LJ display anomalies

While I've found a workaround for some consistent LJ crashings (don't go back to previous pages unless I stop loading a current page), I've noticed that some of the display themes won't format properly. I've accepted that I can't use my favorite display (magazine format) to view my Friend's page any more, as with some people's journals, in puts an inordinate amount of empty scrolldown space in the display :/ I wonder if this is because of different LJ apps folks might use to post their notes, but it shouldn't really matter.
So far, "Refried Paper" seems to display the best, so I guess I'll stick with that for now.

Cafe Press

Welp.. I just made my first Cafe Press purchase :)
It's a beeeeooooteeeful GreatWarriors shirt! *wags tail fedders*

I have known about the service for a while, but whenever I've gone there, no artist has never quite had a design that would grab me. I must say, it arrived extreeeeemely promptly, the shirt was very nice quality, and so was the repro of the art!

Thank ya CafePress, and thankya Tracy! *huggin' wings*

fitness n friends

Sometimes I hear about friends who have had some health-related issues, and it makes me want to offer up a few scattered notes I've learned, in hopes that maybe it can help a bit.. like maybe someone out there might be able to skip a few unpleasantnesses that I've discovered or at least theorized about..

Another discovery came recently when a friend of Gene Catlow discovered he had diabetes (my mom's cat has it too, but with her giving it insulin twice a day, it has regained all the weight it lost last year from the ailment). I usually find I wish I could have helped somehow beforehand, even though I realize it can be a number of factors in one's life to bring things on. Maybe when people share help about health, we can at least reduce some of those factors.

I wrote a little web page about it a couple years ago, and here is the text:


Waaaay on back in college I took a couple required general education courses that were so enriching that I would've embarked on a minor in these studies if I weren't so close to graduation. These were Sociology and Health/Nutrition.
Sociology is great because it provides a great deal of help in the way the world of people works together, and Health/Nutrition outlines a vast spectrum of information that helps us personally live to the best of our enjoyment and capability with these vessels we walk around in :>

Way back then, I got really into the program, and started on a plan of eating a balanced day's worth of food, and using the gym for both muscle build and cardiovascular fitness (the health of your circulatory system thru aerobic exercise like jogging or stair-climbing).
The eating involves basically getting a good balance of the basic food groups in correct measure, 2 proteins, 3 dairy, 4 fruit/veggie, and 4 bread/grain servings each day. Also, fruit/veggie fiber is even more effective than grain fiber for the health of the intestinal tract :) The aerobic part of fitness includes stretching to warm up, and then a steady activity that keeps your heart rate up near max for 30-40 minutes or so every two or three days (having a day off gives the body a chance to build on the messages you give it thru exercise).

Doing all these things are fairly essential for the best kind of health anyway, because of the way we live in mostly sedentary lifestyles these days. The trouble with that is, that while we can be healthy in our mind processes, the body is the support vehicle and it needs to be reminded that it is needed and alive with activity that not only uses it, but builds and maintains it. *warble* :>



So after about 4 or 5 years of that, I um... kinda slipped away from it. :\ I kept eating a balanced diet, but I faltered on the aerobics ..right around the time I went into a sedentary job too! :p Also, even though my diet was balanced, I had not been conscious enough of actual content, and recently found out how important it is to stay alert of things like how much SALT is in the list of edibles, and keep enough fluids in daily intake as well. In other words, a balanced dinner that is heavily filled with sodium isn't as healthy as one without.

I even had to concede one of the things I didn't want to.. that caffeine can get out of hand too.. 8| I got used to getting one of those massive 40 or 60 ounce Pepsi drinks that were like only 75 cents, and sip slowly on that for most of the day.. It kept my stomach from getting hungry and taking a break for lunch, but I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't whack out my metabolism a bit too ...yeeesh. Did you know that they actually use caffeine as the chemical that re-animates frozen sperm used in animal breeding? Fine for that maybe, but no need to keep the body overly perky every hour of the day! Yipe!

So recently I've had to really concentrate on some goals and a commitment to health again and hereafter, and now I
a) Try to read labels and limit my salt intake to less than 2,200mg per day
b) Work at getting about 8 glasses of fluids (mostly water) each day
c) Restarted the jogging every two to three days (what a great feeling after a run!)
d) Try to mentally meditate away some of the pointless stresses in life now and then :>
e) Seek to get more potassium-rich foods to offset the effects of natural salt in foods

I've also limited some of things I really like, such as breakfast cereals (high sodium - yes!), sauces (salad and pasta), and caffeinated sodas are down to one or two a week :> Whole Foods market actually has a cola that comes the closest to a non-caffeine soda I've ever tasted!

Hope you all enjoyed the read, and that it can help out a bit! *hugs y'all featherly*