geezerchick
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- exercise junkie, married to the best alien on Earth, four grandchildren, ornery dog who is not house-trained, if it's legal, I've probably done it -- for pay
MY RECENT POSTS
- Breast Cancer Surgical Flow
Chart
December 11, 2012 03:07PM - Paper-Training Me
December 04, 2012 02:51PM - Making Science Fun
November 26, 2012 01:45PM - My Election Rant
November 02, 2012 04:01PM - Miscommunication in
ScreenplayLand
October 26, 2012 03:44PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Nothing like an
overturned conviction to
restore one's
appetite!”
October 20, 2012 06:14PM - “Guns make no sense in
the city. I've been mugged at
gunpoint.
But I know
people…”
October 19, 2012 08:24PM - “C Berg, Congratulations
on teaching yoga. I'm happy
that I
can take yoga
classes.…”
October 19, 2012 06:54PM - “I like using a
pseudonym. It lets me tell
stories that I
don't want
associated wi…”
September 28, 2012 04:27PM - “I'm doing voter
registration this weekend at
the Farmers'
Market. Now, we
have…”
September 28, 2012 08:43AM
Geezerchick's Links
DECEMBER 11, 2012 3:16PM
Breast Cancer Surgical Flow Chart
All the press I’ve read about breast cancer for the past
40 odd years has said, “lumpectomy is the way to go.”
It turns out – often, it’s not. First of
all, if you get a lumpectomy, radiation is part of the package.
That’s wee
… Read full post »
DECEMBER 4, 2012 2:51PM
Paper-Training Me
Paper-training Me
Roar is the poopiest pooch on the planet. He poops 3
times on an average walk. The total can be as many as 5.
I’m used to re-using plastic bags to pick up pooch
poop, but Roar’s pooping exceeds my bag supply.
I’ve asked dogless neighbors to… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 26, 2012 1:45PM
Making Science Fun
It’s been many years since I visited the Exploratorium
in San Francisco. I loved that place. It was designed for
discovery. No instructions. Just interesting things placed in
proximity to each other and a tacit agreement from the museum
designers that you could do anything you want… Read full post »
NOVEMBER 2, 2012 4:01PM
My Election Rant
This is my election rant.
On Facebook, somebody posted a picture of a pretty 20-something woman, wearing summer clothing, holding a neat, clean diaper-clad baby on her lap, and a remote clicker in her hand.
The caption read:
Receives Monthly Welfare Checks Feeds
Child… Read full post »
OCTOBER 26, 2012 3:44PM
Miscommunication in ScreenplayLand
My producer set up a skype session with my co-author and me.
We talked about using kickstarter to raise money to make a
trailer to show potential movie funders.
One of the rewards we talked about was reprints of historical
posters.
A few days later, the producer called –… Read full post »
OCTOBER 19, 2012 3:46PM
Bad Advertisement for Aging
I’m such a regular at the gym, that I’ve gotten a
minor reputation. Some gym members correct my form and show me how
to use equipment. Others ask about the stretches I do –
most of which were either given me by physical therapists, or
modified by them. People over 50… Read full post »
OCTOBER 11, 2012 3:37PM
Blessing of the Animals
A friend whom I met, and only see, at the gym, a sister breast cancer survivor, told me about Blessing of the Animals at a nearby church.
Roar loves any chance to meet other dogs. I suspect this is one reason he demands so many walks. He sniffs every dog… Read full post »
OCTOBER 3, 2012 2:44PM
Progress in the Movie World
Last time I wrote about this, the family screenplay I wrote
with Jean had won the Gold Remi at Worldfest, and been
optioned.
So what’s next?
First we got a set of rewrite requests that we thought made
sense. So we did them.
Then we got more… Read full post »
SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 12:29PM
If You Turn Off the Circuit Breaker, Nothing Can Hurt You
I used to be afraid of electric wiring. It was inside the
wall. Sparks came out. The electricity experiments I’d done
in science class frequently broke.
But, my husband, the alien, and I had maxed out our budget and
spent all our savings to make the downpayment on our first… Read full post »
AUGUST 24, 2012 5:49PM
Roar Updates
Roar loves Buffy’s bunny. When we first got Buffy,
I went to the thrift shop and bought her a stuffed animal to sleep
with. That animal was shreds within an hour. After that
I tried an official pet toy from the grocery store. It lasted a few
days. Then… Read full post »
AUGUST 17, 2012 2:27PM
His Name is Roar
It’s been two years since we buried Petruccio, the
Incorrigible. Three years since Buffy, the best dog ever, died.
We weren’t in a hurry to get another. Then I got
a hip replacement, and had to learn to walk again – dogs need
walking. Then I got cancer, and had to… Read full post »
AUGUST 10, 2012 11:14AM
Optioning My Screenplay
It’s not just my screen play – it’s also my co-author Jean’s.
Jean and I have a truce – we will fight about plot, about character, even about which of our many ideas we will work on now. But we will never fight about money. We have lost money together… Read full post »
AUGUST 1, 2012 11:01AM
My First 2-Piece SwimSuit in over 40 Years
I just bought my first two-piece swim suit in over 40
years.
Those one-piece suits don’t hold a prosthetic very well.
Even after I sew a pocket into one. It looked okay while the suit
was dry. But when I started swimming, the prosthetic drooped and
moved around oddly.
JULY 27, 2012 1:08PM
What Does it Mean to be Alive?
I attended a Creativity in Nature session at the Cancer
Support Center. The leader handed out rocks to each of the
participants. One rock was rounded and blobby, yet had the
texture of sedimentary stone. “Is this coral?”
asked the woman who was holding it. She paus… Read full post »
JULY 23, 2012 3:01PM
Picking My Arguments
I try to pick which arguments are worth my time.
Yesterday I got into an argument about which arguments are
worthwhile. Talk about circular arguing?
A friend had read an article in which the author claimed that
the Supreme Court decision that prayer cannot be required in public
school ha… Read full post »
JULY 20, 2012 11:29AM
Entering Screenplay Contests
When you take screenwriting classes, the teachers claim that
it’s easy to tell a good screenplay from a poor one, and to
recognize an outstanding screenplay on the rare occasion when you
see one.
My friend Jean and I have co-written several screenplays.
One in particular has received hig… Read full post »
I considered myself to be a teenaged rebel. I questioned
everything adults told me to do, except when it came to homework
and politics.
I always did more homework than was assigned and I did
whatever the adults at the American Friends Service Committee
suggested. Without question, without doub… Read full post »
JULY 8, 2012 12:28PM
Modern Fossils
When I took a geology class in college, one of our field trips
was to a place where we could see fossils. The Teaching Assistant
who lead our group asked if we had any questions. I asked why
fossils form sometimes but not all the time. The… Read full post »
JUNE 29, 2012 5:54PM
Needles vs Needles
The place where my breast used to be swelled up with fluid.
My surgeon stuck needles in and drained. This
doesn’t hurt because the tissue where my breast used to be is
numb.
Three times it filled up. Three times, I let her drain
it.
When it filled up… Read full post »
JUNE 19, 2012 10:48AM
Buying a Knit Tit
Last time I mentioned buying a knit tit on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/360378520023
It arrived quickly. It was well made, attractive and much too big. It stuck out over 3 inches from my chest. My real one is less than 2 inches. It was also… Read full post »
JUNE 14, 2012 11:47AM
Stuffing My Bra
First, I want to make clear that I never stuffed my bra as a teenager. I never could figure out the point. It wouldn’t stop the girls in the gang shower at gym from calling me “barely a pinch” and it wouldn’t stop the rude boys from saying the truth, “she… Read full post »
JUNE 5, 2012 3:21PM
The American Cancer Society Equivocates with Women's Health
The American Cancer Society is equivocating with women’s
health.
According to National Breast Cancer Foundation, “Taking
a few minutes to do a breast self-exam a minimum of once a month
can make a lifetime of difference. Nearly 70% of all breast cancers
are found through self-exams and w… Read full post »
MAY 29, 2012 1:33PM
A Maturing Web Artist
About ten years ago I web-met (is that a verb?) A young
children’s writer and artist, Valerie Melville. We were both
nominees for awards in EPIC (Electronic Publishing Industry
Coalition) http://www.epicorg.com
Valerie has social skills that I lack. It would never
have occurred to me to… Read full post »
MAY 22, 2012 11:30AM
An Argument in an Old Marriage
My husband, the alien, likes to carry things for me.
It’s a hold-over from the way males used to be raised.
And I admit, if it’s something heavy, I appreciate the
help.
But he doesn’t only carry heavy things.
Recently, we were on vacation. Our hotel had a swimming… Read full post »
MAY 18, 2012 5:51PM
I Have no Nipple and I Must Squirt
When I was nursing, my breasts were often full of milk. When my husband, the alien, said something off-the-wall in the privacy of our home, I would squirt him. I also appreciated the comfort of nursing.
After the mastectomy my breasts again filled with fluid. I knew it wasn’t milk.… Read full post »
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