...and just in case I don't see ya before then

HammerDown said:
I remember watching that when it came out and vowing to never watch another movie like that again. :ohwell:

Just curious, do you have any interest in herbal stuff?
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I believe that herbals/ayurvedics are real and can help in many situations. Acupuncture too! My mom hasn't taken an anti-depressant in years, the acupuncture works for her.

I'm starting the dog de-wormer regimen in a few days.
 
occupant said:
:dhd:

"Man has given false importance to death. Every animal, plant, or man that dies adds to Nature's compost heap."
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Brother, I came to terms with death a long time ago, 10 years next month to be exact. There is no advice that fits all people. Do what you will.
 
occupant said:
I believe that herbals/ayurvedics are real and can help in many situations. Acupuncture too! My mom hasn't taken an anti-depressant in years, the acupuncture works for her.

I'm starting the dog de-wormer regimen in a few days.
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Medicinal mushrooms, bro. Lots of them, starting with Chaga. 🍄
 
At least Tnapucco is ok

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occupant said:
I believe that herbals/ayurvedics are real and can help in many situations. Acupuncture too! My mom hasn't taken an anti-depressant in years, the acupuncture works for her.
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Similarly, my wife was suffering from bipolarity about 15 years ago. She was on meds to help manage it, and they kinda helped a little, but... one Sunday she was in church and... the only way to describe what happened to her is... "she was touched & cleansed by the Holy Spirit". ...I know that sounds like BS to the general population and defies human logic, but that's really how it happened... "Something" clicked with her while she was in God's house and the psychological/emotional ailment that had been tormenting her evaporated. Simultaneously, her faith in God amplified tenfold. She immediately weened herself off the meds, hasn't taken any mood-altering medications since and has been a genuinely much happier person since that moment. "God" has been much more effective than drugs.
 
occupant said:
:dhd:

"Man has given false importance to death. Every animal, plant, or man that dies adds to Nature's compost heap."
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I feel the this way about life. People think that their life is utterly important to the universe, and forget that they don't live forever. As if their life, and/or death, is infinity more important than everything else that lives, and dies.

The one thing that all life has in common, is death. I also think that people who have lost the most in life, tend to appreciate life more. I have met people that have given me such a different perspective about many things. People that would have every right to just go off the deep end and never come back, and I wouldnt judge them a bit.

I had a neighbor for 6 years, and never knew his family history. This guy buried both his sons before the age of 17 from cancer, and his wife died from it a couple years later. He buried his whole family, and was really good guy. You would never know what he had been through.

He only told me about it all after my daughter was killed. I was blown away. We used to sit out front and watch my kids play. Hung out a couple times a month. Some people have suffered so much, and so much of life is suffering.

People that have never suffered, are often insufferable for me to be around. They have no perspective, or depth. I am also jealous of their ignorance, and could never expect the, to understand. Which is why my neighbor never told me. He said people look at you differently. He is right.

Grief is the price we pay for love. life isnt worth living without love.

Life and death = Love and grief
 
Peter Gozintite said:
I feel the this way about life. People think that their life is utterly important to the universe, and forget that they don't live forever. As if their life, and/or death, is infinity more important than everything else that lives, and dies.

The one thing that all life has in common, is death. I also think that people who have lost the most in life, tend to appreciate life more. I have met people that have given me such a different perspective about many things. People that would have every right to just go off the deep end and never come back, and I wouldnt judge them a bit.

I had a neighbor for 6 years, and never knew his family history. This guy buried both his sons before the age of 17 from cancer, and his wife died from it a couple years later. He buried his whole family, and was really good guy. You would never know what he had been through.

He only told me about it all after my daughter was killed. I was blown away. We used to sit out front and watch my kids play. Hung out a couple times a month. Some people have suffered so much, and so much of life is suffering.

People that have never suffered, are often insufferable for me to be around. They have no perspective, or depth. I am also jealous of their ignorance, and could never expect the, to understand. Which is why my neighbor never told me. He said people look at you differently. He is right.

Grief is the price we pay for love. life isnt worth living without love.

Life and death = Love and grief
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"and that's deep" - Scarface of Geto Boys on "Six Feet Deep"

I can't explain how my brain made a connection to that line from that song after reading your post, but it seems so appropriate on many levels.
 
occupant said:
At times...but its only because I'm out of wipes? Do tapeworms steal wipes?

I haven't had sushi for about 4 months. :(
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So you have a 4 month long tapeworm. What's that? 40 feet?
 
moxie said:
So you have a 4 month long tapeworm. What's that? 40 feet?
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Guy goes to the doctor. Tells doctor “Doc, I can’t gain any weight. I’ve tried everything.” Doc gives him the once over and gives him the diagnosis “Sir, you have a tapeworm. Come back tomorrow with 4 eggs and 3 Tootsie Rolls.” Guy is perplexed but Doc has never done him wrong. He shows up the next day with eggs and tootsie rolls In hand. Doc makes him drop trou and proceeds to shove an egg and a tootsie roll Up in there. Doc says be back tomorrow. Dude comes back next day and the same thing happens, says see you tomorrow. Next day same thing. On day 4 the guy is starting to doubt the regimen, Doc with hammer in hand says “OK, now bend over and watch carefully.” Doc shoves the egg alone up in there this time and about 20 seconds pass before the tapeworm rears it’s ugly head inquiring “WHERES MY GODDAMN TOOTSIE ROLL?!?!”

wham
 
Peter Gozintite said:
I feel the this way about life. People think that their life is utterly important to the universe, and forget that they don't live forever. As if their life, and/or death, is infinity more important than everything else that lives, and dies.

The one thing that all life has in common, is death. I also think that people who have lost the most in life, tend to appreciate life more. I have met people that have given me such a different perspective about many things. People that would have every right to just go off the deep end and never come back, and I wouldnt judge them a bit.

I had a neighbor for 6 years, and never knew his family history. This guy buried both his sons before the age of 17 from cancer, and his wife died from it a couple years later. He buried his whole family, and was really good guy. You would never know what he had been through.

He only told me about it all after my daughter was killed. I was blown away. We used to sit out front and watch my kids play. Hung out a couple times a month. Some people have suffered so much, and so much of life is suffering.

People that have never suffered, are often insufferable for me to be around. They have no perspective, or depth. I am also jealous of their ignorance, and could never expect the, to understand. Which is why my neighbor never told me. He said people look at you differently. He is right.

Grief is the price we pay for love. life isnt worth living without love.

Life and death = Love and grief
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...and there you have it. You’ve been through more grief in your life than I can imagine Sir. Reminds me of Maya Angelou’s book title “I know why the caged bird sings”.

I’ve been through some shit, and have felt immeasurable pain...but there are folks who’ve been through so much worse....or worse.

Ive learned to be happy with less and to appreciate what I do have. Nothing in terms of material wealth can compare to the emotional well being I’ve gained from forsaking the quest for THINGS. I could have worked myself to death in pursuit of THINGS, but made a decision after the C word to spend more time with my family.

Wouldn’t change a thing.
 
occupant said:
...and there you have it. You’ve been through more grief in your life than I can imagine Sir. Reminds me of Maya Angelou’s book title “I know why the caged bird sings”.

I’ve been through some shit, and have felt immeasurable pain...but there are folks who’ve been through so much worse....or worse.

Ive learned to be happy with less and to appreciate what I do have. Nothing in terms of material wealth can compare to the emotional well being I’ve gained from forsaking the quest for THINGS. I could have worked myself to death in pursuit of THINGS, but made a decision after the C word to spend more time with my family.

Wouldn’t change a thing.
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Go to the goddamned doctor!? Fuck!
 
occupant said:
Guy goes to the doctor. Tells doctor “Doc, I can’t gain any weight. I’ve tried everything.” Doc gives him the once over and gives him the diagnosis “Sir, you have a tapeworm. Come back tomorrow with 4 eggs and 3 Tootsie Rolls.” Guy is perplexed but Doc has never done him wrong. He shows up the next day with eggs and tootsie rolls In hand. Doc makes him drop trou and proceeds to shove an egg and a tootsie roll Up in there. Doc says be back tomorrow. Dude comes back next day and the same thing happens, says see you tomorrow. Next day same thing. On day 4 the guy is starting to doubt the regimen, Doc with hammer in hand says “OK, now bend over and watch carefully.” Doc shoves the egg alone up in there this time and about 20 seconds pass before the tapeworm rears it’s ugly head inquiring “WHERES MY GODDAMN TOOTSIE ROLL?!?!”

wham
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Were the eggs raw or hardboiled? 7 minute?
 
Peter Gozintite said:
I feel the this way about life. People think that their life is utterly important to the universe, and forget that they don't live forever. As if their life, and/or death, is infinity more important than everything else that lives, and dies.

The one thing that all life has in common, is death. I also think that people who have lost the most in life, tend to appreciate life more. I have met people that have given me such a different perspective about many things. People that would have every right to just go off the deep end and never come back, and I wouldnt judge them a bit.

I had a neighbor for 6 years, and never knew his family history. This guy buried both his sons before the age of 17 from cancer, and his wife died from it a couple years later. He buried his whole family, and was really good guy. You would never know what he had been through.

He only told me about it all after my daughter was killed. I was blown away. We used to sit out front and watch my kids play. Hung out a couple times a month. Some people have suffered so much, and so much of life is suffering.

People that have never suffered, are often insufferable for me to be around. They have no perspective, or depth. I am also jealous of their ignorance, and could never expect the, to understand. Which is why my neighbor never told me. He said people look at you differently. He is right.

Grief is the price we pay for love. life isnt worth living without love.

Life and death = Love and grief
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That kind of grief puts an individual on a different level. It's impossible for me to imagine.

Someone once said "you never know how strong you are til you have no choice." Wonder who said that?

The worst grief I've witnessed in my life was a woman in severe poverty who was married to an abusive drunk. She was driving home one Sunday afternoon, started up the driveway and her 4 yr old daughter was "licking the windows" of their old car and she fell out and was run over. That woman's grief was appalling.

Know another guy whose wife died from ALS. He told me about the final hour with her of a two year nightmare beyond comprehension and I was left wondering how he made it.

Know another guy who killed innocent people in Vietnam and he lives with it every hour of the day.
 
HammerDown said:
That kind of grief puts an individual on a different level. It's impossible for me to imagine.

Someone once said "you never know how strong you are til you have no choice." Wonder who said that?

The worst grief I've witnessed in my life was a woman in severe poverty who was married to an abusive drunk. She was driving home one Sunday afternoon, started up the driveway and her 4 yr old daughter was "licking the windows" of their old car and she fell out and was run over. That woman's grief was appalling.

Know another guy whose wife died from ALS. He told me about the final hour with her of a two year nightmare beyond comprehension and I was left wondering how he made it.

Know another guy who killed innocent people in Vietnam and he lives with it every hour of the day.
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I read a book, i know crazy right?. But it was about holocaust survivors, and their experiences. Absolutely horrifying shit. Try to think of the most aweful thing you can imagine a human being doing to another, and some of this shit was worse. Witnessed by the closest family members. Just atrocious shit. Somehow these people found a way to move forward. If for no other reason, but to honor those that were killed.
 
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