Sunday, March 14th, 2010

If you think about the title of this article, Are stupid ideas a waste of time?, of course you would say “Yes, they sure are.”  But, I would argue that they are not.  Stupid ideas are not a waste of time, in fact, they are very valuable in my opinion!
How could it be?
Have you ever [...]

Well, it’s been a busy few weeks in the Martin household in Davao.  I’ve been busy with a lot of different things, it seems.  I suppose that the holidays are like that.  So, I thought I’d just write a “general” article that is really not about anything in particular.  Just an update of what has [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about getting my diabetes and diet under control.  As I said, I had seen some very nice results as far as my blood glucose readings went.  They were pretty close to normal, which made me quite happy.
Well, that was a one day more than 2 weeks [...]

For several weeks now, I have had my diabetes in good control.  I had gone for a long time without controling it, and I feel a lot better now with my blood glucose level at more normal levels.  Over the past few weeks, my blood glucose readings have been running from a low of 101 [...]

In the past few weeks, I have been making a serious effort to get better control over my eating, because my diabetes has been out of control, and I need to do something about it.  So far, I’ve been very successful, and I’ve brought my blood glucose levels down to fairly normal levels.  A blood [...]

Over the past few months, I have let my diabetes get the better of me.  I have been having health problems lately because of the fact that I allowed my blood glucose level to get out of control.  Diabetes is not a forgiving disease.  If you don’t control your diabetes, it controls you.  I am [...]

Our dads have a huge impact on our lives, sometimes good, sometimes bad.  A few days ago I was having a conversation with a man.  This fellow is of retirement age.  He told me about his dad, and how he had negative feelings to this day about his relationship with his dad.  He went on [...]

I am not trying to brag, or saying that I am better than others, but I will just say that I am a smart person.  I have a high IQ.  I also hear it all the time from people who say that I am smart, and such.  So, I simply accept the fact that I [...]

Well, I made a commitment to myself a few days ago that I was going to start walking regularly again.  I got started yesterday, walking about 1 mile.  Today, though, I had to make a change of plans!  It has been pouring down rain, at least moderate rain, since yesterday morning.  No signs of it [...]

About a year ago, in early 2008, I started having problems with my wrists.  Most of the times, my wrists felt normal, but from time to time I would get sharp pains in my wrists.  Both wrists experienced the problem, although my right wrist was worse with more often pain, and more severe as well.
For [...]