I was a test subject for a biofeedback experiment on brain waves.
I had to keep my alpha waves Inside The Box.
Who died and made you Elvis?
Cordelia ,'Storyteller'
Natter 41: Why Do I Click on ita's Links?!
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Dec 19, 2005 9:41:14 am PST #3276 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2005 9:42:41 am PST #3277 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
I had to keep my alpha waves Inside The Box.
Alpha waves! Alpha waves in new places!
sarameg - Dec 19, 2005 9:45:32 am PST #3278 of 10002
for what countries do they want to see inside?
One post office used to get a little short wtih me when I was mailing stuff to my brother at an APO army address overseas. But that may just have been that particular office, not policy (campus post office people are the crankiest, I've found.)
Oh, that reminds me. He took his son to the Huntsville space center and one of the video things they saw was on unmanned aerial vehicles... and he was in it, from about 6 years ago. He thought it was pretty hilarious.
Amy - Dec 19, 2005 9:46:25 am PST #3279 of 10002
Because books.
I think my mom did some stuff with biofeedback years ago. She had back problems and was later diagnosed with lupus, so I don't know how exactly, but it sounds familiar.
Spidra Webster - Dec 19, 2005 9:51:42 am PST #3280 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
ita, I'm sorry you're going through all that. It sounds really really tough.
Biofeedback has been recommended for me, too, but not in a way my insurance would go for. So I haven't gotten any. I have no doubt that learning to control some of my body's reaction would be good. Some of what I go through is due to posture and the muscles having shortened in such a way that they clamp down on the nerves and vessels going into the arm, but some of what I go through is due to the fact I'm a highly sensitive person and I have near-instant physical reactions to stress. Learning how to put a stick in that feedback loop is what biofeedback is supposed to help me with. I'm glad that you're getting some referrals because at least the insurance company should be cool with that.
Cass - Dec 19, 2005 10:06:31 am PST #3281 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
In case of a postal emergency, I'm well-stocked.I am not. At all. But I am very polite at the post office at least. Where I need to be heading today.
Lee - Dec 19, 2005 10:07:19 am PST #3282 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Today has been... not bad bad, but vaguely unsatisfactory in several different ways, and I think I would like a do over.
Who is in charge of such things this week?
sarameg - Dec 19, 2005 10:08:20 am PST #3283 of 10002
See, I don't want do overs. I want skips.
Gudanov - Dec 19, 2005 10:08:42 am PST #3284 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Has anyone posted Rep. John Dingell's response to House Resolution 579 "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected". It's classic:
Twas the week before Christmas and all through the House
No bills were passed ‘bout which Fox News could grouse;
Tax cuts for the wealthy were passed with great cheer,
So vacations in St. Barts soon would be near;
Katrina kids were nestled all snug in motel beds,
While visions of school and home danced in their heads;
In Iraq our soldiers needed supplies and a plan,
Plus nuclear weapons were being built in Iran;
Gas prices shot up, consumer confidence fell;
Americans feared we were on a fast track to…well…
Wait--- we need a distraction--- something divisive and wily;
A fabrication straight from the mouth of O’Reilly
We can pretend that Christmas is under attack
Hold a vote to save it--- then pat ourselves on the back;
Silent Night, First Noel, Away in the Manger
Wake up Congress, they’re in no danger!
This time of year we see Christmas every where we go,
From churches, to homes, to schools, and yes…even Costco;
What we have is an attempt to divide and destroy,
When this is the season to unite us with joy
At Christmas time we’re taught to unite,
We don’t need a made-up reason to fight
So on O’Reilly, on Hannity, on Coulter, and those right wing blogs;
You should just sit back, relax…have a few egg nogs!
‘Tis the holiday season: enjoy it a pinch
With all our real problems, do we honestly need another Grinch?
So to my friends and my colleagues I say with delight,
A merry Christmas to all,
and to Bill O’Reilly…Happy Holidays.
§ ita § - Dec 19, 2005 10:09:00 am PST #3285 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Even at the best of times, I hate the post office with a passion. My dad asked me to mail some stuff to him, and I blindly agreed...eventually. Instead, though, now I have to meet up with someone who turns out to be the big sister of someone I went to prep school with, so that her mother can take the stuff back to Jamaica. Not sure which is worse.
My insurance company is cool in that they care not about referrals. So far, they're most pissy about ER visits. Those they don't like, unless it was lifethreatening. I have yet to find out how they feel about ER visits to rule out stuff being lifethreatening.
We'll see, soon enough.