Did you know that carpal-tunnel syndrome is sometimes connected to how much we use our thumbs? There are three muscles that make up the fleshy base of your thumb: Abductor pollicis brevis, Flexor pollicis brevis, and Opponens pollicis. They sound like Shakespearean characters, and indeed, these muscles would help you wield both a pen (finger-to-thumb [...]
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Next up on my laugh-out-loud list, more light-bulb jokes! From the “A”s… Q: How many academics does it take to change a lightbulb ? A: Five: One to write the grant proposal, one to do the mathematical modelling, one to type the research paper, one to submit the paper for publishing, and one to hire a student [...]
Next up on my laugh-out-loud list, in the style of Garrison Keillor… How many Christians does it take to change a light bulb? Roman Catholic: None. Candles only. Baptists: At least 15. One to change the light bulb, and three committees to approve the change and decide who brings the potato salad. Episcopalians: Eight. One [...]
Next up on my laugh-out-loud list… The Vet Bill A woman brought a very limp parrot into a veterinary surgeon. As she lay her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird’s chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, “I’m so [...]
Next up on my laugh-out-loud list… The Wreck A lady had just totaled her car in a horrific accident. Miraculously, she managed to pry herself from the wreckage without a scratch and was applying fresh lipstick when the state trooper arrived. “My Goodness!” the trooper gasped. “Your car looks like an accordion that was stomped [...]
Next up on my laugh-out-loud list… Fire! There was a Texas oil tycoon who was watching his largest oil well going up in flames. He called in the best fire fighting equipment money could buy but there was no way they could get close enough to the intense flames to reach them with their water [...]
Sitting around the campfire last weekend, my friends were re-telling the story of our death-defying trip through rain and snow to a remote fire lookout. I ended up laughing so hard I nearly spit out all my toothpaste (I was brushing my teeth at the time). I love laughing until I cry. I want to [...]
Helping your body catch up to change
Posted in Blog, Body wisdom, Self care on Jun 29th, 2011
The latest issue of Ode Magazine offers an interesting article called This is Your Brain on Change. Here’s the problem in a nutshell: Our culture sets us up to have to change but also makes us into people who don’t know how to change. So what’s the solution? The author posits two (related) strategies: 1) [...]
I met up with former student who is now in week 26 of pregnancy and starting to feel it. She wanted to offset the changes in her abdominal muscles (they’re starting to split apart!) and wasn’t sure if she could do the same strengthening exercises she did pre-pregnancy. I recommended a book that my prenatal [...]
How to get unstuck
Posted in Blog, Body wisdom, Self care on Jun 22nd, 2011
I’ve been sitting here for about almost an hour, and I can feel it in my ribs. Not breathing fully, not feeling any spinal undulation. In short, I’m stuck. So if I’m going to spend time at the computer, I may as well post about how to get unstuck! It’s as simple as: Blowing a [...]
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