A fantastic way to get in shape...
http://www.chikinramen.com/exercise/exercise43.swf
26.5.05
The Guinness H.S.C. LLB take on legal ethics
If you've been hurt or injured in an automobile accident...
I get paid in IAMS.
take me out to the ball game with a foam finger
This is yours truly at the Toronto Blue Jays' home game opener with a giant FOAM finger! Yes entirely foam, beer and hotdogs.
"The essentials"
The trailer park boys threw in the first pitch
and SLASH played the national anthem.
It doesnt get any better or stranger here in Toronto now does it?
25.5.05
Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels...
This is crazy.
Glorification of often-fatal eating disorder is flourishing, researchers find
(HealthDay News)
-A visit to a typical "pro-ana" Web site - an online forum for anorexics - tells a disturbing story. Photos of rake-thin women are everywhere; a shot of one emaciated model, her bones protruding, is emblazoned "Feel Sexy, Join (the) ProAna Movement."
In the site's chat forum, one correspondent says, "i hate myself im so big and i have to loss (sic) 20 lbs by june 3th."
Another correspondent repeats the pro-anorexia catchphrase:
"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
"Pro-ana" forums like these are sprouting throughout the Web, and a new study finds that teens with an eating disorder who visit these sites fare far worse than other young anorexics or bulimics.
According to researchers at Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) in Palo Alto, Calif., 40 percent of patients interviewed had visited such sites. Teens with an eating disorder who frequent these sites were hospitalized three times more than nonusers, the researchers said.
And the study, presented at this week's meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington, D.C., found that nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of visitors to pro-eating-disorder sites used new weight loss or purging techniques they learned about through the sites.
These online forums "seem to give teens an outlet to express their private eating-disorder thoughts in an anonymous forum," said study co-author Dr. Rebecka Peebles, adolescent medicine specialist at LPCH. With provocative words and images, the sites' warnings about entering give them a "forbidden fruit" ambience that can actually appeal to teens, Peebles said.
Pro-eating-disorder Web sites have proliferated on the Internet, luring vulnerable teens into viewing anorexia or bulimia as a "lifestyle choice" rather than an illness. In fact, these sites now outnumber pro-recovery sites five to one, experts point out. By 2003 - the last time experts attempted a precise count - over 500 "pro-ana" sites existed on the Internet, Peebles said.
Besides offering confused young girls "support" in staying away from food, the Web sites provide girls and women with new methods of hiding their eating disorder behaviors, cheating on weigh-ins at the doctor's office, and providing what the sites call
"thinspiration"
- glamour shots of thin women and celebrities, and specially designed goal-weight charts.
Some sites even include a special food pyramid, with food placed at the narrow tip to be used sparingly while the bulk of the structure promotes large rations of water, diet soda, black coffee and cigarettes.
Many also sell merchandise such as "Mia" (code for Bulimia) and "Ana" (code for anorexia) jewelry, t-shirts and other products. These products help fund the Web sites.
"Especially for teens in recovery, they have so many people pushing against their eating disorder, such as doctors and parents, that these sites support that part of their brain that says 'yes' to the eating disorder," said Dr. Martin Fisher, chief of the division of adolescent medicine at Schneider Children's Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
The fear is that for those with an undiagnosed and untreated eating disorder, this sense of community with other victims could spur the disease on, encouraging destructive weight loss behavior and thoughts. "It's also one way of slowing recovery for those receiving treatment," Fisher said.
Another concern among experts hoping to curb anorexia and bulimia is that these Web sites might trigger new cases in vulnerable - but as-yet unaffected - teens, said Peebles.
Signs that teens are visiting pro-eating-disorder sites may include rapidly losing weight, being familiar with terms like Mia and Ana, wearing solidarity jewelry - most commonly represented by thin strands of red or blue beads - and/or spending lots of time on the Web.
Parents can't monitor all teen Web activity, of course. And study co-author Jenny Wilson, a Stanford medical student, said the tricky thing is that many pro-eating-disorder Web site users also frequent pro-recovery sites. Even these sites sometimes exacerbate risky behavior, since they allow visitors to confide in one another on topics such as weight-loss strategies.
Dialogue between an affected teen and her parents is key, the researchers said.
Concerned parents can direct their child to sites with constructive support in beating anorexia or bulimia, Peebles said. She believes some of the best sites include
www.somethingfishy.org
or
www.renfrew.org.
Wilson said that, right now, "there's a need to fill that technological gap" when it comes to constructive Web sites that "meet the demands of surfing teens." "Cool" sites with good information are in short order, she said, but they could be helpful in enticing teens to learn about more healthy behaviors.
"It's difficult to treat eating disorders, with or without the Web sites," said Fisher. "They just add one more variable, and it's quite dismaying."
Copyright 2005 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.
Glorification of often-fatal eating disorder is flourishing, researchers find
(HealthDay News)
-A visit to a typical "pro-ana" Web site - an online forum for anorexics - tells a disturbing story. Photos of rake-thin women are everywhere; a shot of one emaciated model, her bones protruding, is emblazoned "Feel Sexy, Join (the) ProAna Movement."
In the site's chat forum, one correspondent says, "i hate myself im so big and i have to loss (sic) 20 lbs by june 3th."
Another correspondent repeats the pro-anorexia catchphrase:
"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
"Pro-ana" forums like these are sprouting throughout the Web, and a new study finds that teens with an eating disorder who visit these sites fare far worse than other young anorexics or bulimics.
According to researchers at Stanford University and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH) in Palo Alto, Calif., 40 percent of patients interviewed had visited such sites. Teens with an eating disorder who frequent these sites were hospitalized three times more than nonusers, the researchers said.
And the study, presented at this week's meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington, D.C., found that nearly two-thirds (61 percent) of visitors to pro-eating-disorder sites used new weight loss or purging techniques they learned about through the sites.
These online forums "seem to give teens an outlet to express their private eating-disorder thoughts in an anonymous forum," said study co-author Dr. Rebecka Peebles, adolescent medicine specialist at LPCH. With provocative words and images, the sites' warnings about entering give them a "forbidden fruit" ambience that can actually appeal to teens, Peebles said.
Pro-eating-disorder Web sites have proliferated on the Internet, luring vulnerable teens into viewing anorexia or bulimia as a "lifestyle choice" rather than an illness. In fact, these sites now outnumber pro-recovery sites five to one, experts point out. By 2003 - the last time experts attempted a precise count - over 500 "pro-ana" sites existed on the Internet, Peebles said.
Besides offering confused young girls "support" in staying away from food, the Web sites provide girls and women with new methods of hiding their eating disorder behaviors, cheating on weigh-ins at the doctor's office, and providing what the sites call
"thinspiration"
- glamour shots of thin women and celebrities, and specially designed goal-weight charts.
Some sites even include a special food pyramid, with food placed at the narrow tip to be used sparingly while the bulk of the structure promotes large rations of water, diet soda, black coffee and cigarettes.
Many also sell merchandise such as "Mia" (code for Bulimia) and "Ana" (code for anorexia) jewelry, t-shirts and other products. These products help fund the Web sites.
"Especially for teens in recovery, they have so many people pushing against their eating disorder, such as doctors and parents, that these sites support that part of their brain that says 'yes' to the eating disorder," said Dr. Martin Fisher, chief of the division of adolescent medicine at Schneider Children's Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
The fear is that for those with an undiagnosed and untreated eating disorder, this sense of community with other victims could spur the disease on, encouraging destructive weight loss behavior and thoughts. "It's also one way of slowing recovery for those receiving treatment," Fisher said.
Another concern among experts hoping to curb anorexia and bulimia is that these Web sites might trigger new cases in vulnerable - but as-yet unaffected - teens, said Peebles.
Signs that teens are visiting pro-eating-disorder sites may include rapidly losing weight, being familiar with terms like Mia and Ana, wearing solidarity jewelry - most commonly represented by thin strands of red or blue beads - and/or spending lots of time on the Web.
Parents can't monitor all teen Web activity, of course. And study co-author Jenny Wilson, a Stanford medical student, said the tricky thing is that many pro-eating-disorder Web site users also frequent pro-recovery sites. Even these sites sometimes exacerbate risky behavior, since they allow visitors to confide in one another on topics such as weight-loss strategies.
Dialogue between an affected teen and her parents is key, the researchers said.
Concerned parents can direct their child to sites with constructive support in beating anorexia or bulimia, Peebles said. She believes some of the best sites include
www.somethingfishy.org
or
www.renfrew.org.
Wilson said that, right now, "there's a need to fill that technological gap" when it comes to constructive Web sites that "meet the demands of surfing teens." "Cool" sites with good information are in short order, she said, but they could be helpful in enticing teens to learn about more healthy behaviors.
"It's difficult to treat eating disorders, with or without the Web sites," said Fisher. "They just add one more variable, and it's quite dismaying."
Copyright 2005 ScoutNews, LLC. All rights reserved.
13.5.05
super socco is the drink of choice for all your hard days of playin the field mofo
I remember Super Socco Drinks.
They had RAD commercials in 1984.
Lots of poppy black and white soccer balls and punchy
red and green flags and scoring and all kinds of good fun like that.
Every other drinkbox is just plain weak in comparison.
Ok there is one that beats all in my books of 'drink-boxes'
they were chocolate SHAKES, you shook it and shook it until it got all frothy.
Mmmm frothy warm (by the time lunch hits) chocolate milk/SHAKE for lunch....
Super star kids.
Ok, so what, by todays standards, they werent all that good UM sure of it.
Sorry the whole SOCCO lept into my waterlogged brain whilst swimming
and really, it actually makes me think of the taste of soy milk.
I dont know whats the deal with people drinking cows milk anyway.
Are you a cow?
Why not give a calf breast milk?
Or maybe they do on planet MOO.
www.milksucks.com
Enjoy the cream of your day...its bedtime in T-dot land.
They had RAD commercials in 1984.
Lots of poppy black and white soccer balls and punchy
red and green flags and scoring and all kinds of good fun like that.
Every other drinkbox is just plain weak in comparison.
Ok there is one that beats all in my books of 'drink-boxes'
they were chocolate SHAKES, you shook it and shook it until it got all frothy.
Mmmm frothy warm (by the time lunch hits) chocolate milk/SHAKE for lunch....
Super star kids.
Ok, so what, by todays standards, they werent all that good UM sure of it.
Sorry the whole SOCCO lept into my waterlogged brain whilst swimming
and really, it actually makes me think of the taste of soy milk.
I dont know whats the deal with people drinking cows milk anyway.
Are you a cow?
Why not give a calf breast milk?
Or maybe they do on planet MOO.
www.milksucks.com
Enjoy the cream of your day...its bedtime in T-dot land.
12.5.05
my skinny lil ass in a skinny lil speedo
Ok for the most part, I have become a swimmer again.
Sadly, Karate is only once a week Saturday, here in Toronto.
So what is a ninja like me to do during the week?
I race home from work to eat toast with P&Jam,
seriously, its a real fuel magician of sorts.
It goes better with Peach yogurt, but we ran out.
and then I usually call my brother to see what he is up to.
His life is a circus lately. At least he isnt a Carnie...although he does have a knack for
dealing with all of those rollercoaster rides in his life. I love him and wish him well.
For his pain I will swim laps to clear my mind.
Generally, I have to wait around the house until 8:30 free lane swim time.
I walk about 3minutes up and over from my house and voila! a pool shows up behind the bushes. There it is! the pool!
Ok so what if it is a REC pool. It totally is great for me and is always available until 10pm in the night. For $2.50 I can swim for an hour.
Beat that.
I am now devouring the "medium" pace lane and should really be in the
"fast" lane but then I would really have to "work-it".
So I got a new TYR suit last week as it really SUITS me fine. And looks hot on my leaner-because-of-swimming-and-going-1/2-vegetarian-frame.
Yes 1/2 as I do have to get a little more meat inside me lately as I am feeling dizzy.
And I am angry at PETA for being slow with my parcel!
I got into the pool tonight, the clear blue embraced me.
It was another strange day in the sea of Toronto.
Matt Good said that in a sea of people one can still feel utterly alone.
I believe this.
I have been going to the pool 3x a week and doing push-ups on my thumbs at Karate Saturdays.
I do have Mexico to look forward to in June, so all I really need is a tan for my bikini. I look pretty much fine as can be. Dave also needs a tan as golfing on Sunday gave him a "glorious"
bronzage de farmer.
Now that I am in more contact with my friend Justine I hope she takes me to her boyfriend Jason's Ranch. He is North American Champ...at the good ole R-o-d-e-o!
I hope they can teach me a thing or two about horses. I hope David comes with me.
He is fearful of big dogs, so I hope that the big horses dont have the same impact.
So about the pool, there is a slow, medium and fast lane.
The fast lane is for triatheletes and superstars. the medium lane is for post-swimmers and or retired swimmers. I havent swam against anyone in over (shock) 14 years.
And the slow lane is for people that just need to get into the clear blue water and clear their blue collar heads.
Did I tell you that we live in the village of Swansea?
Apparently this area is pretty historic. But I will leave that for another night.
One last thing, I got a flat-iron on the weekend and tonight I attacked the mane-from-hell.
And seriously, my hair is SO thick i will have to sleep on it STILL to get it truly stick straight.
I may sneak a swim in tomorrow...
Sadly, Karate is only once a week Saturday, here in Toronto.
So what is a ninja like me to do during the week?
I race home from work to eat toast with P&Jam,
seriously, its a real fuel magician of sorts.
It goes better with Peach yogurt, but we ran out.
and then I usually call my brother to see what he is up to.
His life is a circus lately. At least he isnt a Carnie...although he does have a knack for
dealing with all of those rollercoaster rides in his life. I love him and wish him well.
For his pain I will swim laps to clear my mind.
Generally, I have to wait around the house until 8:30 free lane swim time.
I walk about 3minutes up and over from my house and voila! a pool shows up behind the bushes. There it is! the pool!
Ok so what if it is a REC pool. It totally is great for me and is always available until 10pm in the night. For $2.50 I can swim for an hour.
Beat that.
I am now devouring the "medium" pace lane and should really be in the
"fast" lane but then I would really have to "work-it".
So I got a new TYR suit last week as it really SUITS me fine. And looks hot on my leaner-because-of-swimming-and-going-1/2-vegetarian-frame.
Yes 1/2 as I do have to get a little more meat inside me lately as I am feeling dizzy.
And I am angry at PETA for being slow with my parcel!
I got into the pool tonight, the clear blue embraced me.
It was another strange day in the sea of Toronto.
Matt Good said that in a sea of people one can still feel utterly alone.
I believe this.
I have been going to the pool 3x a week and doing push-ups on my thumbs at Karate Saturdays.
I do have Mexico to look forward to in June, so all I really need is a tan for my bikini. I look pretty much fine as can be. Dave also needs a tan as golfing on Sunday gave him a "glorious"
bronzage de farmer.
Now that I am in more contact with my friend Justine I hope she takes me to her boyfriend Jason's Ranch. He is North American Champ...at the good ole R-o-d-e-o!
I hope they can teach me a thing or two about horses. I hope David comes with me.
He is fearful of big dogs, so I hope that the big horses dont have the same impact.
So about the pool, there is a slow, medium and fast lane.
The fast lane is for triatheletes and superstars. the medium lane is for post-swimmers and or retired swimmers. I havent swam against anyone in over (shock) 14 years.
And the slow lane is for people that just need to get into the clear blue water and clear their blue collar heads.
Did I tell you that we live in the village of Swansea?
Apparently this area is pretty historic. But I will leave that for another night.
One last thing, I got a flat-iron on the weekend and tonight I attacked the mane-from-hell.
And seriously, my hair is SO thick i will have to sleep on it STILL to get it truly stick straight.
I may sneak a swim in tomorrow...
SLOW DANCE
Thank you Jessica for the eye-opening poem/e-mail written by a little girl in NYC.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask
How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Because you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Do you run through each day
On the fly?
When you ask
How are you?
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done
Do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
Because you never had time
To call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.
When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away.
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
3.5.05
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