Whoduhthunkit!? Comments

by: Jessica

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 23:39:09 +0000

Will he sleep on his side? If he will, does it help? If so, you might try sewing a tennis ball into the back of his pajamas so that it is uncomfortable enough when he lays on his back that he rolls to his side.

It sounds like he has acute sleep apnea. His doctor may be able to fit him for a CPAP device, which forces enough oxygen to keep the airway open. There are also special dental appliances that can help, or, as a last ditch resort, surgical options. I have no idea of your husband’s weight, but what worked for my husband, who suffers from sleep apnea, is simple weight loss.

LOL…I’m sorry, I know I sound like a medical textbook. In the end, it boils down to just how far you’d like to chase that good night’s sleep (and piece of mind for your husband’s health). A CPAP can be expensive (depending on your insurance coverage), and it’s not for everyone. My husband’s eardrum scarring makes it impossible for him to use one. The dental appliances have to be custom-made, and are very expensive. Surgery can come with a lot of complications.

And no, I’ve never actually tried the tennis ball in the jammies thing with my husband, but I’ve got a very pointy right elbow.

by: Mrs. Schmitty

Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:40:33 +0000

Thank you for sharing that link. I agree with you, I was truly touched by what I saw.

by: Administrator

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:52:40 +0000

LOL hey ’ster, nice see ya again. Yeah people can be asshats and many of THOSE are why I cultivate canine friends (or people as blindingly brilliant as the ‘Ster ‘cause who can argue with a chick who gropes with the ‘Ster??) I just hate superior high waisted “professional women” that waffle more than a 3 year old choosing vanilla or chocolate. Especially when they down someone like Melissa. I heart Melly. I feel like designing “I drink ‘Melltinis’ in front of my kids” t-shirts…

by: jennster

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:19:16 +0000

people just like to bitch. and when it’s not something they would do- they like to smack you down as if they’re better than you are. people are shitheads. lol

by: Jessica

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:20:53 +0000

Amen, amen, amen sister! I am appalled at NBC’s holier than thou attitude regarding this. The US is one of the few countries that has this kind of attitude regarding both mothers and social drinking.

I have a drink, every now an again, in front of my children. We don’t make a big deal out of it, and we know our limits. It is an occasional thing, and I think our children will grow up well able to recognize moderation.

This whole uproar got me thinking back to my childhood, when my folks would have a glass of wine, or a beer with friends when they played cards, and of my dad having a beer after a long day in the hayfield. Nothing in their example led me to believe that binge drinking was the way to “have fun.”

by: Mrs. Schmitt

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:10:52 +0000

You took the words right out of my mouth! I’ll join you both for that drink! I’ll bring the kids.

by: Jessica

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:08:46 +0000

I have been there, done that. Although, it wasn’t winter. It was August. In the Bighorn mountains of Wyoming. It rained every day, never got much above 50, and each night was so cold that there was not only frost on the outhouse seat, but ice on the tent. I had, at the time, a 4 year old and a 1 year old, who invariably ended up in our bed each night. After the day that it SNOWED during the DAY while we were on our way back from hiking, (and after listening to my dad hacking and coughing all night in the next tent) we finally conceded to the weather, and went to the lodge where we were able to rent a cabin and luxuriate in front of a nice warm fireplace until we were all thawed. (Of course, this isn’t mentioning the giant, over-the-top, weeping, this-is-all-my-fault breakdown I had about the weather not cooperating.)

by: Jessica

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:57:48 +0000

Husband’s cousin’s daughter? First cousin, once removed.

And I would love your recipe. Lion is a hunter (when he’s not too bogged down with school) and we had a goodly portion of deer kind of go to waste last year because we just didn’t know what to do with it.

by: Jessica

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:50:18 +0000

I have to say, I’m one of those insane women who actually likes to camp. Not at that time of the month, necessarily, but I do like to camp. However, I am with you on wanting my own land so I can survive when it all goes to hell in a handbasket. Read, “Dies the Fire” by S.M. Stirling sometime. Or, don’t, if you value life without paranoia and an excess of canned good and an escape/survival plan.

Something interesting about me? I am a true-blue, dyed-in-the-wool geek, at least by pop culture’s standards. I do Renaissance re-enactment, play online games like World of Warcraft, know more trivia than has any right to reside in a single human brain, can quote Monty Python at the drop of a hat……..and I’m always a little surprised when “normal” people like me.

by: April

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:47:41 +0000

In regards to your “All Black College” remark, it doesn’t surprise me one bit that you would say that “we” (as you may have figured, I’m African-American) have some thinking to do. It is mind boggling though for you to think (the thinking portion of your brain is highly underveloped) that “we” go to black colleges b/c we can’t get into any other colleges. ARE YOU SERIOUS?! I went to one of the top colleges, Howard Univeristy, in the nation (FYI…Historically Black Colleges and University) which happens to have a high percentage of African Americans. At registration I didn’t see a line of “Anglos” wrapped around the corner to sign up for an education. Maybe two or three but that was THEIR choice. HBCU’s accept entrance of all people but anglos CHOOSE not to attend b/c guess what, it’s mostly blacks that attend and they don’t feel they would be comfortable in that environment. HBCU’s were founded not only because at one time, AA’s weren’t allowed admission into “their” schools but also as a way for us to learn more about our culture. And you think there isn’t a need for this type of establishment anymore?! I would say that you’re crazy but it’s typical for MOST anglo’s to think this way so it isn’t suprising. Most AA’s have chosen to go to HBCU’s b/c of numerous reasons, one major one being acquiring a top-notch education where the color of your skin isn’t even an issue. It’s a place where we don’t have to worry about “Anglos” asking you if you’re at school on scholarship or because of affirmative action. We don’t have to constantly answer questions such as, “Did you live in the ghetto?” Do you ever stop to even think what it’s like to be a “person of color” living in this nation? (I hate that slogan but can’t think of a whiter, oops, I mean witty version) Oh yeah, I forgot… You must be in that group of people who say, “I don’t see color!” What “you people” (I use that phrase loosely) don’t seem to understand is that African-Americans don’t want to be the same. We don’t want to be “Anglo” when we say we want to be TREATED the same as everyone else. Our differences need to be pointed out so that they can become understood and accepted. It seems to me that you believe that if we started assimilating into the anglo culture and acted more like “everybody else”, then there wouldn’t be a problem. We love our differences…the way we talk, the sway in our hips, the dip in our stroll, the curl in our hair, even the soul in our food. So before you start to disect what’s “wrong with us” and why we are treated differently, you need to take a step back and wonder why there are differences in the first place and if those differences are such a bad thing. Oh, and please stop using Dr. Martin Luther King’s name in vain. He was a non-violent man but I’m pretty sure that he would smack you a good one!

THIS SESSION OF “BLACK 101″ HAS COME TO AN END. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT aprillynnbryant@aol.com or READ “THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLK” by W.E.B DuBouis