There is a commercial on the air that shows when a woman receives a report from her Doctor and her cholesterol (bad) has dropped, she is ecstatic. She high-fives the world……and goes bowling; she is very happy. When it comes to diabetes and numbers, I have always thought it better to take a different approach. When […]
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I am a fan of Seth Rogen. His humor is edgy, he pushes the envelope, he misses, he hits, but he takes risks and in an industry that plays it safe, he seems fearless in trying for something different. And, I will admit, he also revisits things that work well, hey a guy has to […]
Apart from English and German, the name of ‘Easter’ has been derived from Pesach, the Hebrew name of Passover festival. “Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.” Clarence W. Hall The date of Passover is variable as it is dependent on the phases of the moon, and thus […]
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The Easter Basket……A Poem.
Oh the Easter Basket so sweet with candy and not whole grain Wheaties, Can cause such havoc for those living life with diabetes. It is not necessarily the actually candy that causes us to stump, It’s the sneaking without telling; or consulting the pump. The basket seems so pretty when it’s finished by one Easter […]
Diaversary. When you type it, the little red-squiggle-line is under it as a mis-spelled word; you won’t find it in any dictionary, but you will find it in the Diabetapedia (bet you did not know we had one of those in the diabetes community….did you?…but we do); but for all intent and purposes, the word-diaversary-does not […]
So I have been traveling this week….no surprise there…eh? But this travel is for family business and a little fun. As I sit down by the water I see the waves breaking a short distance from the shore. Rougher weather than normal (no surprise there either), I notice what sea-bearing people will call ‘white-caps’ on […]