into constant fear of death. There is much more that I could say, but I will stop here because it is sickening relive this. Let me just say I wish Gene literally to burn slowly in hell. He was human in his body but not in his soul. He deserves to never have been born.
I finally escaped from him on May 27 wearing a blonde wig. I had arranged with a friend of a psychiatrist to get a ride to California straight from the last exam. I had met a psychiatrist at college in the lunchroom and told about my situation. I asked for help to escape. Gene did not work, like a pimp, he always took all my money from my work but over the years I managed to sneak some money into hiding so I paid the friend out of money I had secreted in the hem of a coat to let me get a ride with him. I had lied to Gene and told him the last day of school was the next day. Back then, it was difficult for me to tell any lie even when my life was in danger. This is how stupid young people can be. Needless to say, I had a bad case of post-traumatic stress disorder for many years.
So you can see that May 27 is a holy day to me, a sacred day of freedom and liberty and healing. For years now I use this day to feel joy and to meditate and be grateful. I know now that "No one can do anything to you unless you let them" ( a quote from Eleanor Roosevelt who did not live by it) and I regret my stubborn promise to myself to stick with it and make my marriage work. I strongly believe in divorce. I wasted years of my life with unnecessary suffering but I am grateful that I finally ran away. "Geography is everything" - a quote from the serial murderer Ed Gein. Joy, optimism, meditation/prayer, moderation, mobility, service, love.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Community Chorus and Community Band
We went to an evening concert: Such talent, it was nice and in a wonderful setting - the Paramount Theatre ( www.paramount-abilene.org ). Free, but we gave a $20 donation. The community has established the Celebration Singers, Inc. with 501(c)(3) tax deductible donations and The Abilene Community Band. The performers are all free volunteers and the donations support college music majors. This is such a good idea, I wish all communities would do this.
The full chorus performed some Broadway numbers, and then some soloists and three different sextets sang. The band played several songs and one was really a tickle - a tuba and piccolo duet.
The third portion was the chorus and band performing together. This was the first time I have seen two conductors perform simultaneously. At one point, the chorus and band performed the same songs and the band conductor and the chorus conductor stood side by side and each conducted their group at the same time.
The barbequed ribs came out great. The secret is long, slow, low temperature baking. I baked them in a covered clay dish which held in moisture and kept them tender and soft. It's almost impossible to over-flavor this way.
The sauce came out great. I used only three ingredients for the barbeque sauce: hot red pepper flakes, vinegar and sugar. The pepper flakes were so old and musty and flavorless that anyone else would have tossed them, but I thought of the Egyptian mummies buried with plant materials and of how plants were grown from those old seeds thousands of years later. The spirit of the plant is still there. So, anyway, I soaked the old pepper flakes in some warm water and charmed them back into life. The sauce was excellent.
I tried several times to see the movie, "The Last King of Scotland". Last week I found the book at the Salvation Army thrift shop for 69 cents so now I understand that I was meant to read, not see, this story. The book seems very well written and the author, Giles Foden, is a man in his thirties who now lives in London. Can you believe it, this is his first novel!!!
Oh, and by the way! On page 4 of the program for the concert was a full-page ad for Suddenlink (remember my 5-15-09 post on them?). The middle of the page said "Unlimited local and US long distance." $93.00 per month with inet and tv. What rats! Talk about adding insult to injury! I can't wait to switch my phone service.
Today I plan to cook liver and onions. I bought the grass-fed beef liver for $5 a pound at the farmers' market from slowpokefarms from Joy Hedges, our Weston A. Price chapter Leader. I will first slow-fry some thinly sliced onion in butter and when golden I will add thinly sliced strips of liver and salt and freshly ground pepper and will gently fry until done. I love liver, and it is loaded with B-vitamins and nutrients. Some dip their liver in flour, or gently pound it in flour a la Meuniere, but I prefer it plain. Yesterday I toasted raw sunflower seeds in butter and salt, and I may sprinkle them over the liver and onions. Or maybe just a sprinkle of parsley. We'll see.
The full chorus performed some Broadway numbers, and then some soloists and three different sextets sang. The band played several songs and one was really a tickle - a tuba and piccolo duet.
The third portion was the chorus and band performing together. This was the first time I have seen two conductors perform simultaneously. At one point, the chorus and band performed the same songs and the band conductor and the chorus conductor stood side by side and each conducted their group at the same time.
The barbequed ribs came out great. The secret is long, slow, low temperature baking. I baked them in a covered clay dish which held in moisture and kept them tender and soft. It's almost impossible to over-flavor this way.
The sauce came out great. I used only three ingredients for the barbeque sauce: hot red pepper flakes, vinegar and sugar. The pepper flakes were so old and musty and flavorless that anyone else would have tossed them, but I thought of the Egyptian mummies buried with plant materials and of how plants were grown from those old seeds thousands of years later. The spirit of the plant is still there. So, anyway, I soaked the old pepper flakes in some warm water and charmed them back into life. The sauce was excellent.
I tried several times to see the movie, "The Last King of Scotland". Last week I found the book at the Salvation Army thrift shop for 69 cents so now I understand that I was meant to read, not see, this story. The book seems very well written and the author, Giles Foden, is a man in his thirties who now lives in London. Can you believe it, this is his first novel!!!
Oh, and by the way! On page 4 of the program for the concert was a full-page ad for Suddenlink (remember my 5-15-09 post on them?). The middle of the page said "Unlimited local and US long distance." $93.00 per month with inet and tv. What rats! Talk about adding insult to injury! I can't wait to switch my phone service.
Today I plan to cook liver and onions. I bought the grass-fed beef liver for $5 a pound at the farmers' market from slowpokefarms from Joy Hedges, our Weston A. Price chapter Leader. I will first slow-fry some thinly sliced onion in butter and when golden I will add thinly sliced strips of liver and salt and freshly ground pepper and will gently fry until done. I love liver, and it is loaded with B-vitamins and nutrients. Some dip their liver in flour, or gently pound it in flour a la Meuniere, but I prefer it plain. Yesterday I toasted raw sunflower seeds in butter and salt, and I may sprinkle them over the liver and onions. Or maybe just a sprinkle of parsley. We'll see.
Links to two good sites.
www.janicebrenman.com
A good legal/Anna Nicole Smith - Howard K. Stern/interesting news blog.
www.westonaprice.org
A wonderful site for good health. Nutrition. Recipes. Science. Trustworthy. I think it is my favorite source regarding health.
A good legal/Anna Nicole Smith - Howard K. Stern/interesting news blog.
www.westonaprice.org
A wonderful site for good health. Nutrition. Recipes. Science. Trustworthy. I think it is my favorite source regarding health.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Perfume: Story of a Murderer
Saw the movie and recommend it, it was quite unusual, had Dustin Hoffman and the rest were unknown actors which helped make it more real. Accurate psychology of an abused child who matured into an adult lacking empathy for others so murder was of no consequence to him, he failed to bond or identify with other living beings.
I tried making perfume before and it was easy. I took lavendar flowers and leaves from my backyard and put it in my blender. I added olive oil (to absorb the essential oil - like dissolves like) and added vodka (a natural anti-bacterial to keep it from rotting) and ground all in the blender. I let it sit for a week or so. Then I strained it and bottled it. That's all, I did not distill as they did in the movie. The lavendar perfume lasted about ten years, and I still have some.
Next time I make perfume, I will try to use a fixative: orris or storax. Orris is merely iris root and it somehow holds odors. So dig up an iris bulb, carve it into a shape or cut it into small pieces and dry it slowly. I had one carved into the shape of a nut and odored with camphor and I kept it in a sweater drawer to repel moths. Storax is dried resin from the sweetgum (liquidamber) tree. So scrape off the drippings and dry them to hold perfume.
From the movie, which showed enfleurage techniques, I see I can use butter, lanolin, jojoba oil, basically any fat to absorb the flower oils. I want to avoid oils from GMO's since whatever is put onto the skin is absorbed into the blood, at least a small amount.
Today I plan to bake some beef ribs in the oven in a closed pan with a sweet (sugar) and savory (vinegar) sauce at a slow temperature, maybe 190 degrees F. for about six or more hours. It'll be barbequed ribs.
I tried making perfume before and it was easy. I took lavendar flowers and leaves from my backyard and put it in my blender. I added olive oil (to absorb the essential oil - like dissolves like) and added vodka (a natural anti-bacterial to keep it from rotting) and ground all in the blender. I let it sit for a week or so. Then I strained it and bottled it. That's all, I did not distill as they did in the movie. The lavendar perfume lasted about ten years, and I still have some.
Next time I make perfume, I will try to use a fixative: orris or storax. Orris is merely iris root and it somehow holds odors. So dig up an iris bulb, carve it into a shape or cut it into small pieces and dry it slowly. I had one carved into the shape of a nut and odored with camphor and I kept it in a sweater drawer to repel moths. Storax is dried resin from the sweetgum (liquidamber) tree. So scrape off the drippings and dry them to hold perfume.
From the movie, which showed enfleurage techniques, I see I can use butter, lanolin, jojoba oil, basically any fat to absorb the flower oils. I want to avoid oils from GMO's since whatever is put onto the skin is absorbed into the blood, at least a small amount.
Today I plan to bake some beef ribs in the oven in a closed pan with a sweet (sugar) and savory (vinegar) sauce at a slow temperature, maybe 190 degrees F. for about six or more hours. It'll be barbequed ribs.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Mama's birthday - May 17, 1921
Honoring Bertha Darla Jean Slayton, my wonderful mother.
Thank you for all you did for me.
You always did your best and always tried hard.
You deserved much better than you received.
I so hope that your life improved dramatically after February, 1958.
I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU.
Thank you for all you did for me.
You always did your best and always tried hard.
You deserved much better than you received.
I so hope that your life improved dramatically after February, 1958.
I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU.
Friday, May 15, 2009
the Better Business Bureau - http://bbb.org
I should have started with the BBB. I wanted landline phone service and got a flyer in the mail from suddenlink advertising phone, internet and Tv for $93.00 plus tax per month. The flyer said "Unlimited local and U.S. long distance." those are the exact words. But the bill is for more, and after calling and complaining several times and getting a credit, the bill is still over the written promise. What is the worst thing is that DAVID SHERRILL said "I will call you back by May 5 for sure and we will credit you or not, but for sure will call you before May 5." Well, they never called. I wish I had immediately filed a complaint with the BBB.
May 15, 2009 - Jan's birthday
Happy birthday to you, Jan! Just heard Julie's dad is ill, condolences and a fast recovery wished. Health is so important, and I can tell a difference from what I eat. Tomorrow is the first day of the farmers' market and I look forward to buying. Yesterday I made my medieval baked dish of turnips, rutabagas, layered with sardines, anchovies, black olives and Jarlsberg swiss cheese. Charlie made a wonderful stir-fry dish of chopped cabbage and chopped beef sausage. We are waiting for a Netflix movie, "Captain Newman, MD" starring Bobby Darrin who was nominated for an Oscar for this role. We will probably receive it tomorrow. Just returned "Boogie Nights" which I had been wanting to see for years, it was not that good because the writing and plot were choppy but the casting was excellent. Jan's blog is getting a lot of action, go to www.janicebrenman.com and leave your comment.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
May 14, 2009 -tomorrow is Jan's birthday
May 15 - the day before my criminal procedure final exam. My law school let me take the exam about 6 weeks later, and I did fine. Labor started early in the morning, was it 5:00 am or so? I did have a horrible experience at UCLA and because of that horror I had my next baby at home on purpose, and ever since I have strongly been in favor of home births.
There is a DVD movie, "The Business of Being Born" by Ricki Lake that I wish every single parent-to-be would watch. It is truly eye-opening and educating. Childbirth is such an important subject that I would have this movie shown to every person as soon as they reached puberty in my Utopia.
Here in the year 2009, I am relaxing at home, doing a bit of hand laundry, plan to bake a tasty turnip dish based on a medieval recipe, plan to make some follow-up phone calls solving daily irritations made by corporations. Many years ago life was easier because business was done by individuals who cared. Today, things are likely to be handled by someone who does not share a common culture or language and basic understanding is more difficult. Also it is likely that the worker earns the minimum wage and does not intend to stay with the company for long, so it is hard to care about customers. So I find myself spending much more time fixing things than I did years ago.
There is a DVD movie, "The Business of Being Born" by Ricki Lake that I wish every single parent-to-be would watch. It is truly eye-opening and educating. Childbirth is such an important subject that I would have this movie shown to every person as soon as they reached puberty in my Utopia.
Here in the year 2009, I am relaxing at home, doing a bit of hand laundry, plan to bake a tasty turnip dish based on a medieval recipe, plan to make some follow-up phone calls solving daily irritations made by corporations. Many years ago life was easier because business was done by individuals who cared. Today, things are likely to be handled by someone who does not share a common culture or language and basic understanding is more difficult. Also it is likely that the worker earns the minimum wage and does not intend to stay with the company for long, so it is hard to care about customers. So I find myself spending much more time fixing things than I did years ago.
check out www.janicebrenman.com
Yes, it is great - see the latest on Howard K. and ANS - I love her blog!
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