Many children, and even adults, are diagnosed with ADD/ADHD(Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder… hereafter referred to as ADD) every year. Some would argue that there is an epidemic. While others, such as myself, debunk it as a load of bull. Yep, this rant is about the ADD excuse as I like to call it. Now, that being said, I have been diagnosed as having ADD and I have noticed odd difference between those with and those without this supposed disorder. The main difference is that stimulants and depressants work backwards on us. Most of the medications prescribed to those with ADD are actually amphetamines. I can’t imagine giving a hyper kid a stimulant would make them any easier to deal with… however, that is the case. For instance, drinking caffeine will make me lose consciousness fairly quickly whereas Benadryl will make me jittery and fidgety. So I recognize that there is a fundamental difference between those with and without this supposed disorder. Studies have actually shown that people with ADD actually have decrease levels of activity in the parts of their brain that govern impulse control. However, I don’t think it’s a disorder at all, nor do I think it’s a learning disability. However, the entire country is using it as an excuse. Students, teachers, and parents are all saying “it’s not their fault… they’ve got ADD”. It’s all garbage.
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Alright, so my traffic isn’t that great but I’ve come up with a fairly decent strategy for getting myself more exposure and visitors though the free link exchange program, BlogRush. First, lets go over how BlogRush works:
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Readers beware, there has been a long, on-going scam dealing with the flu vaccine. Many health care facilities have been pocketing your hard earned money by injecting you with immunologically useless, and often dangerous materials. Be very cautious with considering getting the flu vaccine. What’s going on you ask? Have some groups replaced the actual flu vaccine with something else in order to make money? Not really, in fact you might be safer if they had!
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I remember the good ole’ days of my being in a college apartment. I didn’t have a job and was surviving off of the $100 a month that my father could spare for me. It was tough not having much money for food, but I manged to get by. I’m going to share some simple tips for super low budget food to help keep the college goer (any anyone else for that matter) at stay least alive. Read the rest of this entry »

This category (dream journal) is dedicated to my subconscious mind. Herein I will be a detailed dream journal. I’m essentially just using this part of my blog as an easy place to keep all of this crud in my brain. I would suggest that everyone create their own dream journals. They can be a useful therapeutic tool. Psychologist Carl G. Jung (1875-1971) believed that dreams where conduits to our unconscious minds. Keeping track of our dreams may help us understand the messages that this relatively unused portion of our brain may be trying to send us. Dreams also tend to be fairly entertaining, both to ourselves and to anyone else who hears them. They are odd and seemingly random although steeped in symbolism. You can pretty much guarantee that your unconscious mind will come up with a story you’ve never heard before. Dreams can also be a great source of inspiration. Many artists, composers, song writers, singers, etc… credit their dreams with inspiring them to create great things (including myself). In any case, the average person will sleep away one third of their life. During this time we dream and upon waking a great many of us forget the experiences we had during this time. Knowing this, it’s crazy that we actually forget about one third of our life experiences. Writing them down seems like a small effort with huge benefits if you ask me.

Expect much more,
Type to you later,
~Nathaniel

I know this doesn’t really fit in, but I figured that I could just as easily give people advice on top of all the other intellectual nuggets I’m likely to express (yes that was a reference to poo). To break open this new category, I’m going to start out with two ways to cure the hiccups, works almost every time.

Some will tell you to do all sorts of crazy things from drinking water from the wrong end of the glass, to standing on your head, getting hit between the shoulder blades, or holding your breath until you pass out. However, I’m going to tell you a two step cure for the hiccups that has been passed down through my family for generations.

Step 1: Take a spoon and get a spoonful of Peanut butter (creamy)
Step 2: Eat that spoonful of peanut butter
Result: Hiccups are gone.

yep, that’s all there is to it. Now if you happen to be allergic to peanuts… well, then it stinks to be you now doesn’t it? The next cure may not suit you either… in fact, it will suit very few.

Step 1: Light a cigarette
Step 2: Smoke the cigarette
Resut: No more Hiccups

Yep that works too. Nicotine actually helps to regulate the muscles of the digestive tract. I worked with a girl who had the hiccups for two weeks. After I suggested she smoke a cigarette (and she did so) the hiccups stopped. Believe it or not, nicotine has many benefits… but they don’t really talk about them too much. But that’s for another post… perhaps a rant.

Please note that smoking peanut butter or eating cigarettes does not cure the hiccups. The former is likely to cause a cough, and the later will actually cause all the symptoms of appendicitis (what you do with that information is none of my business).

Hope that helps, I know the Hiccups can be one of the most annoying bodily functions. Now perhaps it won’t be so bad for you anymore.

Type to you later,
~Nathaniel