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“We can't all be happy, we can't all be rich, we can't all be lucky - and it would be so much less fun if we were... There must be the dark background to show up the bright colours. ”
― Good Morning, Midnight
“All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere trickles, like Jean Rhys. All that matters is feeding the lake. I don't matter. The lake matters. You must keep feeding the lake.”
―“Blot out the moon,“A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.”
― Good Morning, Midnight
Pull down the stars.
Love in the dark, for we're for the dark
So soon, so soon.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea“I would never be part of anything. I would never really belong anywhere, and I knew it, and all my life would be the same, trying to belong, and failing. Always something would go wrong. I am a stranger and I always will be, and after all I didn’t really care.”
― Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography“There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.”
― Wide Sargasso Sea
Monday, August 29, 2022
Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes. ― Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
nervousness or shakiness, headache, throat or nasal irritation, and muscle aches. More-serious — though less common — side effects include a rapid heart rate (tachycardia) or feelings of fluttering or a pounding heart (palpitations).
Albuterol side effects: Can I avoid them?
I take albuterol to relieve asthma attacks. Is there a way to limit the side effects?
Answer From James T C Li, M.D., Ph.D.You may be able to lessen some side effects of albuterol if you change the method in which you take the drug or the amount you take. You may also find that a different prescription asthma drug has fewer side effects for you.
Albuterol is a type of drug called a short-acting bronchodilator. It provides relief from an asthma attack by relaxing the smooth muscles in your airways. It's usually taken with a metered dose inhaler (ProAir HFA, Proventil HFA, others). But it can also be inhaled with a device called a nebulizer or taken as a pill or a liquid.
Side effects of albuterol include nervousness or shakiness, headache, throat or nasal irritation, and muscle aches. More-serious — though less common — side effects include a rapid heart rate (tachycardia) or feelings of fluttering or a pounding heart (palpitations).
If you find it difficult to tolerate side effects of albuterol, talk to your health care provider about the following options:
- Changing the delivery method. Albuterol side effects are less likely if you use an inhaler instead of taking a pill or liquid. If you use a nebulizer to inhale the drug, you may lessen symptoms if you can switch to a metered dose inhaler. If you already use a metered dose inhaler, symptoms may be reduced if you use a spacer or chamber device, which is attached to the inhaler.
Managing your asthma. In general, the severity of side effects depends on how much of the drug you take. Albuterol is intended to treat noticeable asthma symptoms, but it is not intended for frequent use. If you are taking frequent doses, your doctor will want to assess your overall treatment plan.
Talk to your doctor if you take albuterol three or more days a week or you use an entire inhaler canister within a month. Better management of your asthma may lessen your need for albuterol and lessen side effects.
- Reducing your dose. For some people, using one puff of albuterol, rather than two puffs, will provide good relief of symptoms with fewer side effects.
Ragweed Pollen is Intense
I walked to the post office with Romeo and I needed my inhaler. The ragweed pollen is very intense. I am hiding indoors inside the air conditioned house.
You can Freeze it!
years ago my Lebanese friend Pat told me you can freeze hummus. And she was correct. I have frozen 5 small containers since I always make a pound of beans.
Another friend told me you can freeze milk and she experienced this growing up in rural New Hampshire.
Here's a few more...https://www.purewow.com/food/surprising-foods-you-can-freeze/
Bananas and eggs, and mashed potatoes and spinach pies and cooked pasta....
how to face our feelings
Great fiction shows us not how to conduct our behavior but how to feel. Eventually, it may show us how to face our feelings and face our actions and to have new inklings about what they mean. A good novel of any year can initiate us into our own new experience.
EUDORA WELTY
Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment. Lao Tzu
I will not allow anyone to walk in my mind with dirty feet. Mahatma Gandhi
Toxic people have no concept of boundaries. Sarah Regan
People inspire you, or they drain you. Pick them wisely. Hans F. Hasen
If you walked away from a toxic, negative, abusive, one-sided, dead-end low vibrational relationship or friendship — you won. Lalah Delia
Toxic people are people who cause harm to another, often through emotional manipulation. Perpetua Neo
If they do it often, it isn’t a mistake: it’s just their behavior. Steve Maraboli
Never argue with stupid people, because they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. Mark Twain
Toxic people only change their victims, never themselves. Remember that. Soulja Boy
We teach people how to treat us. Dr. Phil
Some people are in such utter darkness that they will burn you just to see a light. Try not to take it personally. Kamand Kojouri
Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny. Steve Maraboli
Toxic people don’t like it when others see though them, so they’ll do all they can to make everyone else look like a monster. Nitya Prakash
As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships. John Mark Green
Learn to ignore the behavior of toxic and irritating people. The truth is they are hurting; that’s why they choose to hurt others. They are full of fear and insecurity. Ignore the hate they spew. Respond with patience and love. Say a prayer for them. Mufti Menk
Not all friends know they have lost you. Joyce Rachelle
When dealing with toxic people always choose distance over disrespect. Germany Kent
Vibe so high that any toxic people naturally remove themselves from your life because they no longer know how to approach your energy. Pammy
Cutting ties with toxic people who trigger your mental health is top tier self-care. Pammy
Carl Sagan
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.”
―“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there-on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space“Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another.”
― Cosmos“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
― Cosmos“Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.”
― The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”
―“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Cosmos
Sunday, August 28, 2022
Fabio D'Aleo
Lived in Rome, Italy https://www.quora.com/profile/Fabio-DAleoWe eat pasta or rice only once a day normally, not huge portions and with more vegetables and less fatty sauces than you are used abroad. Most people, when having pasta or risotto for lunch, then has meat or fish in the evening, or the other way round.
Pizza is something we eat every now and then (mostly in a night out with friends or family). Again, Italian pizza is not smothered in fatty cheese and often toppings are just veggies. Panini are an alternative lunch on the go, when there is no time for a sitting lunch: one Milanese “michetta al crudo” with Parma ham has:
- 50g carbs
- 20g fat
- 35g protein
That is 513 Kcal, one third less fats and one third more proteins than a Big Mac: if coupled with a steak or a chicken breast and some veggies for dinner, it's perfectly compatible with a weight loss diet.
Answered by Jan 15Italy here:
Brandacujun (Shake-Bollocks) Creamed salted cod & potatoes with garlic and parsley. From Liguria.
Bastardo del Grappa (The Bastard from Grappa) A cheese from, you guessed, Monte Grappa and surrounding area
Strozzapreti alla Pastora (Priest-stranglers sheperd style): a pasta shape, in this case dressed with a white meat ragù
Minne delle Monache (Nuns' Titties) Mini-sponges filled with sweet whipped cream. From Puglia
Coglioni di mulo (Mule Testicles) A pear-shaped salami with a cube of lard in the middle. No mules were harmed in making this. From Abruzzo.
Cazzimperio (sort of Imperial Cock): celery and fennel bulbs dipped in olive oil, salt and pepper. A Roman salad
Pane Cafone (Boorish Bread): Neapolitan sourdough
Zizzona di Battipaglia (The Big Bazonga from Battipaglia): a water buffalo giant mozzarella, specialty of, you guessed again, Battipaglia.
Torta Puttana (The Whore-cake): a pudding-y cake or cake-y pudding from the Northeast
something has tried to kill me and has failed.
“won't you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.”
―
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