Diverticulitis or Severe Lower Stomach Pain

One of the joys of Life after turning 50, is Diverticulitis...on Thursday night the 31 March. I started having Pain in the early afternoon not bad but uncomfortable...It steadily got worse...I thought it was something I ate..It was, but not what what I was Thinking...By 10:30 that Night I was bent over in Pain...Hip to Hip with a Stabbing Pain on the Left Side...Some of you may know and some may Not...Diverticulitis occurs mostly in the Colon/Bowel or Large/Lower Intestine...

It usually shows up as a little pouch in the wall of the Intestine...

I have tried to show appx. where mine was located above...

It can be just a little pouch and they can Treat it with Drugs for Infection...

If it gets larger or perforates they will have to Operate...

So I was Very Lucky, Thank you GOD...

It can be caused buy many things...I don't eat a lot of Nuts but I do Eat a lot of  foods that have Seeds...

I do eat Fruit but I guess not Enough, Veggies poo Bushes (I guess I'll have too changes my Mind on this one)

This is where I Stayed for Three Days the First Two Living on Ice Chips and IV's

On Saturday Night They Started me on a Bland Diet..

and sent me home on Sunday Afternoon...

And a Sh*t load of Drugs for Infections...

No Pain Pills

In Fact the Pain is almost gone...

That's my Story n I'm Sticking too It...

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Brazil Exploring the Gulf of Mexico

If some of you have been Wondering  about this So am I...So I did a little Research on the Subject...

It seems that Brazil has it's own Oil Reserves and can Drill for Oil on their own Land...or off their own Shore...

If we look a little Closer...

PERMISION

To do Exploratory Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico...

What Really makes me Mad is WHO Gave him Permission too do this...

He will NOT let American Companies do  Exploratory Drilling ....

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OIL..Liquid Gold...

First off I am No Expert on the Subject...But I do have a Few Thoughts about It...

For Four years I lived and Worked on a US. Navy Oil Tankers...So at least I can say I have some Knowledge about it...Uss. Truckee...

Even though I dd not work Directly with the Oil...It Permeated your Day to Day Life...

Some people only think about Oil when they see the Price of their Gasoline going up...

Right now in my area we are spending a little over $3.50 + a Gallon...

I know that some places are More and some are Less...

Compared to the Rest of the World the US is not doing too Bad...

I think we should look at how we go about getting this Black Gold....

                                              
                                    This is still the way that most Drilling is Done

       And this is just another way of getting too the Oil...Just a little harder too Locate...

             OK so now we have Crude Oil...Nasty Dirty Stuff...LOL....
What do we do with it...Well it has too be Refined (Cooked) Slow as the Oil is Heated it Starts to break apart....

As it is Cooking It also gives off a Smell that a lot of People find Offencive....

That's why a lot of people don't want the Refineries near them...

But you want too Drive your SUV's...But not have a Refinery in your back yard....

Your going to Pay more...

We are all worried about the Cost per Barrel of Oil...

What you see in the NEWS (?) is the Future Cost in April sometime...

Oil is a Commodity and is Sold at Future Prices....(If I have this wrong someone correct me)

And with Areas of the World in Turmoil and Oil Futures in Question...

A lot of Americans are Wondering about..."Will I be Able too Drive My Car"

Do we have enough Oil in the World..."Drill Baby Drill" and my all time Favorite "Let's go take theirs"

Sometimes I have to Wonder about my Fellow Americans...

So back to Gasoline...We do have Refineries and we do break down Oil...

First it is a Myth that we can not Open or Build New Refineries...

We do have New Ones and Ones that are being up-graded...

The US Gasoline Companies like too Buy Petroleum Products over Seas where it is cheaper than Producing here in America...This seems too be where the Real Problem Is...

And it is NOT that the World Oil Supply is Running Out...

It is...And we should be Looking for Alternative Fuel Sources...

But First lets Look at World Supplies...

So it looks like the World Supply and Production is diong well...

And the United States has a Few Barrels under Ground and Off-Shore...

So My Basic Thoughts are not about World Oil Prices...But the Oil Companies and Consortiums

that Buy Cheap Petroleum Products Over Seas and continue to Rip US the Consumer Off...

Oh and one more thing most of the Oil that comes out of the Ground or Off Shore of the US...Goes into the World Oil Market Pool...Very little Stays here in the US...

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17 Years ago Today

On 6 February 1994, was my First Full Day of Sobriety, the past few days I had been to meetings.. then I took a suggestion of picking a day 'NOT too Drink'...So I chose this Day which is also my youngest sons Birthday.

So it comes down to "Just NOT too Drink Today" and that's all I have...just Today...

Over the last 17 Years a lot has happened in my life...And I was able to live life on Life's terms...Good, Bad n Indifferent...But through Sober Eyes...People, Places n Things have come and Gone...But I am still here...Sober just for Today...

How I process and react to situations, has changed....It is no longer about me (well maybe a little, back EGO) I have found that I am more accommodating of people...I still get crazy over some Political BS...
But when I do this, I can now Walk away...and look for a Picture of the Total...not just my simple vision...

So given that I still walk this Big Blue Marble, when by all Rights I should be Dead...I Believe GOD has a Job for me to do and I'm NOT done Yet....


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OK, I've got a Question

There are No Dumb Questions, Sometimes it hard for people to understand simple Logical Thought Process..
Their are people that look no further than their own comfort Zone...

What I want to know is "What ever happended to the Individualist that Founded this Country ?"

They did come together, putting aside SOME or ALL  personal Feelings for the Common Good...
And joined in forming this Country....Declaring Independence from Tierney...Wrote a Constitution and Bill of Rights...

But Each man was an Individualist, that when all was said and done.. Could stand Alone and be able to say "I did the Best I Could" and "I Voted What I thought was Best for the Country and the People"

But even as this country was in it's infancy the Political parties were forming, hold overs from Mother England...
But there were sill Individuals out there...That Owed No Allegiance to any party...These are the people that made this Country Strong...

At one time they out numbered the Party People...Now Alas there are only a Few...

A lot of this conversion goes back to before the Civil War...But it seems that as the New Immigrants were coming into this Country there were a lot of Crooked Politicians that Purchased Votes....

And the Unions were Forming and as they Became Stronger They Became Political...Don't get me Wrong unions did a Lot of Good for this Country....They Righted a Lot of Wrongs...But I believe they became to Large and Powerful (but that is another rant) So now we have Political Party's, Unions and some Special Interest Groups...

Ah I said, "Special Interest Groups..."(this is also another rant) Bring in 'The Lobbyist' this is a Special type of Person, they do it for/with the "MONEY" most are ex-government workers that retire then get Payed Large amounts of Money to Sway the  Politicians Vote...By the "Special Interest Groups" I mean the Oil Companies, Farmers and Big Business...Foreign Countries...You name it there is probably a 'Special Interest Group'...

So Now...Back...Too...

Where Are They....?

I had too ask, they Answered "WE are the Tea Party" and then "WE are the Coffee Party...

I am Sick and tired of "PARTIES" and Groups...

Now some of these Fools are Asking Me to Sign a Pledge....

I ONLY PLEDGE ALEGIENCE TO THE FLAG of UINITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WICH IT STANDS...

And I have Sworn an Oath to Protect and Defend the Constitution of said United States...

What do You People Not Understand....

I am an American Individual, I may be the Last of a Dieing Breed...

I Vote for who I want, that at the time I think will do the Best for this Country...

I may be Right...I may be Wrong...

There is only one Who Stands in Judgment Me...

So if You do not Like the Way I Think...

Just Remember I have Defended your Right to Do So...

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My Blood Pressure is UP

I don't like getting upset but with what is going on in America..In the State of Arizona...

The Shooting of Innocent people and Children..rips my Heart apart....

The shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords(D-AZ) in Arizona is Bad enough and the Judge...

But the Little Girl....By a Nut Case...Who from what I have seen and Read about him...the Facts that are being Reported by Reliable News Sources...And backed up by other news sources...not just wild conjecture and wishful thinking....

It seems that we have in this country a group of so called News Reporters (Talking Heads) that have their own Agenda and certain News Groups with Political Leanings...

As news was coming out of Arizona about the alleged shooter...Jared Loughner last night some of these news groups and talking heads were saying that he was an Ex- Army who was the Afghanistan/Iraq and crazy... Well they did have the Crazy part down...but everything else was false...

I did get to see his MySpace profile before it was taken down...And there was no real political statment as too any affiliation Democrat or Republican....As far as I can tell there was no Facebook Profile and no one has mentioned any....

I did get to see 5 of his Videos on YouTube... and they are Off the Wall....I am not a Professional but that Boy has some Problems...

But enough about him, we will find out more in the Day's ahead....

My Problem is these Talking Heads and the Liberal News Groups that try a Politicize this Tragedy...

Saying that someone is Targeting people in the other party....This is what STARTS wars...
Oh look at the maps they say...I Have looked at them and I am a Target Shooter and I see Nothing that makes me think of Bullseye...I am an Engineer and I see Bench Marks used for Centering...

There seems to be a problem with people that do not Know Symbol's but try their Knowledge of Rifle Scopes to Impress others...Except people that do Know what they see when sighting thru a Scope...

But I know all these Smart News Commentators would Check their Facts...

But what It all Boils down to is that a Troubled Young Man was able to get a Gun and DESTROY Lives..

I am not Against Guns but do Believe there should be better Control.

It seems that this young man had meet the Congresswoman or had something to do with Her Before...

It also has come out that he was ANTI-Government, had some problems with Religions and other

Anti- Social behavior.

None of His Writing or Posts on YouTube had any Political Rhetoric. Just Ramblings of a off the line young man...

We should All be Praying for the Little Girl and Her Family...

And the other people who lost their lives and their Families...

Also all that Survived will have a Full and Speedy Recovery...

In the Words of Joe Friday on "Dragnet"

"Just the Facts ma'm, Just the Facts"

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Christmas Day 2010 'The SECRET'

I got up about 6 AM and turned things on...and just sat in the Lazy Boy n Nodded out till about 7AM...Just kind of  Lazy Morning nothing really going on...just another day in my Life...But I went on FB and there were only 2 Friends on line...

I knew I wanted something Different this Morning...instead of just Coffee and Donuts...Did the OJ and my Meds. got my First cuppa Coffee and life started flowing through my body...Brain started to Function...Oh what to do, Oh what can we have thats EAZY and Different...I had already planed to make this, I just did not know when....So after thinking about it for a few minutes...

How about "Hungarian Crepes" Now as everyone knows there is No such thing as Easy 'Hungarian Cooking'...So without further ado....

The 'HOT' Pan with a little Oil...It starts to cook as soon as it hits the Pan..

It does not take long to cook on one side...It is so light...It almost Flips itself...

There is a "SECRET"...

I like a little Apple Jelly in mine...you can use anything you want...

A little Powered Sugar...Ready to EAT...YUM

Hungarian Crepes

2 Eggs

1/2 cup Milk

Pinch of Sea Salt

1/2 Tsp. Powdered Sugar

1 1/2 Cups Flower

Now the SECRET

1 1/2 Cups Soda Water (any carbonated water)

Mix w/Whisk

Let sit for about 5 Minutes

Hot Pan w/Oil (I use extra virgin olive oil)

And that was Christmas Morning Brunch...

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