by on September 18, 2007

I’ve Been Tagged by Joe Through Liz Through Chris

Chris Cree tagged me with Joe’s Promise today after Joe wrote a post that got Liz thinking. Isn’t that how it so often happens with Liz? It’s wonderful.

Here is Joe’s Promise:

  • I will be sure to comment on other Blogs if I can add to the conversation.
  • I will respond to comments on my own Blog.
  • I will acknowledge any links to my Blog with a comment on the linker’s Blog.
  • I will continue to link to other Blogs that are pertinent to a posts content.
  • I will once again be a part of the Blogging Community.

I have been quite busy of late, but I have been keeping up with Joe’s Promise without knowing about it. That being the case, we must be on the right track.

It’s fine to by too busy to post once a day, let alone the 3-5 times some of us have been prone to do from time to time. Sometimes you just need to pull back, lie low, and observe. If you leave me a link or comment on something I’ve put my time into sharing, you can bet you’ll hear from me one way or another.

I promise.

I’m tagging you — Wendy, Mark, Mike, Ben, and David.

Filed Under: Blogging
by on September 18, 2007

Back to the Basics #8: How Do You Handle Criticism?

Back to the BasicsIn class on Thursday, despite appearing to not be paying attention because I was intensely editing this new theme, I was actually paying attention to what the professor was saying and Alt-Tabbing to take notes from time to time.

One thing, and really only one thing, stood out to me, but I remembered it last night when studying with friends:

It’s not so much what a story says as much as how you respond to a story. You can be appalled and disgusted by a story’s content, but it is more about what your reaction is that gives a story worth and credibility as a work.

That’s probably paraphrasing quite a bit because she rambles along at quite a speed, but that is the spirit of her stance on the matter. That struck me as interesting enough to jot down in my head, but not on paper. Not until last night:

It’s not so much what you are being criticized about — it’s how you respond to criticism.

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Filed Under: Back to the Basics, Personal, Relationships
by on September 14, 2007

5-Year-Old Girl with Cystic Fibrosis, Youngest Double Lung Transplant

Miriam Imran and her motherLast year, Miriam Imran was deathly ill after the ravages of Cystic Fibrosis took her to the brink and placed her on oxygen and the transplant list in Britain. In January, she became the youngest person in Britain to receive a double lung transplant.

This fall, she is back in school and playing with her friends, an amazing transformation in quality of life. Transplants among black and Asian patients are more rare, as they are best suited by receiving organs from similar donors, but under 5% of all donors are black or Asian.

Because of Miriam’s transplant, almost all of her CF symptoms will disappear: coughing, frequent lung infections, and low body mass. Her coughing will, in fact, disappear entirely, as transplanted lungs lose the nerve connections to the brain that signal the urge to clear out junk like normal. She will even have to go as far as forcing herself to cough every few hours because it will not occur naturally. Amazing, considering the condition she was in last year.

Miriam, congrats to you, and a long, happy life ahead.

Filed Under: Current Events
by on September 14, 2007

Czech Man Crashes Bike, Speaks Perfect English

In a bizarre twist of neurons, bike racer Matej Kus knocked himself silly in a racing accident. After coming to, he was speaking perfect, fluent English with the paramedics. Before the accident, Matej knew only basic phrases.

After flying home, he didn’t remember any of the previous two days and lost his new-found ability to pick up American chicks.

DailyMail.co.uk direct story

Filed Under: Funny Friday
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