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Re: TUMMYblr - A New Micah Baldwin Production

Paula — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:26:51 -0000

I don't know what your food issues are, but for me, sugar and refined carbs are the equivalent of alcohol.

1. They're often consumed for social reasons, or in situations where resistance is difficult.
2. They're consumed because I like the way they taste in the short term, but hate the way they make me feel in the long term.
3. They're addictive and lead to binging.
4. They're harmful to my body and my health.
5. My addiction to them appears to be a mix of genetic and environmental factors.
6. I can see the detrimental effects when I look at family and friends.

So my current way of coping (and one which has been quite successful in the past) is to completely abstain. Somehow, that's more accepted when it comes to alcohol: people recognize that people who are alcoholics must completely abstain, but I still hear that dealing with my carboholic nature by abstaining is somehow "unhealthy."

Some people are able to deal with the "everything in moderation" approach, but there does need to be a recognition that some foods just have to be off limits for some people. And, perhaps that's a potential approach to focusing on weight loss, by using the strategies you've used to achieve sobriety.

Re: Forgetting Diversity

Paula — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 16:53:27 -0000

Yes, Micah, this post was a little unfocused. But I'm not saying that because I think you're a douche bag, or a douchebag.

I'm saying it because I'd like to see you write a post focused on this:

Every day, I try to live my life diversely. What does that mean?

For me, it means that each day I try something I have never tried before. I try to be better at something I am mediocre at. I review things about myself that I dont like, and figure out how to change them. I am respectful and accepting of difference.

I learn. I experience. I absorb. I enjoy. I wonder. I respect. I accept. I teach. I fail. I succeed.

Recently a friend told me how amazed and impressed he was about the experiences I've had in my life. I've never really thought much about them that way -- I just know that there's something that compels me to do the things you described above, which I guess has led to some of the interesting things that have happened to me along the way.

But his comment has made me want to think about my experiences in a more focused way, so that I can direct them in a direction that takes me where I want to go. So I'd love to hear your thoughts about that.

Yeah, Max Karson is a douche bag, but not as big a douche bag as you are. ;-)

Re: Michelle Obama’s 71 Year Old Grandma To Move Into The White House, Second Oldest Person To Move Into The White House Besides 72 Year Old John McCain

Paula — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:22:53 -0000

Isn't it Michelle's mother (Malia and Sasha's grandmother)?

Re: Michelle Obama’s 71 Year Old Grandma To Move Into The White House, Second Oldest Person To Move Into The White House Besides 72 Year Old John McCain

Paula — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:43:01 -0000

"Michelle Obama’s 71 Year Old Grandma" is what your title and first sentence say.

Mrs. Robinson is either Michelle Obama's 71-Year-Old Mother or Malia and Sasha Obama's 71-Year-Old Grandmother.

Re: Accessibility of Entrepreneurship

Paula — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:19:57 -0000

I'll write a more serious response later, but I just want to point out that I'm glad I got my hair done a couple of weeks before Startup Weekend. Who knew all of the photos from the weekend would end up featuring my hair only: the 2 WashPo photos and now this one...

Re: Reasons For Attending

Paula — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:58:28 -0000

If you're like me, without an entrepreneurial background (or even a business background, after 1.5 decades in the nonprofit world), I can guarantee you will not learn so much in such a concentrated period of time doing anything else. If it doesn't work for you, you've lost a weekend out of your life. But if it does work, you have this amazing experience to draw on, and scores of new contacts who will continue to enrich your life, regardless of the outcome of your SW project.

Re: 2008/06/04/facebook-friend-suggestor/

Paula — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:28:43 -0000

I wish there was some way to reject a recommendation so it doesn't keep popping up. I've reached the point where most of the recommendations are people in my circle of acquaintances who I don't like and don't want to be my Facebook friend. I get tired of seeing them every time I log on. In LinkedIn, you can say "I don't know this person," and they don't pop up again, but I don't see how to do that in Facebook.

Re: 2008/08/16/the-twitting-point/

Paula — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:37:12 -0000

Here's mine: twitter.com/pbrantner

It's fun -- don't know how long I'll keep it, but I get tired of my face staring at me all the time, and my graphic design skills aren't good enough to design anything else...