Ageing... disgracefully

I always thought yoga had a lot going for it.... and after seeing this supple yoga teacher at 83, I am sure of it. Wondering about grabbing a mat and joining it... but not the Bikram sort - not into workouts in hot sweaty rooms!

You can read more about this Supple Supergran here

In the same breath, the news tonight, after the swine flu reports, mentioned the plight of this rest home resident.

THE daughter of a war hero attacked by mice as he lay bed-ridden in a nursing home has spoken out about the incident that could have killed her father.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said staff at the Karingal Residential Aged Care Facility in the Queensland town of Dalby called her the day after Anzac Day to tell her that mice had gnawed at her 89-year-old father the night before.

and from here

"I'm told by his daughter that the poor old fellow [had] been trying to brush the mice away as they continued chewing his ears, head and neck," Mr Hopper said.
"He was so stressed that doctors put him on morphine to calm him down. He nearly died on Saturday night. He was being eaten alive."

Certainly there are two ways to age -  and although I might not make the first one, we all want to avoid the second!!

I intend to age as disgracefully as I can. I have been working on it for the last decade... and I am sure that close friends might agree I have given it a fair nudge. I have discovered that women over 50 can join the Red Hat Society... - or here. Their philosophy is based on the following poem....

Warning
By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens...

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

http://rlv.zcache.com/red_hat_notecards-p137892941340928098qdoq_400.jpg

and 

http://www.redhatclipart.com/imagesamp/travel34.gif

That's my excuse...

Enjoy yourselves - we need some respite from all the swine flu news :)

Ageing... disgracefully

I always thought yoga had a lot going for it.... and after seeing this supple yoga teacher at 83, I am sure of it. Wondering about grabbing a mat and joining it... but not the Bikram sort - not into workouts in hot sweaty rooms!

You can read more about this Supple Supergran here

In the same breath, the news tonight, after the swine flu reports, mentioned the plight of this rest home resident.

THE daughter of a war hero attacked by mice as he lay bed-ridden in a nursing home has spoken out about the incident that could have killed her father.

The woman, who did not want to be named, said staff at the Karingal Residential Aged Care Facility in the Queensland town of Dalby called her the day after Anzac Day to tell her that mice had gnawed at her 89-year-old father the night before.

and from here

"I'm told by his daughter that the poor old fellow [had] been trying to brush the mice away as they continued chewing his ears, head and neck," Mr Hopper said.
"He was so stressed that doctors put him on morphine to calm him down. He nearly died on Saturday night. He was being eaten alive."

Certainly there are two ways to age -  and although I might not make the first one, we all want to avoid the second!!

I intend to age as disgracefully as I can. I have been working on it for the last decade... and I am sure that close friends might agree I have given it a fair nudge. I have discovered that women over 50 can join the Red Hat Society... - or here. Their philosophy is based on the following poem....

Warning
By Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens...

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

http://rlv.zcache.com/red_hat_notecards-p137892941340928098qdoq_400.jpg

and 

http://www.redhatclipart.com/imagesamp/travel34.gif

That's my excuse...

Enjoy yourselves - we need some respite from all the swine flu news :)

MORNING INTELL: Obama Citizenship, Aging Reversed, Thanksgiving

BLOGOSPHERE NEWS:
November 27 2008



THE SCOOP:
* THANKSGIVING is for Thanks, Right?
* New Drug Reverses the Effects of Aging?
* 100s injured, dead in INDIAN Terrorist Attack
* Obama Citizenship Questions Continue
* Big Brother Alert
* Brainy Obama?

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

1. Turkey, Football, Dressing. Really, I didn't want to go anywhere anyhow: Roads, skies less full as Thanksgiving rush starts
   
2. The America-hating disease has spread like a brush fire upon the earth.
   America, the Blessing
   
3. Word wars: Most Americans prefer “Merry Christmas” over “Happy Holidays.”
   
4. Things To Be Thankful For In A Troubled World: The motto at the news networks may be, "If it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead", but there's plenty of things to be thankful for today if you're in America.

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TWO STORIES FROM WIRED:

• IF You Think Social Security is in trouble now:
  Drugs Reveal Another Possible Cause of Aging: ""In principle, we now could have a way of reversing the effects of aging," said David Sinclair, a Harvard University gerontologist and co-founder of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a company best-known for its development of an experimental drug called resveratrol."
  The government paying people until we're all 125? Maybe they'll start a lottery to see who gets Social Security after the age of 110.
• A Scientific Quandry:
  When Intelligent and Natural Design Collide: "On a recent flight to California, I found myself looking at man-made structures in the Nevada desert and wondering: did I really know, in a scientifically valid way, that they were artificial? Or was I simply resorting to the principles of Intelligent Design, which in other contexts I'm quick to discredit?"

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• Minnesota Senate Recount, Update IX
  "The Coleman campaign has just issued the following press release that confirms the nightmare scenarios sketched out by John Fund in his Wall Street Journal column today:"
  
  
• Gold to shoot through the roof? Citigroup: Gold Over $2,000, Massive Inflation, Depression, and Civil Disorder. Maybe Citigroup is just talking about their company-wide economic conditions?
  
  
• 125 Dead, 900+ wounded--and counting: TERRORISTS HOLD MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGE IN MUMBAI!
  
  
• Let the Hollywood Purge begin!
  PROP 8 MAFIA CLAIM ANOTHER VICTIM:

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OBAMA CITIZENSHIP ISSUES CONTINUE

1. It may be a "First Read" at NBC News, but only if you've not been looking for the last six months. Duo take Obama birth challenge to Court Hard to ignore all of the court cases--but the other networks continue to do so.
   
2. Kenyan Ambassador tries to explain away his recorded statement from a few days ago. He still declines to answer a simple question.
   Kenya: 'I don't know' if Obama born in U.S.
3. The Obama citizenship issue in one concise interview:
   Alan Keyes Tells Us Why He Questions Obama's Presidency
   
4. David Broder: "When I started covering the White House more than 50 years ago, I believed that the smarter a president was, the better he would be. That was wrong."
   Good Time For a Brainy President

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MEATY LINK FUNK GOODNESS

• BIG BROTHER ALERT:
  Border Agents Begin Using “Long-Range” RFID Scanners on ID Cards: "USA Today has a story on the new long-range RFID scanners reading ID cards as individuals drive toward the border."
  

  “By the time a car stops at the Customs booth, the agent will have the photos and information of everyone in the car. If a name is on a watch list or database, the person will be taken in for questioning."

  
  Long-range ID cards? While this might sound good for terror uses, it's potential for misuse by the government is high.

  “Once a particular individual is identified through an RFID tag, personally identifiable information can be retrieved from any number of sources and then aggregated to develop a profile of the individual.”

  
  
• Fauxtography for Dummies: Fauxtography For Dummies: Use PhotoShop, Catch Criminals. Interview with LAPD forensic photographer.
  
  
• All new for 2011, General Ford Cerberus Motors is proud to present The FannieCrat 3000, the first automobile designed by members of Congress for their adoring constituents. All new for 2011, GFCM presents the FannieCrat 3000 Luxury Sedan! It's a keeper!
  
  
• Lotsa LOLs: Terrorist Restless Leg Syndrome

by Mondo Frazier
images: dbkp file