broke schools, mood foods, bb tonight, gas

BROKE SCHOOLS
so the school district where my wife she works is going broke
they have 5 high schools that are about 2500 students in each
school, 3 times the number of middle schools and a gazillion
number of elementary schools just to give you an idea of
the size of the district

they are $60 million in the hole

lets see where will they make cuts

lets see
fire teachers
fire librarians
fire administration employees
close schools no apparently not an option
have hiring freeze
increase class sizes-boy wont those kids have fun with all those
extra classmates to play with-can see it now with paper wad
fights, food fights in cafeteria (heck get rid of cafeterias then wont
need cafeteria workers), etc

fire all the older experience teachers and hire all new ones
there are plenty of new ones that cant get jobs
big savings there

lets see raise money by
closing a school(s) and leasing it out to a new business

selling the huge athletic complex or rent it out to some poor
college that cant afford such a huge complex-theres
$15 million plus
ads on buses as mentioned before in a previous blog
add google ads that change regularly
maybe get some controversial ads to raise bus ad awareness

get rid of all extracurricular activity so the kids are on their own
after school-am sure they can think of some good things to get
involved with

charge the kids if they want to get involved in anything at school
like a history club fee, germain club fee, latin club fee, bathroom
fee, etc

get rid of all libraries and just let the teachers use the internet
heck the kids could just do the same

have a cell phone usage fee to use the cell phone at school
increase the fines on using the cell phone during class
heck let kids use the cell phones for their textbooks
there some big savings there and there would not be any
more controversy over what goes in to the textbooks

heck have the teachers do the cleaning of their rooms and the
hall ways in front of their classes and the nearest bathroom and
the windows near their class rooms

charge students to park using meters instead of stickers so more
money can be made, write them tickets and make them pay them,
haul the cars off if not paid and charge to get them back, and work
out a deal with the local towing companies for a cut

get rid of all sports teams and make it all intramural and club
sports like lacrosse does
then charge fees for using the schools facilities for those sports
and activities (just dont be poor or you cant play)

another thing that would be helpful would be to have a governor
and legislature that put the crisis in schools-its a crisis that will
affecta whole generation and affect our economy-as their number
one priority

no lets see their two top priorities this session are making women
look at fetuses right before they have an abortion with an ultrasound
and
making people have a picture id before they vote
both will end up in court and will cost the state a lot of money to
defend as the cases march through the courts
got to get ready for that presidential run

heck even raise taxes, take back that 2% fica tax im not paying,
raise income tax, and cut spending, make the schools and state
do some belt tightening

we did at our house even though we make a good income
as we try to look ahead into the future and be prepared for the
worse

if they tap all of the rainy day funds what do the schools do when
it stops raining then they are back to where they were

there is an answer somewhere

MANY OF THESE STATEMENTS ABOVE ARE DONE 
TONGUE IN CHEEK


MOOD FOODS
from yahoo this morning
these foods may help your mood
may need them after reading the above

plants high in folate such as leafy greens like kale, broccoli,
spinach, asparagus, bok choy, fortified whole grains, turnip
greens(good soul food), beans, peas, melons and fruits

foods high in omega 3 such as fish like salmon, mackerel,
sardines, anchovies, and herring (some of those dont
sound good), flaxseed, walnuts, algae (now that doesnt
sound good at all)

good carbs such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables

only item missing is chocolate

GAS
no not the type from eating legumes
saw the first $3.00 a gallon unleaded regular this week here
where i live
think thats a first here (know its common elsewhere but not
texas)
its a mental thing
we are over the edge when it gets to $3.00
next will be $4.00 and people will drive less and commute
together more and ride buses and trains more and bikes and
walk
dont think so not in texas
texans will go broke resisting all those things

BB TONIGHT
its aggies vs horns
aggies known for their football are better at basketball
than football now for several years
just ask texas
horns play at aggie land tonight
a real raunchy place to play
its the pit
if only texas had a place like that to play basketball at
horns may be wore out as they just had a stretch where they beat
3 of the top 20 teams in the last several days and play
their 3rd game in 5 days
if they win this one the horns are definitely definitely
good this year-just watch them and youll see they are good

addendum-was worried wedding journey stuff would interfere
with march madness and the final four
its working out ok
priorities priorities

the organicgreen doctor

blog history

BLOG HISTORY

this is how this blog got started 6 months ago 

my wife she recorded(ie dvred it) a pbs interview with this lady who
had started a blog 9 years ago when she was going through some 

bad times

over time it grew to over a million readers and is one of the 

most successful inidividual blogs 

my wife she always heard me say that i wanted to do a blog 

since i have a variety of interests-am a family phyiscian, like 

organic gardening, am interested in green living, have solar power,

have a rain water harvesting system, recycle everything(including 

plan to recycle myself when i die-brain to alzheimers reseach
center and if healthy when i die any organs that are needed), green

living, mixed in with a funny wit that those who were my patients

have noted before-thought that when this was put all together then
i could put together a blog that could interest people with different
interests

so i watched the pbs show  and said i want to do it
so i sat down and set up this blog that afternoon in a few hours
using googles blogspot
i later purchased my website address 

if you go to my first blog on august 7, 2010 you can read my 

first blog

little did i know that a genetic bug was working inside my brain 

that showed up in november and december that changed my life 

and slightly altered the direction of the blog to include more on 

alzheimers with the goal over time to educate people about the

diesease as everyone i mean everyone that reads this blog will 

be affected by alzheimers in their lifetime in a family member,
a friend, or a fellow employee or if real unlucky yourself

at the same time i wanted to retain the other emphasis of this
blog on the original topics but of course could not discuss the
day to day life of a family physician anymore as i medically retired

you will notice that there is something about alzheimers every day
in this blog but it is not always the main topic

i also had decided when i was diagnosed with mild cognitive 

impairment that i would not hide the fact that that was what i had 

but wanted everyone to know and would use this as a vehicle to 

educate you about the alzheimers disease process

also as i started medcation, did diagnostic testing, saw the
doctors, i wanted to let people know what i was feeling and how
this disease was affecting me and my family 

hopefully over time i can continue to do this

the blog continues to cover the other things also that i wanted to
write about including being a doctor as i can write about past
experiences and about medical topics that appear to be important
like cancer screenings and the black snake stories

this blog today will be the 178th one
the first month i did the blog it got 825 views in august
this month the blog has 6432 views so far
the blogs total views so far are 13,161
if this rate continues it will be having over 60,000 views
a year

the list of the top 9 countries that viewers come from in order
of the highest readership to lowest is united states, japan, canada,
united kingdom,luxemburg, nicaragua (relatives vacation there
a lot), germany, israel, and united arab emigrates

the three states with the most viewers are texas, arkansas, and
california (you can tell what states ive lived in now)

readers come into the blog (listed in their order of highest to lowest)
via directly, facebook, twitter, google, alzheimers association, and
other blogs and other sources

now this blog is  appearing in google searches for things that
are written about
eg cedar fever 2011 elicits a first page google listing for this blog
that means that the blog is being successful

the blog is only successful becuase you the readers are reading it
and are returning

for this i would like to thank you for helping make this successful
so far

the organicgreen doctor 

more dreams, another test, basketball fever

DREAMS
my oh my those dreams
this is legal tripping
man cant dvr them
got to figure out how to do that
maybe hypnosis

last night i was an emergency room doctor again
worked emergency rooms moonlighting as a resident and
when in full practice worked them  until 15 years ago
also did emergency room work full time for 2 years

this is my second emergency room dream
the person that took over my shift in my dream was
my attorney that i use for all my legal matters
everyone one says that if you go to court you want
him on your side and not on the other side

i guess attorneys would make good doctors since they
sometimes control what we do in medicine
we all practice defensive medicine some of the time
probably if we did not do that we would save people and
the health care system a  lot of money

many doctors may not admit that
some of it is subconscious

if we just followed guidelines based on scientific evidence
then we should not have to worry about defensive medicine
but thats not how the system works

well guess i dont have to worry about that now

ANOTHER TEST
so theres another screening test ive came up with for cognitive
decliine
first this week was the sage test, then dr ozs test, and now the
togd password test

when i do this blog and go through various email accounts,
facebook accounts, news accounts, blog monitoring accounts,
bank accounts, etc i use 10-12 different passwords

think that if i start forgetting those passwords then its a sign
that i may have more cognitive decline

do think about it when i type in a password and it gets rejected
and do it again and it gets rejected, oh no got 1 more chance........
whew the caps button was on

now where did i write down those passwords

BASKETBALL FEVER
about to turn away from football now
the pro bowl is this week i think
they should play it after the super bowl when we are all in
football withdrawal
super bowl next week then thats it until august, but maybe
not for the pros

have decided now that im retired im going to splurge and
buy the march madness package and watch all the games
on tv unless the new programming on cbs, espn, tbs, and
tnt shows all the games

glad the wedding is not during that time

the organicgreen doctor