About models and the effects of the media on body image in their populations, at least. Following Spain’s move last year that banned ultra-thin models from catwalks, France is acting. The “French parliament’s lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone—including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites—to publicly incite […]
Long Monday
I was so busy Monday, and so wiped out, that I actually scribbled this out on paper and just now (Thursday) got a chance to type it in. We had Hope until this morning, which was nice. But then she left, which I knew would happen, but it still wasn’t as nice. I miss her! Kioshi […]
Thank Goddess That’s Over
This was, officially, the Day of Driving All Over Atlanta. Since Sam did all of the driving, and I actually only had to go to one of the five scheduled appointments, it’s ridiculous that I’m even tired. My poor sweetie is exhausted! We’ve all seen our respective health care providers, though, and Katie did most […]
Book Joy! And Stuff
I’m so tickled! In the last two weeks, I’ve found not one, but two books that Sam and I have wanted for ages at good prices on eBay! First, I’ve been looking for Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads by Howard Schatz for years and years. Seriously, it has to be at least five years since Sam […]
Extreme Introvert Attack In Progress
Seriously. I didn’t even want to make a post, because it counts as interacting with the world. But hey, that’s the price of Blog365, right? I remembered those “Writer’s Block” prompts on LJ, and decided to try that as a starter. Who comes up with these things? One of them was about what you’d want […]
Mah tahred hurts
Read it phonetically. When I’m really tired, I fall back into the Alabama accent. Made it to my appointment this morning. Made it to Katie’s appointment on the other side of the world. Then the car wouldn’t crank. In fact, it wouldn’t do anything at all. Not even the automatic door locks were working. No […]
Another One Down
I finished up week 3 of the semester, which means that we’re almost at the halfway point. I really, really want to get done with both classes this semester. I’ve had to drop the management class twice in the past, and I’m tired of it! The humanities class isn’t that bad, other than the “My Country […]
FMS at PostSecret
Did anyone else see this at PostSecret today? I was made aware of it by a post to the LiveJournal Fibromyalgia community. Reactions there are fairly negative because so many of us have had bad experiences with people who think we’re malingering. I have mixed feelings, though. I don’t exactly share the sentiments expressed in […]
Steroids for FMS/CFS/ME?
Today’s post is at Fibrant Living.
Cortisol and FMS and CFS/ME?
There’s been a lot of buzz over the past week about a study published in the Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome that suggests treating fibromyalgia and ME/CFS with cortisol (a steroid), based on the fact that most patients have low cortisol levels. I do not have access to that publication but would like to point […]