Post 1283, Day 269 of 2014
- 1,365 days since I started this blog -
- 1,365 days since I started this blog -
Reading friends' copies, I was always delighted at the 'adult' humor that my parents (mainly my father, I'm guessing), found too juvenile and tasteless to condone. That being said, I have no evidence at all that either one ever read a single copy.
I think it was a matter of money. I think a lot of my parents' parenting decisions revolved around a 'scarcity' mentality regarding the family finances. Comic books and non-serious magazines were discouraged (except for Classics comics, thank goodness, because they were totally awesome), and weren't things the children were allowed to spend their money on.
As adults, however, they had no problem with science fiction magazines, 'culture' magazines (New York), or newspapers - I think we might have been allowed comics if the New York Times included a comic strip page, instead of the single-pane political cartoon that appeared occasionally.
I did my best to disguise this in my own parenting decisions, maybe bending over backwards into the area of over-indulgent. I think that's better. The value of frugality may have been missed somewhere along the line, but not carrying the burden of worrying about money (a worry about the future) all the time strikes me as being just as valuable, if not more.
It took numerous occasions when not having any money was a present problem, and gaining and losing wealth, for me to work this out.
This little ramble started with Mad magazine, and here's the reason why: Their mascot Alfred E. Newman's motto: "What, me worry?"
I should have learned that as a kid, and didn't.
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Food and Diet Section
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| 2014 Daily Weight |
Previous Weight: 206.6 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain: - 1.0 lbs
Diet Comment
This has been a good week from the diet point of view. Losses every day! No fails!Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
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| Eggs scrambled with kale, peppers and onions, side of bacon. |
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| Chili: Organic beef, black beans, tomatoes, chili spice, raw cacao, stevia-inulin blend. Not shown: Cole slaw. |
Dinner
Quest bars.
Coffee: 28 oz. Water: 92+ oz.
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I have not been able to cut loose from it. It is one of my biggest fears. On a lighter note (haha) I think I have lost some more weight, too.
ReplyDeleteJust read this: "Shantideva on worry: If you cannot do anything about it no need to worry. If you can do something about it no need to worry."
ReplyDeleteGreat about the weight. Love you.
Love you.
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