Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Mar.21 - Mar. 28, 2004

3-21-04 | JustAmy, St. Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry. 'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
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Never Forget!



Howdy!
I'm the mouser at Amy's Place. Amy named me 'cootblanch'.... (don't ask why. hahaha)







Amy's personal guardian ~
the always charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[Kudsman]

Is your computer OK?

Not completely. But I'm keeping an eye on things. Good to see you too.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Well, at least you're able to post. :-)

[Darksheare]

Oddly, if I exercise, the headache will be milder for a bit but then redoubles.

Vision imbalance would be pretty hard to find since I'm near-sighted and vision in both eyes is/are fairly close in prescription.
Without glasses my world of clear vision massively reduces to a sphere that ends 7 inches or so in front of my nose.
(Beyond that distance, the world is a fuzzy blur.)

Not sure what to make of it at all.
Will be checking things out, thanks!

[Darksheare]

LOL!
You did fine!
I myself am an HTML klutz, so I probably wouldn't even make the attempt as I'd find some way to mess it up.
*chuckle*

MB, good luck with the project.
Decorating.. *shudders* ugh..

[Darksheare]

Morning!
Houdini Day?
I'm gonna have to make a daring escape from somewhere then.
*chuckle*

[Darksheare]

Morning.
;-)

[DollyCali]

(((I am pinging a few others to this post as I would like to suggest this as a possible meeting place for some of us this or next summer.)))


Hi PreviouslyA-Lurker - to answer you questions about Stratford Ontario is a quaint & charming community – I have looked up my links..In general I LOVE Ontario…

( http://www.city.stratford.on.ca/ )

is best known for The Shakespeare Festival which runs from April thru October.. not all Shakespeare .. see this year's offerings at bottom of home page. It has 3 large theater venues which run simultaneously afternoons & evenings.

( http://www.stratford-festival.on.ca/ )

Each time I go ……. And I try to go twice a season… I take in 3 plays.

I stay at Chateau "Carbide" Willson, a bed & breakfast in woodstock

( http://www.iloveinns.com/bed_and_breakfasts/ontario/chateaucarbidewillson.htm )

about ½ hour south of Stratford in Woodstock Ont... it is pricey but I love it & the owners. I have met some outstanding people there from around the world.. There are motels/hotels/bed n Breakfasts & campgrounds for anyone's budget.

The restaurants/clubs are wonderful… I bicycle & kayak there.. you can rent bikes, kayaks & paddleboats, but I bring my own. It is an artsy area & several times a week there are outdoor art shows.. I always "fall in love" with something "I can't live without".

The lake there abounds in swan.. white primarily but a few black. There is a river walk which is popular day & night. One of my favorite vocalist/performers Loreena McKennitt

( http://www.quinlanroad.com/flash.html ) [ if you go to this site, wait for sound & turn on speakers]

has a home there..You will often run into her in shops… she also has a home in England, I understand.. On rare occasion she will perform. She has just last year gotten back into the "grove" as her fiancé was killed in an accident a few years ago & she was really devastated.

The shopping is good & merchants friendly. I really like a camera shop there where they have helped me with various "problems" when I am in town. And there is one of the finest candy shops I have encountered.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I found the following link for history, etc, of Houdini, aka Erich Weiss

http://www.magictricks.com/houdini/

the above also links to this site where you can watch him do some of his famous tricks, and/or hear his voice, etc...

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/3487/fancystuff.html

ENJOY!

[Darksheare]

Cool, thanks!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

You're welcome. Did you see him do his straight jacket escape? I showed someone here and she said he must have burned 1,200 calories doing it!

[Darksheare]

All I know is that I do not have the mobility in my shoulders and such to do that myself...

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Harry was very athletic and seems to be one of a kind...

[Darksheare]

The most athletic I've ever been was doing a backflip, but only because I had to do so due to immediate threat to life and limb.
Something I'll never do again either.
I'll just stand still next time and 'absorb the hit' instead.
Alot less time spent dealing with sore back and such afterwards..

[NicknamedBob]

The exercise information leads me to believe that it is a pressure related situation. When you begin exercising, the blood flow goes to your peripheral muscles and skin surface for cooling. At the end of the exercise you pay the price for temporary relief.
A test for this is an after dinner drink. I cannot in good conscience recommend drinking if you are either a tee-totaler or an alcoholic. But if you are like me, and believe in moderation in all things, a daily shot of wine or brandy should provide some vaso-dilation, and reduce your headache.
You will be the only one who can determine if it happens to be vision related. If it should prove to be, then contacts or even laser eye surgery could be recommended. Go slowly.
Keep in mind that I am in no way a medical authority. I don't even play one on the computer. I simply am intrigued by puzzles, and like to solve them.

My suggestions, then, are these:
Take your vitamins and herbs. They are good for you regardless.
If you can drink moderately, have one, (one), daily for medicinal purposes. Statistics show that is good for you too. It also aids digestion.
Look into getting contacts, or at least reduce sources and habits that produce eyestrain.
Give it a month or two to have an effect. If you are still having difficulty, stop by my, uh, "barber shop." It's been a while since I used my trepanning tools, anyway.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I'll just stand still next time and 'absorb the hit' instead. Alot less time spent dealing with sore back and such afterwards..

May I suggest that you find another solution besides those 2? You haven't done too well absorbing the hits in the past...*scene fades to humming rock splitting open your eyebrow, fade to friend's son jumping up and hitting noggin in same spot*

[Kudsman]

Errands await me. I'll see you later.

[Alberta's Child]

Good afternoon, Victoria -- you're quite a magician, I see!

[Victoria Delsoul]

you're quite a magician, I see!

I wish, there is so much to read. Have you seen this?

QUESTION: Had the Clinton administration in any of its work on this issue, in any of the findings or anything else, prepared for a call for the use of ground forces, special operations forces in any way? What did the Bush administration do with that if they had?

CLARKE: There was never a plan in the Clinton administration to use ground forces. The military was asked at a couple of points in the Clinton administration to think about it. Um, and they always came back and said it was not a good idea. There was never a plan to do that.

ANGLE: So, just to finish up if we could then, so what you're saying is that there was no - one, there was no plan; two, there was no delay; and that actually the first changes since October of '98 were made in the spring months just after the administration came into office?

CLARKE: You got it. That's right. LINK

[Victoria Delsoul]

See you later, Kuds.

[Alberta's Child]

I saw that this morning. This whole Clarke thing is so bizarre. What the hell was he thinking when he wrote that book -- that nobody was going to do any research on his previous comments???