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Daily Archives: July 4th, 2011

The Aging Factor


In the non stop aging process I have noticed that some things remain constant or accelerate. First you tend to have the urge to visit the facilities more often. This is due to several factors:
1. A lot of us are taking medications that lower blood pressure by creating an urge to urinate more often.
2. the Bladder sphincter is not as strong as it once was.
3.Our lessening of physical activities creates a weakness of all muscles that we normally used daily when we were younger and
still more active.
4. All of the other medications we may or may not be taking for the assorted illnesses associated with aging.
Theres really no conclusion or moral here, just the fact that with aging comes a few other problems that we never had prior to the 50 to 65 + years.What stops aging?- Death!

The Audacity of It All


There are factions within a local government funded program that targets the health and education of families in Springfield that are causing a catastrophic rift in services. The Head Start program administrators have over several years managed to get rid of 30 plus workers in the program causing a decided lowering of standards in teaching and building maintenance. These factions amount to a vocal set of folks who if not for this program and the current managers would be unable to reach the level they exist in. These same contributors to the lessening of standards have created such a disastrous situation that even the neediest parents have begun seeking other alternatives to the Head Start program as administered in Springfield. Those parents who serve on the policy council were deliberately kept uninformed about the firings and hiring’s as was their right to know and comment or act on. It is unfortunate that the upper management see no harm in what they have done and continue to do yet the evidence is all around them like the remains of a tornado. The community should be up in arms about this yet they have been still sheltered from their own plight by deception and actions bordering on corruption. these audacious actions have been noticed by the regional and state Head Starts but no action has been taken since much of the truth is still being hidden.

Not So Fast


All of the “fast food” establishments are in a race toward a meld of being the same. The specialty restaurants have abdicated those roles that made them what they are. You can now get chicken nuggets, sandwiches and salads at most of the known ff outfits. You can get burgers at all but 2 of the known brands but the difference is remarkable. The key to these differences in order of importance relative to your “dining” are the order taker, the sandwich maker and the manager. The attitude of the order taker and how much attention is paid to detail stars the cycle, the sandwich maker who receives the order (which is correct or incorrect as) forwarded by the order taker.Last is the manager who then has to apologize and get your order right. Of course at that time your dissatisfaction has overshadowed your hunger (especially if you went through the drive by (its like a shooting when the order is wrong). The ever escalating quest for market share has brought us to the current state of not so fast food, not so good food and deplorable service at the counter and drive bys. It was not too long ago that one could go into one of these stores and get exactly what you pay for and receive it correctly with a smile