I went to the grocery this morning and while I was checking out there was an elderly gentleman ahead who was buying a banana. He was so obviously confused and looked disheveled. The cashier was trying to talk to him, but then he walked off with his banana and didn't pay for it. She let him walk away, but was concerned......
All I kept thinking was how if she wasn't in the home, this could be my Nannie. The man so clearly was suffering from dementia or Alzheimer's and he must have wandered off. I spoke with the store manager, who fortunately recognized him and already called his daughter. It was so heartbreaking. I hope I die before I get old.
- Mary Carmen
It's good he had his daughter to look after him. I like to think of it as a way us kids get to show the same kind of care for our parents that they showed us when we were helpless.
- Jenthemum
I'm glad you spoke to the manager. At least you know he'll be taken care of. (Also, i say we pull a Thelma & Louise before the dementia hits...)
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
alzeihmers , dementia , my mom and grandma both experienced it ... can only say its horrible to witness first hand ..
- johnpiercy
"Serious eaters, I was devastated and shocked when I arrived at World Headquarters today and asked the folks if they knew what a Chunky was. Only one of the five other serious eaters here knew what I was talking about. So, without looking or googling, do you know what a Chunky is?"
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
I've heard of it, but I don't think I have ever eaten one.
- Michelle Martinez
I loved these when I was a kid, but I had to find the raisin-free version.
- Derrick
I would always get the kind with raisins for halloween. Best believe my mom took all of those to work.
- EricaJoy
hey..do they even make this still? it's probably in another country..like the original Mars bar not that weird Mars bar without the almonds...which just makes it a Milky Way.
- Anna Lynn M.
It was my dad's usual candy when we all got candy bars when I was a kid.
- s t e v e
Mary, perhaps your doc would introduce you to my friends cyclobenzaprine, trazodone and tizanidine. One or more of them is likely to send insomnia packing for good, and they're all relatively cheap-ish genetics. Trazodone is a former antidpressant now mostly used for sedating side effects. The othertwo are muscle relaxants.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
I haven't taken trazodone in a few years, but I use tizanidine and cyclonenzaprine regularly. I have a high tolerance.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
How about starting with something simple, like benadryl tablets before moving on to the big guns?
- DJF
I jus watched a horror movie and then I went to sleep.
- Mary Carmen
You know, its usually the vice versa that happens with people:)
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
i crashed at 9:30pm after driving back in a blackout from a wedding reception. i awoke at just before 3am utterly terrified, eyes like saucers i'm sure, and lay shaking in the dark for over an hour.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Okay, there has to be some backstory here.
- Morton Fox
Hell yeah there's a back story, I'm lookin' at it.
- Mellissa Claus
i saw an interview on aol with him recently, and he said that he was at a fan signing when some 60+ year old guy came up to him and said he needed to do more scenes like this :)
- Katie
This was one of the funniest episodes of the series. Not the least of which was Fillion losing his clothes in the desert, thanks to Christina Hendricks. :)
- Steven Perez
The doctor says I'm livin' on precious borrowed time with all the time I'm givin' to liquor beer and wine the xrays of my liver look like molded old swiss cheese my heart pumps blood and alcohol through hardened arteries everybody knows me down at the local bar i drink until i can't see and i wonder where you are i guess i let my health go since you quit bein' mine but there's nothing...
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- Jeremy (cropmarks)
WHY IS CHRIS CHRISTOPHERSON IN THIS MOVIE???
- Sarah G.
I will usually watch almost anything if it is placed in front of me. I was on a 4 hour flight from Dallas to Vancouver, and refused to look up at the screen the whole time this was on. :D
- cecily
I have managed to spend pretty much my entire adult life with male coworkers but no male friends. This has certain drawbacks, but I usually don't feel that I'm missing much, since I don't really identify with most stereotypical male pursuits.
- DJF
Now that I think about it, most of mine don't have the stereotypical male pursuits, although one is super into sports. (And I don't have the stereotypical female pursuits, really.) But I definitely think that men and women have different ways of perceiving things - neither one is better than the other, they're just different. And I think the male perspective is more along with my way of thinking - or at least less stressful to deal with.
- Sarah G.
"Basically, chainsaws are good. Good here having the meaning of "totally unstoppable weapons of mass destruction.""
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
from Bookmarklet
When the zombie apocalypse is upon us, a chainsaw will be helpful
- Mary Carmen
Yup. And shotguns apparently only have to be reloaded every once in a while.
- Curtiss Grymala
from iPhone
My mind is pretty fried after the last 2 weeks of end of year reviews, last minute requests for data analysis, and the "ramp up" to Christmas. I have no thoughts or the ones I have are all jumbled. What's on your mind tonight FriendFeed?
Wishing I could decompress. I feel like my mind is STILL racing 100mph, so I've been taking it easy, reading, watching Firefly, thinking about going to Disneyland, and figuring out when I'm going to go home next week.
- Derrick
I'm getting ready to settle in with some scary short stories. Between stories, I'm checking in here and playing Scrabble. So, I guess my mind is on words and terror.
- Katy S
I feel you D. I plan on plenty of escapist DVD fair this holiday season.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
ooooh what author(s) Katy? Nothing like scary stories on cold winter night... Been reading a lot of crime fiction lately... which is akin I guess.... and I picked up the latest FABLES collection this week
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
We have instant grits. But I'm thinking about what we need to buy tomorrow.
- Laura Lou Who
Right now I'm working through an anthology titled Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural edited by Marvin Kaye. I also checked out an anthology titled Murder For Christmas - it contains short murder mysteries that take place at Christmas or involve the holiday in some way. The one I'm reading now is pretty eclectic. It contains modern authors as well as some of the older ones like Mary Shelley, LeFanu, etc. Some I've read before, but it's been so long that I enjoy rereading them.
- Katy S
Thinking about lonely. Thinking I need to clean. Reading trashy vampire fiction, and thinking my place doesnt look or smell like Christmas at all.
- Archangel ωαřмaiden
*sprinkles Crimmuh fairy dust around warmaiden's Fortress of Strenf & Power... calls her "baby" again*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
I am thinking about how I don't want to be playing this fantasy game tonight, and would much rather watch Farscape on tv and be online.
- aden
FARSCAPE!!!! WHERE????... then do it honey lamb... nobody is the boss of you but you... (unless of course, you're hosting)
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
the BF got the Farscape series for Christmasy. And yeah we are hosting, this is where we have our gaming nights, so there is no real way for me to get out of it tonight. But I plan on using FF as a side escape. :)
- aden
I'm thinking about how I don't want to go to this office party, how I don't want to spend the holidays with my in-laws, and how I hope I have the winning ticket in tonight's $30M lottery.
- cecily
my brain? she is a morass of cotton and fuzz... can't hold a thought more than 2 seconds at a time... work (and junk) has done me in
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
and I'm hair trigger cranky... so I'm staying out of the wimminz way tonight... no patience to speak of
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
My thoughts of love have moved to kissing and now Bruce Campbell. Clearly this is why I'm single.
- Mary Carmen
That's nice of you, Barry. I hope you feel better soon. I'm still trying to overcome my mad-on which was such a towering inferno of rage I think I've done myself an injury.
- Spidra Webster
I don't know why you are single either MC. The menz in your sphere of influence must be wired wrong.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Spidra - It may or may not be nice of me. It's definitely a matter of survival. I don't stay mad too long though anger/rage requires work to maintain. Papa is lazy.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness. Any Sam Raimi flick...he always gets a cameo. BC is the bomb....and an incredibly awesome dude.
- Mary Carmen