About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Tag Archives: health
Jun
29
2010
Diving into Safety Head-First
We have helmet laws here in British Columbia. Even if we didn’t, I’d be wearing mine. One saved my life. And still I’m different than I used to be. When I saw this article come up on Twitter, I got pretty choked about it. I started thinking of the friends I’ve seen riding without a helmet [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Laws, Life 101, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Steff Rants, Twitter, keeping it real Also tagged accidents, brain damage, bump on the head, change your life, changing your life, coma, concussion, doing it wrong, head injuries, helmet safety, helmets, hurting your head, msp, preventable, what not to do 12 Comments
May
31
2010
No Fatties: The Ethic of Funny
People urge me to try stand-up comedy. A natural, they call me. A funny girl. And, hey, they’re right. What, it’s wrong I should know I’m funny? I shouldn’t acknowledge it? Right, like I’ve spent my life cracking jokes so I can play the fool now. Jokes are hard. Funny is tough. Humour’s a fine line. I pride [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Being me, Current Events, Dimestore Philosophy, Hygiene & Health, Journalling, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Psychology & Moods, Self-Love & Self-Esteem, Society, Specifically Steff, Steff Rants, Uncategorized, weight loss Also tagged cheap-shots, comedy, drawing lines, Ethics, funny, how to behave, Humour, insults, line in the sand, Society, weight, what is funny, where we're going wrong, why people suck 16 Comments
Mar
09
2010
The Piano Has Been Drinking*
So too has the blogger. And, boy, has my body decided it’s had enough. I became social again last year, which effectively doubled the amount I’d been drinking. It became far too regular, and had it not been for the drinking, I’d probably have lost more weight instead of just having maintained my numbers for [...]
Posted in Autobiographical, Hygiene & Health, Specifically Steff, Uncategorized, fitness, keeping it real Also tagged change, directions, discomfort, drinking, gastritis, pain, stomach 1 Comment
My father is morbidly obese, and then some. He's pushing 400 pounds. His legs are shot. His heart's riddled with issues. There's the stepmom's chain-smoking, his daily dalliances with alcohol despite being told a single drink could kill him, and then there's the ridiculous Southern diet the wife (who was a nurse for 35 years, is equally morbidly obese, smokes, is never active, and who is also diabetic with heart issues) is always cooking. How about scalloped potatoes in their house? A casserole has a half-stick of butter and a jar of Cheez Whiz. You want sour cream with that? It's in the fridge.
If there was a textbook "how not to be diabetic" example, it'd be them.
Ratcheting It Up After a Slow Afternoon