I really do plan to post on a regular basis when the house calms down some. Work is laying off more people, and because the government wants a single payer healthcare system…(Ha! That won’t work. We can’t even pay for medicare.)….the feeling that our jobs are secure is at an all time low. Really people, Medicare’s about to run out of funds and the governments thinks it can handle more of the health insurance biz? I don’t think so.
Honestly, I don’t know what I’d do without my job. Probably curl up and die.
Gotta Love Her!
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 16, 2009
To be or not to be….God, I hate Shakespeare.
Simpsons Sunday…err Monday: Life on the Fast Lane
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 16, 2009
EDIT: Yeah, yeah. I know I said I’d post this yesterday, but I had some living to do.
Season 1, Episode 9
Synopis: Homer, out of pure selfishness, gives Marge a bowling ball engraved with his name for her birthday. (He said so it was she knew the ball was from him. Yeah, right.) She refuses to let him use it and takes bowling lessons from a home-wrecking, smooth-talking lothario with a fake French accent named Jacques. Natch. As he tries to seduce Marge, knowing she’s married, her faithfulness to Homer (and her own set of morals) is tested.
My thoughts: I like how this show portrays more adult problems and how generally the characters have the moral fortitude to fix the mistakes that were made. I think the difference between the newer shows that are more Family Guy like in nature (Bleh!).
Favorite Quote: Jacques: I know, my mind says stop but my heart and my hips cry ‘Proceed’!
Donut rating: 4
Update: I live!
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 14, 2009
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Ugh. I hate it when real life gets in the way of my blogging. Good news! My blood sugar levels have been consistently going down. Today? It was 134. Still too high, but it’s getting to where It needs to be. Unfortunately, diarrhea has been a side effect, but it’s been going away. Too much information, I know, but I like to keep it real. Good and bad. It only happens when I up my dosage (according to doc’s directions, of course) or take it too close to my meal. I usually like to wait ten minutes. Then I take my metformin.
One thing I do miss is having a glass of wine. Alcohol is a definite no-no with the meds I’m on.
Last week, though, when I started feeling shaky, I took my blood sugar and it was 166. I believe that my body has been at such a high blood sugar level for so long, it wasn’t used to it being so low. That’s just my thought and I’m not a doctor, just a lowly medical assistant who works for a major health insurance company. (Can’t say, clowns will eat me.)
Simpsons Sunday will be posted later today. I just wanted to give my friends an update on how I was dealing with my diabetes. (Still seems weird to type that.)
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Three more weeks and I will be winging my way to South Carolina! Woot! Gonna have so much fun going to the beach and Washington DC…..on July
5th. It’d be awesome if I could have been there for the fourth of July, but hey….at least I am going! Double Woot!
I’m meeting my true blue WoW sister and her kids. (Actually, I’m staying at her house. Don’t worry. I’ve known her for ages, so I am relatively sure
she won’t murderize* me in my sleep. Note the relatively sure part.) She has internet, yay!, so I should be able to post pics and stuff from there.
Also, did you know the Benny Hill theme makes everything hilarious? Even the Punisher? Follow the links (Here’s the Tom Jane and here’s the Ray Stevenson version) and see for yourself. And PLEASE comment on it on my site! Really, it is so funny.
WoW—or I ain’t got Nuthing
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 10, 2009
Simpsons Sunday: The Telltale Head
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 7, 2009
Season 1 Episode 8
Synopsis: The beloved statue of Springfield’s illustrious town founder was brutally vandalized by el Barto, who did it for the approval of some really rotten kids. (Jimbo, who wears a Punisher shirt. Grrr. As well as Dolph and Kearney. Bad eggs. The lot of them.) It’s obviously a take on Poe’s–whom I adore, but he was sick and twisted–own tale, A Telltale Heart. Bart’s conscience torments him in pretty much the same fashion. It’s also interesting to note that in a future episode featuring Lisa, A Telltale Heart is also referenced. (Season six, episode titled Lisa’s Rival. Yes, my knowledge of the Simpsons is quite extensive and it is quite scary!)
My thoughts: This is one of the very first episodes that advocates morality and how important it is to be truthful, even especially if mistakes were made. It also makes a point of illustrating the effects of peer pressure and the basic need of humans to be liked and accepted.
Favorite Quote: Sunday School Teacher: Is a little blind faith too much to ask?
Donut Rating: 4
Work’s keeping me hopping. Getting in shape and cooking a decent dinner is keeping me hopping—on one foot. I feel that I don’t have the time to put forth decent posts. The desire to do so is still here, however, the time is extremely limited as I write for a RPG group, play a little WoW, and spend some time unwinding.
It seems lately that all my posts have been about updating what’s going on in my uninteresting life, or complaining, or being more than a little insecure. That’s not what I am. (Well, ok, I AM a bit whiny and insecure, but I do have a heart of gold underneath it all. Sorry, that issue is under construction. Probably have it fixed in the year 2020.)
What I need to get back to is entertaining stories, not the fluff that makes up part of my life. Little tidbits of fun. Not dire news of a personal nature. Fun, fun and more fun. With a bit of snarkiness to spice things up.
Yeah! Time to get out of Funkville. Bleh!
What A Maroon
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 4, 2009
The terms: Idiots, imbeciles, and morons are not synonymous.
Idiot is less than a 25 I.Q
Imbecile is in the 25-50 range
Moron is 50-75.
So if someone calls you an idiot, then a moron, you can thank them for upgrading your intelligence. Information supplied courtesy of my medical dictionary.
Simpsons Sunday: The Call of the Simpsons
Posted by: branwynne77 on: June 1, 2009
I guess it would be Simpsons Monday. I’m bringing back this blogging category so that I can have a certain structure on how I blog. Sort of give me a goal.
Season 1 Episode 7: The Call of the Simpsons
Synopsis: After seeing Flanders with a RV, Homer chooses to buy one of his own to ostensibly go camping, but what it really is an attempt to keep up with the Jones. Their RV falls off a cliff and so the Simpsons are stranded in the forest with nothing except their wits. As usual, a wry sense of hilarity ensues. Bart and Homer tumble down into a river and lose their clothes, Maggie befriends some bears, Lisa and Marge bond, and Homer gets bagged and tagged as Bigfoot. Funny stuff, eh?
My thoughts: I don’t know why Marge lets Maggie go off with Homer–or trusts that he is the experienced woodsman that he says he is. I’d think she’d know better than that. Especially after my favorite quote from the episode, listed below.
Favorite Quote: Homer: I’ve murdered us all….murdered us all…murdered us all.
Donut Rating: 3 1/2
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