How advertising colors our thoughts and perceptions Facts About Alzheimer’s Advertisements Pharmaceutical advertisements target emotions to instill worry, anxiety, fear, dread into their audience. The intent is to convince anyone that something in their life health and well being is amiss and chemical help is necessary to fill the void. One of our favorite semi-recent pharma ad...
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Questionaire: Facts about Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Facts about Alzheimer’s and Dementia Over 5 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s or Dementia Alzheimer’s is the 7th leading cause of death in America 13% of Americans over age 65 suffer from Alzheimer’s or Dementia 50% of Americans over age 85 will suffer with Alzheimer’s or Dementia Estimated growth of the disease: 7 million Americans will suffer...
Continue reading...Discrimination of Low Expectations – Speech
Job Description: File Clerk, Driver, Messenger Landed our first real job as a driver, messenger, file clerk Gofer position. Requirements A.A. degree, Good driving record, ability to list 50 lbs. while female. As it turns out 50 lbs was easy and we got along great in the somewhat rowdy workplace. Route included 7 districts and a twice...
Continue reading...Explanation: Discrimination of Low Expectations
Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations The “practice of expecting less from members of a disadvantaged group and thus implicitly encouraging those people not to reach their full potential.” Note: There are more poor gifted & talented people than rich gifted & talented people. 1980’s Affirmative Action for Women * We scored high on every test and fit...
Continue reading...Crocodile Tears
Crocodile Tears Intrigue Visualizing a beast about to consume you, as terrifying as it may be doesn’t hold a candle to watching it cry for pity as as it begins eating…clearly is among the top most 2,000, 000 gruesome fates Chaos could possibly imagine. Political atmosphere prompts us to venture a revisiting of the concept of Crocodile...
Continue reading...Mom’s Party Crock Pot Chili for 20
Mom’s Party Crock Pot Chili for 20! 5 lbs or more of cooked, lean ground beef (drained) 8 15-oz cans of red kidney beans (drained) 6 15-oz cans of chopped or diced tomatoes 1 30 oz can of whole green chilies (drained) OR 2 bags of frozen sliced bell peppers with onion (or 2 to 3 bell...
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When we were employed in the bureaucracy, it was expected to carry the Franklin Planner at all times to record mundane prospects past, current and future. We soon tired of the tiny fonts and all those tiny lines. Completely unsuitable for our needs. We requested the supply madam to gather us a goodly supply of blank pages...
Continue reading...The 3-Part Joke
Three Part Joke – Rules for Change Wayne was downtown at the grocery store yesterday to pick up a few things. While he was gone a news flash came across the TV warning of a dangerous wrong-way driver on the Highway which goes through downtown. We called him on his cell “Wayne, there’s one crazy wrong-way driver...
Continue reading...How Important is Change to You?
How important is change to you? In order to change you have to prepare your environment to be conducive to change. Environment is Important: Yours Theirs But mostly yours What happens when we decide to change something about ourselves. Our brains revolt. Change is Constant Not all change is great or world shattering. Change is constant and...
Continue reading...What is a personality?
What is a personality? What affects emotions, reactions and behaviors which determine individual personality traits? Is a personality trait the face we present to others? Is the face the same to others? Is there such a thing as “a” personality for one individual? Like Snowflakes, No Two Personalities are Alike A few of the billions of combinations...
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