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Usability Engineering

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***** Warning…. there is going to be implied sarcasm… I’ll try to warn you ***** When I went to Pitt, one of my favorite classes was on Usability Engineering.  We read The Design of Everyday Things (Don Norman) and learned how … Continue reading

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Asthma Attacks… Just kick me now

So, sitting here watching the fog roll in and sneak through everything in the neighborhood, thinking about my past month.  It’s infusion time again (well, tomorrow) and I have realized that it’s been a really really rough month.  And, while … Continue reading

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Coloring Mandalas: A Rant

***** Warning… I’m on a rant **** I read a blog post this morning about adult coloring pages/books with mandalas being a tool of Satan.  Normally, I read things like this will a jaded eye and go on my merry … Continue reading

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Waiting…

One woman across from me is knitting (the hat is going to be gorgeous).  The other one is pretending to read.  She has a book in her lap, but she hasn’t turned the page in over 10 minutes.  Both pitched … Continue reading

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Trying so hard to hang on

Sitting watching the stuff I need to get done for work run, watching the world fill up with snow, watching everything falling apart around me.  I guess sometimes it is goon that no one gets up this obscenely early to … Continue reading

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Reflections on 2016 so far

While I was sitting in the outpatient recovery room watching bear tuck away the lunch I fetched for him from the cafeteria and then quietly not nap, I realized that we are already nearly half way through February. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Making Use Of What You’ve Been Given

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So, earlier this week I got the latest edition of Writer magazine.  One of the articles in the magazine, one by Pamela Jane, pointed out that there are many different kind of gifts given to us.  How we use them and … Continue reading

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Sheetz… It’s a ‘thing’

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So… I get a few different reactions when I post something about Sheetz.  And… it’s funny… but… I guess it bears explaining. Technically, Sheetz is a convenience store and gas station (although, once upon a time, not all Sheetz’s had … Continue reading

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On NOT Living In Fear

A very talented musician and artist died this week.  Glenn Frey died of complications for RA/Crohns/Pneumonia.  When I heard what the cause of death was, I stopped one thought about the fact that… he was like me.  He struggled with … Continue reading

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Escaping into the quiet

There is a new yoga studio in town and tonight I get to go visit it for something called Restorative with Meditation.  It says that it is going to be holding poses longer and using props to ease into relaxation. … Continue reading