DukeDraven's Journal - DailyStrength Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:13:52 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/182526/1213247129.jpg DukeDraven's Avatar http://dailystrength.org/people/182526 DukeDraven's entry on 06/06/2008 01:44 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/1103200 To my dear friends at DS--and you each know what you mean to me individually--I want you to know that I will try to get to my emails by tomorrow. I've been trying to get my life back into order lately, and I haven't had the time to spend here as I used to. Maybe that's a good thing.... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:44:04 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 05/08/2008 04:23 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/1038178             Writing about my symptoms is probably the worst thing I can do for myself. So, in order to stay positive and upbeat, let me talk about the Democratic primaries. That's always a fun topic.       ... Thu, 08 May 2008 16:23:47 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 04/10/2008 11:53 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/969579                     I was recently giving a little advice to one of our DS members, who was down in the dumps about things. She's normally a very upbeat and jovial person, so I wasn't used to her s... Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:53:28 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/23/2008 02:25 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/919824                     Can we talk? Joan Rivers used to say that, so I'm not stealing her line because I'm giving her credit.           ... Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:25:38 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/15/2008 10:46 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/901954                   This is a tricky subject because some people will label you a loon for just bringing it up. Since I've never paid much attention to labels, I say damn the torpedoes and full speed ahe... Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:46:27 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/12/2008 12:10 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/892271           Late last night as I was flipping through TV channels, and not finding anything interesting to watch, I began to ponder the state of programming. Those of you who are at least 40 probably no longer recall that, long ago, all the channels (which ... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:10:57 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/08/2008 11:40 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/884481        These are touchy times. Someone wrote an innocent question regarding the military and it unleased a firestorm of responses, most of which had nothing to do with the original question (present company included). I got side-tracked like everybody else. It... Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:40:54 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/06/2008 12:53 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/876988         Don't get me wrong, I'm a big supporter of Hillary Clinton. I just don't support her in this election.         For years I always thought she would make a great president, as good, if not better, than... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:53:02 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/04/2008 12:45 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/871494        If you want to be a playa, you have to brush up on your pickup skills, so says Neil Strauss.          Strauss was the typical scrawny doofus who couldn't find a date, even if one came up to him and asked him out. So Str... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:45:42 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/01/2008 09:49 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/865989         When I first saw Ralph Nader hosting the Saturday Night Live show in 1975, I was a punk kid who didn't know him from Spiro Agnew. Nader, lanky and goofy, just seemed to be a funny comic I hadn't seen before, although judging from the ... Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:49:07 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 03/01/2008 01:09 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/864125      I wrote a journal tonight and it was erased accidentally. My blood pressure is way too high to attempt to write it again, so I'll try again tomorrow. I've lost about a dozen journal entries as I'm typing them and it's very difficult for me to remember what I ... Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:09:09 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/28/2008 09:40 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/861145       My health took a downward turn this week and I was forced to take a break from my activities. I'm sure it's only temporary and I'll be back to my normal chipper self. I enjoy writing in my journal and posting my insane comments on the boards. I miss th... Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:40:34 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/24/2008 11:45 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/849882                 The ice sheets, the size of continents, are melting fast in Greenland and Antarctica, in case you haven't noticed because you live in igloo and don't get out much. The movie "Inconv... Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:45:43 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/23/2008 10:30 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/847293                  A brand spanking new 2008 red Corvette.             That's what I would buy if I won the lottery grand prize. A gleaming Corvette... Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:30:59 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/21/2008 09:45 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/842148           I just got my new DVD,  "An Inconvenient Truth," from Netflix and I can't wait to see it. Although I don't want to do a plug for Netflix, I've had it for a year and find it an easy, cost-effective way to feed my m... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:45:03 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/20/2008 09:04 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/839149             We have, what like 1,200 gazillionaires living in the United States, and all the major companies in the world operating here, and yet, we still don't have a national health care system. Everytime a program is proposed, some right... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:04:16 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/19/2008 10:45 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/836511        Conspiracy nuts are probably happy. There is a new story out that Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby were discussing JKF's assassination amongst themselves right before the president's trip to Dallas. I'm waiting with bated breath to hear that ... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:45:54 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/18/2008 09:53 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/833558            Only topic that jumps into my mind now is the movie "Fight Club." Yeah, I can spit out a few lines on this real fast. If you haven't seen the movie, I would highly reccomend that you rent it. It's really qu... Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:53:27 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/17/2008 09:50 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/830771      I'm glad I'm anynomous at this website and don't have to fear judgment from others. Sometimes I can be sarcastic, not in a mean way, and my comments can be misconstrued. A few times I wrote something that could have been taken the wrong way, and th... Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:50:26 +0100 DukeDraven's entry on 02/16/2008 09:44 http://dailystrength.org/people/182526/journal/828417        I'm tired again so I can't write much.  I've talked to a lot of people about the paranormal after getting interested in the subject three years ago. Before then, I never quite believed in ghosts or spirits. Growing up in a religious hou... Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:44:05 +0100