the palace

THE PALACE
at the country n we live here at the edge of a school district which
we really have no personal ties to
just taxes
most of our taxes it seems goes to this school district

ever so often a bond issue comes across the ballot
when i vote
i vote against them
this is why

mark cuban the dallas maverick billionaire owner
thinks that colleges and schools overbuild and
overspend

now colleges are a real drain on our economy
saddling our students our kids with millions of
dollars of debt that they have trouble paying off
cuz
they cant afford to live by themselves after graduation
they cant afford to get married
they cant afford a car
they have this albatross called school debt that follows
them for years and years
this is starting to hurt our economy

then
there is no control it seems on schools colleges and highs schools
building more and more buildings
extending their domain over more and more of us

this extends all the way down to the high schools
it seems worse here in texas

now this picture below is of
the athletic complex of a local large school district
this place is called
the palace
by everyone
except for the schools administration

its called the palace because of its cost
and
it came on board just as things crashed in the early 2000s
leaving a bad taste in folks mouths


now this is a school that recently was built near us
many of you may recognize it
im just glad i dont live in that district and have to pay
those property taxes for that school

a high school relative visiting from another state
which is more austere in its money management
was at awe
really at awe
at this high school

the student population being half what his was
the school complex being maybe 3-4 times his schools

then the one that pushed me over the top
was one like this old one in the picture below
well not that old as this one is about 10 years old
one now of 6 such complexes

the new one is 164 acres almost half a million yes million square feet
at the cost of $102+ million
remember thats just one school

again some of you make recognize this new one story
your kids may be going there next year

i drove by the new school being built for months
not knowing what it was
there was no label or sign outside the construction fence
just the names of the builders
so
i started guessing what it was
government building
nope its too vast
a new factory
maybe something like the space x battery stuff
or
some computer company like dell or ibm or microsoft
had to be something like that its too dang big

then the buildings just got bigger and bigger
then
overtime i realized what it was
the give away was the softball field the baseball field
the soccer field the foot ball field etc

those fields i realized as i told someone
those fields are so far away from the school they will
have to ride a bus to go play on them
its way too far to walk

yes its another massive texas high school
sucking lots of dollars away
building like that football field
a palace

we dont need these things i say

now i am a big proponent of education and colleges
but
we dont need this humongous buildings
we dont need to send every kid to college
they all dont need it
quit wasting money on kids to go to school who dont want
to be there
cant make the grades
now im talking about college on that one

a relative who teaches college gets this tearful student every year
if i dont pass your class i loose all my money im getting
some of it loans they have to pay back with nothing to show for it

he says not being mean now to himself
well if you would have come to class and took notes
and listened and read the material
you wouldnt be in this situation now
as the professor looks at the students gpa of close to 1

the test is next week is all he said
hes done his job

so
we build schools way too big
we waste a lot of money on them
we saddle college students with tons of debt
many of them dont even need to be there in school
some of the debt is a big ripoff
we need to control college costs someway

remember
all of you reading this is affected by all this
maybe bernie is right
school should be free for those that really need to be there
and need the help

the palaces
shouldnt be happening

the frugile
the organicgreen doctor

alzheimers news-neuro

ALZHEIMERS NEWS-NEURO

these researchers are doing research to see if doing these
healthy things over 18 months can slow the progression
of mild cognitive impairment thats my diagnosis from
converting to early alzheimers disease

it also appears to be good for all of us to do this
even those without memory issues or family history of memory loss

here is the link to the article

i think they can
i actually hope they can
i wonder if this is why my memory got better
i thinks so
i believe so

they use the acronym
n e u r o

n is for nutrition
eating the mind diet a combo of the mediterranean diet and dash diet
just doing this may push back symptoms for 5 years
if thats true
my five years may be up since ive been doing this for 5 years
i hope the good continues for a little longer

e is for exercise
i think of exercise as the newest drug to treat memory loss
it
increases blood flow to the brain
brings in oxygen nutrition and increases new blood vessels
all make memory better
plus you feel better doing it

now my exercise routine is not a gym thing
i move a lot working here at the country n
gardening
doing a lot of manual labor at habitat for humanity
eg i worked 4 hours this week cutting down trees
and stacking brush

u is for unwinding
meditation yoga are the best to do
relieving stress lowers the stress hormones cortisol in the
brain
these hormones can hasten the onset of alzheimers disease

i use gardening and yard work as my form of unwinding
i frequently will stop for several minutes
listen to the birds
the turkeys the owls the whippoorwills even do calls back and
forth with quail
watch the butterflies and hummingbirds
enjoy the beautiful waves of wildflowers that are in our pastures

r is for rest
a good uninterrupted night sleep free of electronic devices
free of sleep apnea or other sleep disturbances

now i have really struggled with this over the last 5 years
the side effect of the aricept (donepezil) has left me with
only 5 hours a night
recently for the last 4 weeks i have been sleeping those
needed 7-8 hours at night
a life changing event for me
i feel so much better and am more productive
i can see looking back over the last 5 years how much this lack
of sleep has altered my life
i can only wonder how much it affected my memory
it couldnt have helped this not sleeping

i found a minimal minuscule dose of melatonin that seems
to work perfectly for me
its hard to believe that these few drops are making my life better
way below the recommended doses
i gradually tapered it down to the dose that worked
normal doses for me made be fidgety and not able to sleep

remember dont just start taking this stuff without discussing
it with your health provider
not every one can tolerate it
not everyone can safely take it

o is for optimizing social and mental activity
if you retire and become sedentary you will not do well
physically or mentally
you have to get out into the world and do things
listen to music plays concerts museums
socialize with friends neighbors

no couch potatoing allowed
when it comes to your brain

i aggressively try to do optimizing every days
all my volunteering is the conduit for optimizing
as is blogging

if you have a family history of dementia
or if you are having memory issues
you need to jump on this regimen
heck
we all should be doing it anyway
it may
like what happened to me
slow down the process


a reminder
we support the alzheimers texas
the former central texas chapter of the alzheimers association
it has always been an independent chapter
but this year it opted to go totally independent
since
all the money raised now all stays locally
all the research money goes to texas universities
all the education money stays here for programs in your communities
in the central texas area

so go to this link for more information
www.txalz.org/walk
also this is the link to the upcoming walks

the first i will do is the williamson county alzheimers walk
in georgetown
on saturday september 24th

my team is the organicgreendoctor

consider donating and or joining our team for that walk

the organicgreen doctor

karma

KARMA
now i believe in karma
sometimes you have to wait for years and years
for her to take her revenge
sometimes
she acts fast

pinterest.com

this week she did both
acted years later
acted within a few days


citizenagenda.com

kenneth starr was the prosecutor who went after the clintons
in the 1990s
he spent millions of millions of our taxpayer dollars to go
after the clintons
some reports say it was as much as 80 million bucks

he spent months and months investigating them
there were lots of common folks who
were caught in the wake of his investigation

we knew a lot of people who had to lawyer up
who didnt do anything wrong
who spent life savings to protect themselves
even though they didnt do anything wrong
they were emotionally and financially destroyed
a lot of bitter folks came out of that investigation
a lot of innocent folks

well
there were a lot of innocent folks
even the clintons never were charged or convicted of anything
just stupidity and bills oversexed sex drive
couldnt keep it in his pants

i still cant believe this country impeached a president
over an affair

this event the impeachment left a bitterness in politics
that still exists today
it probably will like the civil war never go away

so kenneth starr
got his karma this week
as he was let go as the no he was fired as the president
of baylor university

someone had to go because of the cover up of the sexual cases
in the athletic department
at least this time they didnt murder someone

still not sure why the coach didnt get axed
i know he wins games

but
kenneth starr as someone who hated your investigation of the clintons
you found nothing
and
destroyed lots of peoples lives
im glad karma
raised its head
and
bit you in the backside

karma you dont give up do you

then karma struck fast this week
enter the golden state warrior player draymon green
the offensive third wheel of their powerful offensive team
the team expected to win it all this year
the nba championship

now mr green is an aggressive player
his team is close to being eliminated from the playoffs for his
well lets just go ahead and say it
dirty play
hes got too many technicals this year
like red cards in soccer
you get one you sit out the next game
in basketball once you reach that limit you miss the next game
not a good thing for one of your good players to have happen
in the championship games

now mr green went up for a shot
as he finished his shot
out went his foot
to me it looked like he just flat kicked the other player in the groin
on purpose
i guess the refs didnt see it that way
the guy he kicked his a big ole 7 ft center who use to be
a rugby player
which means he is tuff as nails
well a kick in the wrong place brought him to his knees

now half of you reading this will know how painful that can be
how incapacitating that could be

so everyone thought well that was just an accident
then
the next game
he did it again
it again seemed obvious it was intentional
to me and all the sports reporters

my thought
flagrant technical the thunder shoots technical shots and gets the ball out
mr green is gone for the rest of the game
didnt happen though

but the nba responded later by changing the call to a flagrant foul
and a $25,000 fine
like making me pay a $5 speeding ticket
ill just keep speeding at that price

but
to me no justice was done for the obvious intentional injury
so
karma took over
remember now she always wins

mr green played like crap the next game
the warriors players all played like crap
they lost
the thunder are up 3-1 in the series
looking like the thunder will probably win and go to the nba finals

karma you not only got mr green good
but did you have to hurt the whole team
i like the warriors

oh
i understand
dont blame her
blame him

karma
please stay away from me

the organicgreen doctor