tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post2192625974588354483..comments2023-08-12T08:03:41.840-07:00Comments on Poetry Is For Assholes: A journal of the arts: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-70009862302941420332008-12-20T12:32:00.000-08:002008-12-20T12:32:00.000-08:00Jon,I'll check it out. I rely on info from Joel Fu...Jon,<BR/>I'll check it out. I rely on info from Joel Fuhrman, MD to help me to control flare ups of fibromyalgia and lupus. I eat mainly plant based diet.Hagar's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329175102157599795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-33111081040268085792008-12-16T23:33:00.000-08:002008-12-16T23:33:00.000-08:00Thanks to all of you. HD, check my link to "sugar ...Thanks to all of you. HD, check my link to "sugar coated crisis". It's in my blog roll. Sugar Coated Crisis is a book about self care for people with type II diabetes, but the author, David Spero has written on self care for other long term conditions. He's sort of my guru for managing diabetes. I'd be interested to hear who you look to for managing your condition. <BR/><BR/>We got a memo from a boss that was essentially threatening anyone who tried to go out on disability leave. Later we found out that his wife was out on disability leave from her job. <BR/><BR/>Another Number: Solidarity! That's the stuff. I used to think of solidarity as a trade union principle but I'm coming to see it as a spiritual practice. I've been trying to come up with a few words on the subject. Hopefully I'll have a post up sometime soon.Your driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406948739451124566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-24454525508631018722008-12-16T23:01:00.000-08:002008-12-16T23:01:00.000-08:00Excellent post, Jon.Employers, managers, powers-th...Excellent post, Jon.<BR/><BR/>Employers, managers, powers-that-be can give a fat rat's --- about employees. I'm degreed up (as my neighbor says) - BS, MA, MDiv, EdD - and I work in an office that infested with rodents. <BR/>No one wants to hear it. The response I often get is that *I* lack ambition or am lazy because *I* choose to continue working as a public servant. No one cares if I am doing an honorable, much needed job of protecting children and trying to maintain families. I should find work that elevates *me* to a position of authority -blah, blah, blah.<BR/><BR/>Working along with psychologists, social workers, nurses, you would think that program managers would encourage self care, but they don't. In fact we get similar memos reminding us about absenteeism, job production, etc. As a person with disabling chronic pain, I give til it hurts each time I show up to work. I work nights, weekends, and holidays as my regular schedule, but do the program managers care? No, they find things to complain about.<BR/><BR/>I practice self care. I agree with Another Number in encouraging workers to maintain dignity in the workplace. (I have to keep my feet up away from the rats.)Hagar's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329175102157599795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-53559974228382125752008-12-16T06:21:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:21:00.000-08:00its no credit to the human race that as evolved an...its no credit to the human race that as evolved and civilised as we are our work is so often dehumanising. we have few choices though, stark ones yes as you pointed out in earlier post. it sounds corny but you have your ability to maintain your dignity whatever work throws at you. our culture never did care about the aging and the old so better make that dignity a habit now you will need it later. solidarity to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-73003571037147648742008-12-16T06:10:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:10:00.000-08:00What I meant to say was, more power to you and you...What I meant to say was, more power to you and your fellow workers on the line.ibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788986697776895039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6291232662827929830.post-27768751278006090712008-12-16T01:19:00.000-08:002008-12-16T01:19:00.000-08:00This may be your best post yet, Jon. I'm in a bad ...This may be your best post yet, Jon. I'm in a bad way too; apologies for being so brief.ibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788986697776895039noreply@blogger.com