If you are seasick, go to the center of the ship and as close to the water line. Focus on a non-moving object in the distance and toward the front of the ship. If you are nauseous, drinking ginger might help if you don’t have pills. Drink water if you vomit.
If you get stung by a scorpion, put heat or cold on the bite. Go to the emergency room if you have tingling, difficulty breathing, and irregular heartbeat.
If you find yourself abducted by aliens, be cooperative and remain conscious by reciting phrases to yourself. Remember the details of your experience and when you come back to Earth, contact a friend about what has happened to you.
If you fall onto the subway tracks, don’t climb back out unless you have enough time. Stand up immediately and against the wall in between the columns. Remove anything that is loose on your body.
If a tornado is nearby, go to the basement, stairway, or bathroom. Stay away from windows and doors.
If there is a grill fire, turn off the burners and close the lid if possible. Put baking soda or sand onto the flames or use a fire extinguisher. If the propane tank is on fire, leave the area and call for help.
If you are trapped in a walk-in freezer, knock several times on the door to get someone’s attention. See if you can use the emergency release on the interior and turn off the cooling system. If no one shows up, lie down on cardboard and cover yourself with anything you can except frozen food.
If you need to perform a tracheotomy, find the Adam’s apple or thyroid cartilage. Move one inch down the neck and make the cut using a razor blade or knife between the two areas. Insert a tube into the opening and breathe two quick breaths.
If you have bedbugs in your room, strip your bed and take off the headboard. Check your drawers and vacuum. Make sure to set sticky trap around the bed.
If you need to take a quick nap at work, place your elbow on your desk and support your face with your hand. Pretend you are reading by keeping papers in front of you.
If you find yourself near a nuclear explosion, find a safe place of shelter and stay there for a week. Wash your body with soap and water to get off the radiation. If you need to eat wild animals, don’t eat close to the bones.
if you need to un-flip your kayak, lean toward the left side. Put your paddle parallel to the kayak and sweep it away. Move your head and torso as close to the surface as possible. Snap your hips to flip the kayak. Your head and torso will be touching the water’s surface. Bend your torso out of the water, whip your head from the water surface, and sit upright.
If you find yourself having a heart attack, chew and swallow aspirin and alert others you are having trouble. Calm your thoughts and increase your oxygen. Breath in through your nose and cough every three seconds. Don’t eat food or drink water.
I cleaned up my FB page. I removed quite a bit of stuff. Old pictures. Old things. Old videos. Old everything because I’m sort of starting fresh again. I started a new journal and using one of my older ones for creative ideas instead of keeping track of my calories. I’m using an app for that now although lately I haven’t been eating within my calories. I severely need to go back to the gym regularly although I did go a few times this week. As I was deleting, I saw these quotes I had put on there when I first went on FB. They all resonated with me in some way and here they are.
“To die is poignantly bitter, but the idea of having to die without having lived is unbearable.”
-Erich Fromm-
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
-Mark Twain-
“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
-Chinese Proverb-
“The mind is sharper and keener in seclusion and uninterrupted solitude.”
-Nikola Tesla-
“The greatest matters of nations cannot make us forget the modest matters of the heart.”
-Milan Kundera-
“If I waited till I felt like writing, I’d never write at all.”
-Anne Tyler-
“Attack life, it’s going to kill you anyways.”
-Orkun Ayhan-
“When we face pain in relationships our first response is often to sever bonds rather than to maintain commitment.”
-Bell Hooks-
“Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.”
-Aristotle-
“What if I were to tell you that all the things you come to believe about yourself are a lie?”
-Raymond Reddington-
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
-Maya Angelou-
“When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good, you will not, hmmm?”
-Yoda-
“My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it’s very open ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.”
-Ani DiFranco-
“Above all, be the heroine in your life, not a victim.”
-Nora Ephron-
How funny I wrote this a while back. It was in 2021. I was going to include it into a short story or novella of some kind. I guess for now it will hang out as flash fiction. Enjoy.
Give a man a knife.
He’ll find a way to cut himself.
The marks too big.
The choices far away.
Fake smiles adorn the faces.
They retain their youthful chins.
Spit out useless information.
Give a woman an inch.
She’ll turn it into a mile.
The means of something.
All the lovely plans.
Great money to spend.
That is the way.
Return the favor.
It's lonely. Any place down there in the dungeon. Alone. It's never up there. There's no sky or mountains, not the wind or clouds. You've typed a word. The only word. Your mind moving. It's faster. Looking ahead but not fast enough. Thoughts. The story has already been written once.
You are not good enough to put into the right words.
I can’t take more time out of your day.
There are not enough minutes for you to sound right.
There is nothing here to read.
You have worn yourself out.
You have been rundown.
I am not in a weakened state.
I can remove myself from the spotlight.
You were never what people said.
She said she was twisting,
tossing and turning
her head about.
She used to be a country star.
No one would look at her otherwise.
She is shriveled up,
hunched over like a raisin,
committing posture suicide.
She thinks she is bogged down,
crushed like a little beetle.
Red is her favorite color.
She could have been thrusting,
thrashing and throwing
her hips out.
Everyone starred at her stylish nylons,
so shiny.
Her heels not too tall,
her little knees wobbly,
walking little steps on cobble stones.
The narrow streets,
where painters held brushes once.
Her exquisite body.
Her round belly.
She is tormented,
tightlipped and tortured,
she wants to be remembered.
She is not a sell-out,
captured by the media.
Her legacy doesn’t deserve one incident.
Her mind is what people want.
She is styling in her shiny nylons.
Her
The Hammer family reminds me of another rich family in Hollywood called the Getty family although in different ways. The three episodes in this TV series weaves between present and past time. It begins with an introduction to Armie Hammer’s life and expands from there, speaking about the Hammer family secrets and scandals that were covered up. Armie Hammer’s ex-girlfriends, notably Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, weren’t the only ones subjected to the Hammer pain. It becomes very clear his aunt, Casey Hammer, suffered just as much by living in this family and in a way, Armie when he was a child. The second episode goes further in depth of Armie’s father and other patriarchs in the family including Armand Hammer, the oil tycoon. The last episode brings up again the topic of wealth, fame, and high society parties. All three episodes is clearly showing a battle between Armie Hammer and the women of the world that are uniting against him. It’s the “me too” movement against “male domination” in any location and field. Is he a little odd in his bedroom activity choices? Yes. Is he on the same level as Jared from Subway? Very far from it. What Armie Hammer has allegedly done, rape and assault, are two behaviors deserving of punishment. Whether he is forgiven by Hollywood and his once supporters is something I can’t and won’t predict. I’ll never look at him the same way now that I never will look at Mel Gibson or Liam Neeson in the same way again. Do I miss seeing him in movies? Sort of. I think these types of cases are more tragic than anything else. How long will he be made to pay for his transgressions? I’m not the one to say and that’s probably a good thing. Because family history is sometimes nothing as it seems, I’d recommend watching this because this is one of those families.
I rate House of Hammer THREE FINGERS at 75%