tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post6970708966153145945..comments2023-11-16T08:21:33.975-08:00Comments on Let me tell you what I think: 3 Things I'm Good At; 3 Things I'm Bad At...and a really good book i read. jojo cucina cucinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-56097419966881970272016-09-09T23:13:02.150-07:002016-09-09T23:13:02.150-07:00Totally get what you say Amanda.Totally get what you say Amanda.jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-7060886675802917072016-09-09T11:55:31.062-07:002016-09-09T11:55:31.062-07:00I never get embarrassed about things I'm not c...I never get embarrassed about things I'm not conscious for (Re: colonoscopy). If I had to stand there, fully awake, and spread my own cheeks apart for some doctor, I would be embarrassed. But, give me drugs, knock me out first? I don't care. <br /><br />Pap smears and breast exams are way more embarrassing. You have to make small talk the whole time!!<br /><br />Just my two cents.Amandahttp://amandahaines.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-8645202921770701942016-09-05T16:53:09.819-07:002016-09-05T16:53:09.819-07:00Thanks for being here pearl! I do go back and fort...Thanks for being here pearl! I do go back and forth on Kaepernick. <br /><br />I would tell your 75 year old friend that getting a colonoscopy is so much better than getting a pap smear! Or maybe she never had one of those either? I don't think it's a big deal at all and will need to get another next year when i turn 60. Did this woman every have kids? See? Because i think that would be way way harder and more embarrassing (since i've never had one.) <br /><br /><br /><br />jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-38874110767551777992016-09-04T22:35:02.494-07:002016-09-04T22:35:02.494-07:00Three things I'm good at:
1. Crafty things. ...Three things I'm good at:<br />1. Crafty things. I have a good imagination, and can pull things together to achieve my vision...most of the time!<br /><br />2. Cooking. I don't do a ton of fancy stuff all the time, but I'm not afraid to take on a complicated recipe now and then. My prime rib is really good, I finally mastered the Yorkshire pudding to go with and my bechamel turns out a respectable moussaka.<br /><br />3. Problem solving. I can compartmentalize and look at things objectively very well, and I have a really good memory (so far...) <br /><br />Three things I do badly:<br />1. Take criticism. I recoil from criticism (even if it is not intended as such) - but not because I think I'm perfect. Quite the opposite. I'm my own harshest critic, so when anyone else points out my (many) imperfections, it's like I'm being piled on because I'm already beating myself up about it.<br /><br />2. Suffer fools. Which makes politics absolutely painful for me. Especially now. I am very fact driven and ethical. Variances of either drive me 'round the bend. <br /><br />3. Exercise. I'll go in spurts. Can't maintain a steady state - even though I always feel better when I do than when I don't. I'm inertia's bitch.<br /><br />On Kaepernick: I share your nephew's take. SoB makes >$12 MILLION a year! No right to school me on repression, thankyewverrahmush. I'll give him respect when I see him pony up a few of those $$million$$ to disaster relief in Baton Rouge, or set up a (well endowed) fund to educate inner city kids. That, I can respect. Sitting on his well heeled a$$ during the national anthem? Meh. BFD. It's all of our 1st amendment right to be as big an a$$hat as we wish. It's our responsibility to exercise that right with a little common sense.<br /><br />On Facebook -- aka click bait paradise:<br />ARrrrhhhggghh. A friend of mine is battling colon cancer. I am giving her encouragement. Now my newsfeed is filled with colon stuff. Having to click to find out it's just someone's birthday? Ginning up false results (it's that same stupid algorithm that had me thinking...hoping...Megan Kelly had left FauxNews. She's too smart for that lot).<br /><br />On colon cancer (kinda close to the a**hole, so...Lochte):<br />I have a friend who's 75 and has never had a colonoscopy because she's too "embarrassed". Srsly??? I've had one baseline...not at all pleasant, but just a few hours out of my life...and follow up annually with the less invasive home test that I send off once a year - that they now believe is every bit as effective. Small sacrifice to block one more cancer from messing with my life. Off my soapbox now...<br /><br />pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13982007511015181038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7122471343312326996.post-13825005944205411102016-09-01T14:28:49.430-07:002016-09-01T14:28:49.430-07:00My nephew Brian (who is 32 years old) often gives ...My nephew Brian (who is 32 years old) often gives me insight. He called today and we were talking about Colin Kaepernick and he said "Don't mistake his selfishness for nobleness." He said Kaepernick is an egotistical prick and he doesn't buy into his protest and believes that if he really wanted to make a difference he could do it another way instead of refusing to stand up. And what is he going to do? NOT stand up at every game. So that does give me pause. He said Kaepernick is on his way out and this is an antic that detracts from his teammates and that isn't fair to his team. So i agreed that maybe he should be working with Black Lives Matters peaceful protest instead of using his job that hurts his teammates and may cause some real problems with wacko fans. <br /><br />He makes some sense to me. I told him my problem with the story mainly was the people who are hating on him seem to be the same ones who give a pass to Trump for all that he says and does and that totally bugs me. <br /><br />I like the guy who made a FB comment about the story saying that given that Kaepernick is being bench as lead QB that he should be looking for ways to Stand UP instead of sitting down. <br /><br />jojo cucina cucinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09801083378294299891noreply@blogger.com