Middle school?

This morning I was reading my regular Roseanne update, which means I mainly read her tweets and peruse/read some of the conversations and some of her links.

I wonder if she has always believed/promoted that Hillary and company run a child sex ring? And that the left runs a deep state operation, a stealth government, working to destroy America, meaning the United States of America.

When I hear people (including myself) refer to the USA as "America," I think of the other countries in North, Central, and South Americas. They could just as easily call their land masses "America," could they not?

Anyway, back to Roseanne and reading through her tweets and some of the conversations. Again reading the name-calling between the left and the right, which seems to be more and more extreme. They both accuse the other of the same: Nazis, Fascists, authoritarians, brainwashed, fake news promoters, racists, stupid, ignorant, blind. The list goes on.

I've name called at times. I think most humans have. Sometimes the name fits; sometimes not.

It's like middle school, or worse. That's what these people, which are supposedly adults, sound like on Twitter and probably other asocial media.

And maybe I too sound like an elementary or middle schooler.

I thought of how some of these people (on both sides) complain about the youths of today and their lack of awareness, their ignorance, their laziness, their violence, their disrespect, their insert-your-own-insultive-adjective.

Doesn't every older generation say similar of the adolescent generation of their time? And perhaps humanity is waxing worse and worse, to quote a scripture. Except that the scripture says "evil men," not humanity.

Well, from where might our deplorable youth be learning this reprehensible behavior?

Btw, I don't think of our youth today as deplorable or reprehensible. I'm using those adjectives as an umbrella for some of the descriptions I've read or heard about the youth of today.

In my Twitter reading this morning I clicked on the tweets of one Tweeter, whom I'll refer to as T1.

T1 appears to be an adult, but who knows who or what sits behind a keyboard?

I read this tweet posted at 5:02AM by T1:

Good morning movement. I try to send you off with a good word and blessing daily. Today all I want to tell you is. YOUR LOVED AND PRAYED FOR. Take a moment and show some love today. Have a blessed weekend.

And then T1 tweeted this two minutes later at 5:04AM:

Here's how I try better I block jackasses like you. I don't argue with stupid people. You're a loser! Your whole cause is a lost cause. You will never amount to anything more than what you are right now because you lack the intellect to even try. Have a great Saturday. Tee-hee

Which was a response to this tweet by a Tweeter I'll reference as T2:

#BeBest: Try better than "I can't wait to drink all of your pathetic tears again".

Which was a response to this tweet by T1:

Laugh all you want. There going to be more non globalist Republicans and Trump supporting Republicans in the House and Senate in 20 weeks. And your kind will be relegated to the ash heap of History! I can't wait to drink all of your pathetic tears again. Haha haha haha

Which was a response to this tweet by T2 (which links to a **tweet posted at 4:15AM by T1):

BREAKING: Wingnut Movement Moves Aggressively Into The Hostel Business
(Nu, @foxandfriends , try to keep up. cc: @therealroseanne ) https://twitter.com/jamesplake721/status/1007899415883997184 …

Which appears to be a response to a tweet that is unavailable, which probably means that tweet was deleted.

Middle school?

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**That linked 4:15AM tweet by T1, which appears to be the beginning of his back-and-forth with T2, states:

We're just getting started. 20 fridays left and phase 2 of our hostel takeover of the deep state will be complete. 44 morons retire and 3 have lost to pro trump candidates. America is poised for a real comeback. 4.8% forecasted growth. That's real $ and jobs. 3 more phases to go.

It was a response by T1 to one of Roseanne's tweets which she tweeted at 4:06AM>, which reads:

let's move on from engaging idiots and ill informed types. We have a world to run! Things r progressing nicely politically-all the real dirt has been exposed by the IG report-next step will be balls out great!

Yes, I actually spent time this morning reading this stuff, and then typing it out. Maybe I'm still in middle school too!

Q: What are my beliefs about my illness?

The following is from my personal journal. I'm going through a series of questions from a book, answering the questions as best I can at the moment. I've decided to share this question and answer publicly, though it does cause me to feel a bit vulnerable - posting this. But that's not unusual.

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Q: What are my beliefs about my illness?

Nutshell summary:
I believe the human body, and every species of life, is designed to heal itself.
My body is designed to heal itself, and it is in the process of doing that.
But I don't know how much the ramifications of the condition can be reversed, which includes the side effects of medications used to keep me functioning.
In my body's fight for survival, during the ongoing stream of cobalt and chromium that was continuously released internally for eight years and the steroids needed to keep me functioning, it may have almost exhausted certain resources, like adrenal function.
I believe proper self care is vital to restore what can be restored.
Does this even answer the question? It will have to do for now.

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6/11/2018
That word "belief" really stumps me. Is it fair to say that I don't know my "beliefs?" Yet, if I look at my actions, would that not be indicative of my beliefs? Is that a way I can define my beliefs, or at least help to define them?

My illness. I don't think of polyradiculitis as an "illness," itself. It is a condition. What illness does it fall under? Peripheral neuropathy, but not the typical PN that is described in commercials, etc. I no longer regularly suffer from pins and needles or numbness - accept in my fingers sometimes. Polyradiculitis is a rare PN condition. My main symptoms now are weakness and tenderness and pain. The tenderness is low level and only in my palms and soles. The pain is usually low level, but widespread and incessant once it starts as my injections were off. And there is fatigue, sometimes debilitating, but mostly low level and incessant, similar to the pain. And there is the brain-fog which I refer to as brain-mud. And there are other symptoms that are more irritants than major life disruptors.

I think I believe that my condition is reversible, if the cause of the condition is removed. Was the defective hip the cause? I don't know. I believe it is a major factor.

Even though I think it may be reversible, I wonder if there can be permanent damage that is not reversible - short of a "miracle." The human body, and life itself, is quite miraculous.

So, think on this - what do I believe about my illness? Come back later and look at it and write a nutshell summary.

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It's 6/12/18 and I'm back.
I thought this morning that I believe the body is designed to heal itself. I believe that about all life. Life is designed to fight, to endure, to continue.

Suicide is so opposite of that, but the motive behind suicide may be, in a weird, twisted perspective, may be about survival - that a person feels s/he has no more reason to continue the fight and therefore it is best for the rest of humanity if the person delives. But that doesn't make sense at all. And it isn't what I really think. I'm just searching around in my head to try to locate words and what it is I do think. I just can't find it right now.

So back to the subject, regarding illness, the body is designed to heal itself. But what about my illness? That is the question: what do I believe about my illness?

Now I will reread what I have written here and come up with a nutshell statement.

Also remember, beliefs can change.

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Foxes

A fox family is apparently living under our deck.

For now, we are allowing them to remain until the kits (or pups) are ready to move along. Then we will probably replace a couple broken slats that serve as a barrier to the under-deck. Will that keep them away next year? We'll have to wait to find out.

Here's a couple photos. I may add more later. The photos came out quite good, considering they were taken by my not-so-steady hands and through a cob-webbed window.

Their markings are beautiful....

Here are two different links to learn about urban foxes.

• What to Do About Foxes by the Humane Society
• What to do When Foxes Move In by the National Wildlife Federation

I tweeted some of my fox pics, and they got a lot of "likes"...for my tweets.
My fox tweets.