I’ve checked it out briefly before now, but am doing it again. Came across this article, which explained a lot about myself to me. There’s a bit in it about judging people without really understanding anything about their lives, as well. But that’s minor.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits-you-develop-growing-up-poor/
It got me thinking about the ways you adapt without realizing when you have a chronic, debilitating illness. Which I do. Even before I really understood what was going on, I stopped doing some things, like buying juice, because it’s heavy and takes a lot of strength and energy to get from the store to the car and the car to the frig. Or having ‘laundry day’. Wash as you go as long as you are able. Or doing anything involving stairs, because it hurt and was exhausting. Or worrying about things that really don’t matter, like are the sheets messed up. Am I warm enough? What else matters? Is the bed made? Don’t care. Things we deal with mindlessly become major events when you are ill. I used to make everything from scratch. Now I open the box and eat the contents. Or stick something in the microwave. Whatever gets me fed with the least amount of time and energy and pain. All the things I used to think mattered to me, don’t. It’s very freeing, if at times unbelievably frustrating and disheartening. You learn to adapt, without even knowing you are. Don’t know if it’s good or bad, just an observation. The pain is coming back, so the illness is on my mind. It was fun having a few weeks of only feeling not great, instead of being in constant pain. Oh, well.
Gay-Friendly Pasta 
On the other hand, I am tired of being angry, so something else here: Last night I was watching The IT Crowd on Netflix, and in one episode someone asked what IT actually stands for. Did I know? No. No I did not. Google to the rescue. IT stand for Information Technology. Oh. I think that should have been obvious to me, but it wasn’t. Don’t know who made the pic, but it’s the guys from the show. I love it. 
You kind of have to like Jon Stewart to watch that one, but he makes some good points. The first one is about what happens with the shut-down.
. And yes, I am a bit angry with Far Right Republican morons who don’t give a crap about anyone but themselves.
I’ve been thinking about this minimum wage thing. People are demanding that it be higher. OMG, who do they think they are, those poor? Well, fifteen (yes, fifteen) years ago, I had a job that paid 7.50 an hour. I could not live on that. Me, single, no children at home, could not live on 7.50 an hour. Are the costs of living the same as they were fifteen years ago? I don’t think so. Why are we so reluctant to treat our fellow humans with the respect and dignity we demand for ourselves? Why is it so hard to give ALL of us a living wage, and decent health care? Someone said that the true measure of a society is how it treats its least fortunate members. How do you think we do, United States of America? 
The obsession with eating and drinking everything out of jars. Is there something wrong with plates, bowls, and glasses? Have I missed something? Should I toss my dishes and buy a load of Mason jars? What? 
People. Some of them, anyway. A Fox News news reader tweeted a link to a clothes-hanger page in response to abortion protests. He has not been fired, to my knowledge, anyway. I am stunned by all of this. And not in a good way.
The focus on the Prism whistle-blower instead of on what he revealed about our government spying on us and abusing our rights and the constitution. Deflect, deflect, deflect. 
Like you care. From an email I sent to someone. Just thought I’d share:
strangely peculiar 