Cirdie's Blog

Birth Date: Mon, Feb 13 1961

Place of residence:
Geneva OH, United States (map)

I am: Married

Schools: post grad and professional

Jobs: (past) burger flipper, check printer, courier, bouncer, (present) karate instructor, physician

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Member Since: 07/15/07
Last Login: 12/10/10
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Music:

Eclectic. I do like Keane, coldplay, royksopp, A-ha, some Bjork, most retro from the 70's and 80's as well as the crooners of the 50s and 60s, Vivaldi and even Kraftwerk!!!! YO! Check out Donnie Iris and the Cruisers!

Books:

Non-fiction, philosophy, metaphysics, and religious mysticism.

Favorite Places:

Wherever my wife and daughter happen to be at the time.

I Want To See:

Europe. never got to travel much.

Hobbies:

Published editorial cartoonist, portrait and caricature artist.

Activities:

Lawn care and other honey-do chores

Sports:

Black belts in karate (sandan) and judo (shodan)

Movies:

Most are a good $8 nap

TV:

Trying to quit. A real time-waster and the ads skew your sensibility.

Heroes:

My father (no, really!)

I Want To Meet:

Jesus some day.

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Avoidance Behavior & Addictions, part deux

It is so easy to rationalize and excuse bad behavior. The EXCUSES and COMPLAINTS fit together like hand in glove. I had a tough day becomes an excuse for...I think I will guzzle some beer.....eat a 12 inch hoagie....surf mindless internet sites.....bounce a ball against the wall.....sniff aroun»

avoidance behavior

Really struggling with controlling avoidance activities like overeating, overdrinking, zombie-faced TV sessions, etc. ....not quite sure when I gave up responsibility for self-preservation, but one would think I was slowly doing myself in. Eat, drink , and be merry for tomorrow we.......»

Titillating the Mind

Ok..I did my toolbox so now I can go outside and play in the blogs. In reading some of the posts, there is a recurrent theme that mnay are caught up in various distractions (self included) instead of "living the life I want" Maybe we are so overstimulated by living and »

Subtle seduction

Falling into the bad habit of procrastination by logging on,.....excitedly looking for anything but the usual goose egg in my mailbox.....and then strolling through the interesting blog posts. Eventually tending to the Toolbox if I get around to it. This has got to reverse order before it»

There but by the Grace of God.

I had a patient today that suffers extreme rheumatoid arthritis. Basically no use of the hands and a slow shuffling gait. Every move is painful to every joint. She weighs maybe 100# at best I wrestle with the injustice that one is stricken with this affliction or that. In the sense of Law»

I Don't feel like smiling!

Surprisingly! You can feel like poop and then remember to smile for no absolute reason. The smile thing has gotten to me. You tell yourself that there is no rational reason to smile, but the primitive brain gives you a little fleeting lift.....a little lightness of being...even if for that»

Having a great day!

It started when I let my baby Hershey (chocolate lab) out for her morning duty and perimeter check. I noted that she was in constipated distress trying to pass a lawn biscuit. I thought to myself, right now there is a loved one experiencing more distress than myself at the moment. You»

skeptical

Naturally skeptical. Most self help programs seem overly simplistic. They should involve more cerebral gymnastics. Deep probing into dark psychological secrets. So I thought.... I have been around the block with Tony Robbins, Sedona method, Chi kung, hypnosis, Nightingale-Conant, ad nausea»

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