i voted, women will win

Walk to End Alzheimers
we are also walking in the bell county/temple 
walk to end alzheimers on saturday november 3 2012

you can walk free but a donation to and or joining
my organicgreendoctor team is appreciated

I VOTED

this week on monday i decided that i wasnt going to wait
until election day to vote
i wanted to be through with this voting this year and just
shut out all that news stuff on the election

heck what if something happened that would prevent me from
voting next tuesday
once my wife she on election day was held up at work
she rushed to get to the voting booth but when she
arrived she was told the polls were closed
even though several people were there waiting to vote

dont want that to happen to me
heck what if a rain storm came through and flooded us
like it does sometimes and we couldnt get out to vote

just look what happened in the northeast with that
storm sandy
am sure there will be a lot of people who dont vote since
they have other things on their mind
like surviving

yep i voted early so no matter what happens between now
and next tuesday i did my duty as an american citizen and
i voted

WOMEN WILL WIN
men remember no matter what women will always win
look at this years election
it appears it will be the women who will determine the next
president


then to put a final stamp on this election by women
that super storm called sandy has come in and
has shut down the northeast and
has seemed to suspend any notion of political campaigning
for awhile

yep women they have a lot of influence
dont ever underestimate them

also wish the politicians could all get along to help get
this country righted like they are doing dealing with this
disaster

wish that all the campaigning would just stop now
and let the election occur on tuesday
and maybe donate some of that 2 billion they are spending
on the campaigns to sandy relief for those affected by
this terrible disaster

the organicgreen doctor

worms, alzheimer worms

Walk to End Alzheimers
we are also walking in the bell county/temple 
walk to end alzheimers on saturday november 3 2012

you can walk free but a donation to and or joining
my organicgreendoctor team is appreciated

WORMS

in digging in my compost pile
digging in my garden
digging in my flower beds
one thing i noticed was that there were very few worms

there use to be lots and lots of worms in my landscape
while wondering what happened to those worms
i realized that the drought that weve had here has taken
a toll on my worm population in my soil

since i dont irrigate my landscape anymore and i
dont water my garden in the summer unless its being
used to grow plants
which is usually only one 4 ft x 12 ft raised bed while i
let the other rest for the summer
what is happening i think is my worms are dying from
the lack of moisture
they are provided tons of organic material in the form of
compost and mulch and newspapers used as mulch

so i have found this worm farm in austin texas to order
some worms from
in fact they are giving a seminar on worm composting at
my favorite organic nursery the natural gardener on
saturday november 10th at 1000am

so i ordered 2 lbs of worms
yep just like you would order chicken or beef
theres 800-1000 per lb
so i got 2000 worms +-
they were a little sluggish when they arrived via mail
it was cheaper to have them shipped then to drive to go
get them
my mailman told me he has delivered worms before that were
all dried up
mine were alive just a little slow

once i dumped them in a hole in my garden they became
more active
i divided them into several groups and placed them in each
of my raised garden beds
all have plenty of organic material and moisture from recent rains

didnt put them into my compost pile as its in the chicken run
dont think they would have lasted long the way those chickens
go after the compost pile every day

now just need to wait until they can multiply
they are hermaphradites so each can produce babies
up to 200 per worm

hope they are ready and working hard for my spring garden next year

ALZHEIMER WORMS

well thats what i call them
alzheimer worms
their official name is
caenorhabditis elegans
c elegans for short
they are 1 mm long live in the soil and are transparent
they are used in research because you can see everything
the digestive system reproductive system nervous system

at the walk to end alzheimers this weekend in austin
researchers from ut austin were there talking about the
research they were doing on this itty bitty worm

they have developed a worm
the ones i call the alzheimer worms
who develop alzheimers in 3 days
so they can test drugs on these worms and in 3 days see
if they work to prevent alzheimers disease
they can tell by looking at the nerves in the worms to see
if they have degenerated
have those beta amyloid plaques

they are testing many new drugs and chemicals and
are also testing the bexarotene the anticancer drug that will
be used next year in a clinical trial in humans to see if it
slows down the alzheimer process in the brain

so who would have thought that a composting worm would
help me at home in my garden and in the research lab to
evaluate treatments for this awful disease

makes me have a new appreciation for those worms now

the organicgreen doctor

we walked again, football

Walk to End Alzheimers
we are also walking in the bell county/temple 
walk to end alzheimers on saturday november 3 2012

you can walk free but a donation to and or joining
my organicgreendoctor team is appreciated

WE WALKED AGAIN
im on the committees for three of the walks to end alzheimers
in this area
our team officially walked except it rained  in the williamson county
georgetown walk a few weeks ago
but a few of us participated in the austin walk this weekend

this walk had hundreds of people in it
this photo above is walking down one of the small hills
on the walk
there was as many people ahead of us as was behind us

what ive enjoyed about being on the committee is that ive
met people who are being involved for the same reasons
i am
family and friends with alzheimers
with this burning desire to make a difference in fighting this disease
also to learn the workings of the alzheimers association and how its
such an advocate for the disease
they have made and are making a difference in the fight against
this awful disease

also at the walks ive met a lot of people who have very personal
stories about how this disease has affected them
many get teary eyed and some are not able to finish their stories
but they are there doing their part and thats whats important

there were a lot of young people there
who are getting involved
a local drum line kept marching music going the whole time
the walk was going on
then these two guys walked to support me again


overall a good walk on a nice crisp clear fall saturday morning
all of us walking for  a good cause
and feeling good about our involvement

FOOTBALL
weekend football thoughts

alabama should move to the nfl to replace the jacksonville jaguars

that kansas state team is fun to watch
old school coach is getting it done in retirement
wonder if their qb c klein will get a clothing commercial
at least hell probably get a heisman trophy

how come all the good qbs are from texas but texas
cant seem to land them-andrew luck, rg3 etc

why does notre dame get its own national tv contract

that was a gruesome injury to south carolinas running back lattimore
sorry i cant post that picture
even as a doctor who has worked in er alot it bothers me
told my wife bet its a dislocated knee
he actually may make it back but his recovery may be a long one

then

dez bryant why did you put down that right hand to catch yourself
just fall on your butt and put both hands on the ball

dang those cowboys

the organicgreen doctor