Cross-posted from my other blog.
A lot of the problems with stress incontinence in women go back to toilet training. Most parents mess up potty training by making the child go on a schedule, even when the child insists she doesn't need to pee. Thus, the child never develops proper awareness of when she needs to void, and into adulthood will not realize her body is sending her the signal, laugh, cough or whatever, and have an accident. Either that or she'll be aware of needing to pee but not be comfortable with urination as a part of her life. Thus, she will hold it, laugh, sneeze, or whatever, and have an accident.
As far as urge incontinence: Other parents mess up toilet training by insisting the child use the potty frequently _and telling the child that, if she has an accident, it will be horrifically embarrassing for the child and terribly inconvenient for the parent. Thus, the fear of wetting her pants is instilled and the child grows into a woman who gets seized by the urge to pee every half an hour, feeling like she's going to burst if she doesn't get to the bathroom and often not making it, all out of fear of not getting her bum on the toilet in time as opposed to an actual large quantity of urine in the bladder.
Stress and urge incontinence can show up in men for these reasons, too, but boys tend to learn how to relax and have fun with their stream, if you catch my drift, whereas girls are more likely to be taught to be ladylike and that urine only goes in a toilet.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
SPEED RACER
Au contraire, John Goodman. Racing and other professional sports are all about money. Read "The Fix Is In" by Brian Tuohy if you doubt that.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE-OBSERVATIONS
1. Its unrealistic depiction of Heaven and angels, including the fact the Bible never says each person has a guardian angel assigned to them, though God does send His angels to protect us.
2. If you contemplate suicide, then change your mind, all your problems don't get instantly solved in a Hollywood ending. I think the originally planned ending, with George Bailey dropping to his knees and reciting the Lord's prayer, would have been much better. "You're in control, God, and you gave me my life. I don't have the right to end it, no matter how terrible the circumstances. I've got to keep on keeping on and realize you're in control and that there's a whole eternity coming and that there will be justice for the Mr. Potter's of this world in the end."
3. Couldn't Clarence have gone down to Earth at the beginning of the film, rescued George, taken him up to Heaven, and shown him all the parts of his life the audience sees to prove to George the impact he has had on those around him?
4. Too much lame humour. "You're eighteen? Seems like only last year you were seventeen." That's funny when someone says it to you when you meet them on the street, not when you're watching it on the screen.
5. Would it have been so bad if Bedford Falls had a few more bars and other kinds of places?
6. Lunkhead Uncle Billy is allowed to handle large sums of money in amounts such as 8 thousand dollars.
7. Bedford Falls was Pottersville all along, if for no other reason than George and the townspeople had to constantly prevent Mr. Potter from officially taking over everything. When you devote so much time and mental energy to someone you hate, that person controls you.
8. Even though Clarence tells him several times, George never seems to realize he's being shown the world as it would exist had he never been born, though really;
9. George was actually being shown the world as it really was. The townspeople would have been quite happy to have Potter take over Bedford Falls tomorrow and turn it into a den of iniquity if it meant jobs for people, seeing as how the town's one major employer, the factory where George wanted Sam to put the plastics factory, had closed, throwing half of them out of work, in edition of course to however many other residents of Bedford Falls were already unemployed.
2. If you contemplate suicide, then change your mind, all your problems don't get instantly solved in a Hollywood ending. I think the originally planned ending, with George Bailey dropping to his knees and reciting the Lord's prayer, would have been much better. "You're in control, God, and you gave me my life. I don't have the right to end it, no matter how terrible the circumstances. I've got to keep on keeping on and realize you're in control and that there's a whole eternity coming and that there will be justice for the Mr. Potter's of this world in the end."
3. Couldn't Clarence have gone down to Earth at the beginning of the film, rescued George, taken him up to Heaven, and shown him all the parts of his life the audience sees to prove to George the impact he has had on those around him?
4. Too much lame humour. "You're eighteen? Seems like only last year you were seventeen." That's funny when someone says it to you when you meet them on the street, not when you're watching it on the screen.
5. Would it have been so bad if Bedford Falls had a few more bars and other kinds of places?
6. Lunkhead Uncle Billy is allowed to handle large sums of money in amounts such as 8 thousand dollars.
7. Bedford Falls was Pottersville all along, if for no other reason than George and the townspeople had to constantly prevent Mr. Potter from officially taking over everything. When you devote so much time and mental energy to someone you hate, that person controls you.
8. Even though Clarence tells him several times, George never seems to realize he's being shown the world as it would exist had he never been born, though really;
9. George was actually being shown the world as it really was. The townspeople would have been quite happy to have Potter take over Bedford Falls tomorrow and turn it into a den of iniquity if it meant jobs for people, seeing as how the town's one major employer, the factory where George wanted Sam to put the plastics factory, had closed, throwing half of them out of work, in edition of course to however many other residents of Bedford Falls were already unemployed.
JUDAS GOATS OF THE PRO-FAMILY MOVEMENT
is a book I'd really like to see published and to read.
I recently read the late Michael Colins-Pyper's informative (though dated) book "Judas Goats." I was, however, disappointed there was nothing in the book about the pro-family movement of the religious right.
It seems to me when you have James Dobson saying things like "Spongebob is gay" (though he clearly is) rather than using his breath to put out the truth about what causes homosexuality and how homosexuals can indeed change, it kind of makes me think he's actually working for the gay movement. I feel the same way about the rhetoric on homosexuality I hear coming from a lot of these right-wing Christian family organizations.
Similarly, when I hear some of the so-called reasoning a lot of these organizations put out in "defense" of an unborn baby's right to life, I think they are secretly working for the pro-abortion movement, and that includes a lot of things Pastor Ernie Sanders on WHKW Cleveland says on his program "What's Right, What's Left" on the issue of abortion. If I were a desperate young woman facing a crisis pregnancy and having no idea what to do, what gets spewed from the pro-life side much of the time would make me want to get to the nearest abortion clinic post haste.
The same kinds of things can be said for a good chunk of the stance's many of these organizations take on other issues, including of course premarital sex and, it stands to reason, probably suicide, though I haven't read a lot of their literature on that.
If anyone knows of any resources that discuss this, leave a comment or email me.
I recently read the late Michael Colins-Pyper's informative (though dated) book "Judas Goats." I was, however, disappointed there was nothing in the book about the pro-family movement of the religious right.
It seems to me when you have James Dobson saying things like "Spongebob is gay" (though he clearly is) rather than using his breath to put out the truth about what causes homosexuality and how homosexuals can indeed change, it kind of makes me think he's actually working for the gay movement. I feel the same way about the rhetoric on homosexuality I hear coming from a lot of these right-wing Christian family organizations.
Similarly, when I hear some of the so-called reasoning a lot of these organizations put out in "defense" of an unborn baby's right to life, I think they are secretly working for the pro-abortion movement, and that includes a lot of things Pastor Ernie Sanders on WHKW Cleveland says on his program "What's Right, What's Left" on the issue of abortion. If I were a desperate young woman facing a crisis pregnancy and having no idea what to do, what gets spewed from the pro-life side much of the time would make me want to get to the nearest abortion clinic post haste.
The same kinds of things can be said for a good chunk of the stance's many of these organizations take on other issues, including of course premarital sex and, it stands to reason, probably suicide, though I haven't read a lot of their literature on that.
If anyone knows of any resources that discuss this, leave a comment or email me.
MINI DX LOG 8/6
Family Life station on unknown frequency with Museum of the Bible spot and promo for prayer line.
96.5 WCMF Rochester with commercials including PSA about healthy things to drink during the summer, ID and into Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody."
97.5 WFRY Watertown with country music and commercials, including spots for two mattress retailers in the same stop set.
96.5 WCMF Rochester with commercials including PSA about healthy things to drink during the summer, ID and into Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody."
97.5 WFRY Watertown with country music and commercials, including spots for two mattress retailers in the same stop set.
RADIO-RELATED STUFF
Oh great: Bruce Stevens is back on WBZ.
Been picking up 98 PXY regularly throughout the summer.
Ed on CKOL does a wonderful job at being succinct.
CKWE Deseronto is on CJLX's old frequency now.
Picked up WRVO with "Tuned to Yesterday" on the FM band of my fancy, powerful shortwave radio a couple Sundays ago, mixing with and ultimately overcome by Hot 89.9 Ottawa.
Picked up CKNT 960 Mississauga very faintly several weeks ago.
Enjoy Buffalo Bisons baseball on WWKB on a summer night.
Glad 91x got rid of the repeat of the last hour of "Nightcap" for "The East Coast Countdown."
WINB 9265 was coming in really well the Saturday before last.
Picked up WAAM Ann Arbor with Alex Jones last night.
"Cross-country Checkup" was interesting this Sunday.
Again this summer, CBC Radio is just throwing on their podcasts and a bunch of repackaged material
Been picking up 98 PXY regularly throughout the summer.
Ed on CKOL does a wonderful job at being succinct.
CKWE Deseronto is on CJLX's old frequency now.
Picked up WRVO with "Tuned to Yesterday" on the FM band of my fancy, powerful shortwave radio a couple Sundays ago, mixing with and ultimately overcome by Hot 89.9 Ottawa.
Picked up CKNT 960 Mississauga very faintly several weeks ago.
Enjoy Buffalo Bisons baseball on WWKB on a summer night.
Glad 91x got rid of the repeat of the last hour of "Nightcap" for "The East Coast Countdown."
WINB 9265 was coming in really well the Saturday before last.
Picked up WAAM Ann Arbor with Alex Jones last night.
"Cross-country Checkup" was interesting this Sunday.
Again this summer, CBC Radio is just throwing on their podcasts and a bunch of repackaged material
Friday, August 3, 2018
PARODY TIME-MEET JULIE
(Open on the Happy Wallet shop. Joyce and Tracey Allbright
are making apple seed bracelets.)
Tracey: Mom, this was such a good idea you had, opening up a
shop in the Haight-Ashbury district to sell cheap hippy knockoffs to tourists.
Joyce: Yeah really. It’s 1975. The hippy thing ended here,
what, five years ago?
(Julie bursts in, crying.)
Joyce: Honey, what’s wrong?!
Tracey: Yeah, sis, all that crying is definitely ungroovy.
Julie: I tried to join the basketball team at my new school,
Harold Robins Elementary, but the coach said the team was only for boys. (Makes
disgusted noise) He wanted me to bake cookies for the bake sale they’re having
to raise money for the team.
Tracey: Man, that is definitely something that can’t be
categorized as boss.
Julie: Could I take a look at those newspapers? I have to
find out about Title 9. Once I tell the coach about that new law, he’ll let me
play for sure.
Joyce: No, Julie, I’ve got a much better way of getting you
on the basketball team.
(The next morning. Joyce is lifting a sheet of basketballs
out of the oven. Julie and Tracey are standing nearby.)
Tracey: This was such a groovy idea, Mom: baking basketballs
for the team instead of cookies.
Joyce: Thanks, dear. I was a little worried, but the oven we
use to bake the fake hash brownies worked out just fine.
Julie: I’ll take these to school today and if the coach
still doesn’t let me on the team, I’ll have to resort to plan b.
(Shift to coach’s office. Julie knocks on the door.)
Coach: Enter.
(Julie enters, carrying a box of basketballs.)
Julie: Here’s my contribution for the team, coach. Can I
join it now?
Coach: (Opening box) These are the weirdest rum balls I’ve
ever seen. … What are these, basketballs?
Julie: Yes, my family and I baked a dozen basketballs last
night. That should really help the team out.
Coach: I don’t know what to say. I, uh, really appreciate
this, Allbright. It definitely will help the Pussycats finish somewhere other
than dead last this year. However, I still do not allow girls on our school’s
basketball team. It’s a boys team and that’s final.
Julie: Well, sir, then you leave me no other choice.
Coach: Oh, you gonna get a bunch of hairy-legged feminists
marching around the school, burning their bras and giving me a bunch of grief
about Title 9, the law of the land, that sort of thing?
Julie: How ‘bout a little one on one.
Coach: You’re challenging me to a basketball game?
Julie: I sure am. There’s still plenty of time before the
first bell rings. Come on.
Coach: I, an adult male, am being challenged to a match-up
with a nine year old, and a nine year old girl at that. Sure, why not. Wasn’t
planning on using the time before school to do anything constructive anyway.
(Shift to the school gym. Coach is lying on the floor,
exhausted. Julie is standing near him.)
Coach: Oh my gosh, I think I’m having a heart attack. You
creamed me, Allbright.
Julie: So, can I be on the team now, coach?
Coach: Of course, of course. We need someone with your
skills. Welcome aboard, Pussycat.
Julie: Thank you, coach.
(The bell rings)
Coach: Allbright, on your way to class, could you call me an
ambulance, please.
Julie: Students are only allowed to make phone calls at
lunch and after school. See you at practice.
Closing credits.
Based on “Meet Julie” by Megan McDonald.
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