Rick that movie was a riot, I thought.  thanks for the advice, Ray
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick McGirr" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 5:23 AM
Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?/anger management


>I think my anger gets me going, sometimes.  I think I can channel it,
> take it out on something that I just have to get done today.  I can
> use the energy to complete the workout, get the taxes done, or
> anything else.  The thing to avoid when you're angry is sitting and
> waiting.  Then my neck and shoulders turn to stone, and my hand flaps
> like a shutter in a hurricane.
>
> Anyone ever see "Anger Management" with Jack Nicholson and Adam
> Sandler?
>
> Enjoy Spring!
> Rick McGirr
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:18 PM
> Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?
>
>
>> Dear Don and Dr. Bernie,
>>
>> I am the first to admit that my anger is not doing me any good.
> Believe me,
>> I would rather be playing golf, bridge,the piano, decorating,
> gardening,
>> working, volunteering, bowling, dancing, but I can't do any of those
> things.
>> I can't even get to a fairly local ACLU meeting.
>>
>> However my conclusions about Bush and his cronies and their policies
> would
>> be the same if I was well....having PD does give me added fire and
>> intensity.
>>
>> Last Friday I drug my body out for my weekly trip to the local Red
> Lobster.
>> As I was muscling my walker back in my car another car pulled up and
> some
>> women got out.  One was  a woman with PD and  a younger one got her
> walker
>> out and it was like mine - 4 wheels, a seat, but it had brakes.
>>
>> The woman with PD had the same passive expression that cancer
> victims had
>> when I went to a "party" for them at Good Samaritan in LA when I had
> ovarian
>> cancer in  1979  I fled the "party."
>>
>> I talked to the younger woman who commented how good it was to see
> someone
>> with PD out and "enjoying life"  I didn't make some smart remark but
>> gratefully received her blessings.
>>
>> What disturbed me was the expression on the woman with PD's face. I
> may have
>> the "mask" too by now, but the younger woman told me she was in the
> early
>> stages and I don't think it was the PD mask.
>>
>> If anyone knows what I can do as a substitute for beating up on
> Bush, let me
>> know, please.
>> Otherwise I will go down fighting, Ray
>> PS - Dixieland music is my favorite, and I used to treadmill and
> dance to
>> it.  Am going to try to get back to it when pool is done.  Problem
> is it
>> excites me too much.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bernard Barber Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 11:09 AM
>> Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?
>>
>>
>> > Hi Don,
>> >
>> > It is not my indented to alter your decisions one way or another,
> but I
>> > wonder if you might question why such open anger occurs.
>> >
>> > As PD increases there is an increase in Frustration and
> Aggression.
>> > I do not believe in the suppression of that which is felt. Denial
> of that
>> > pain only adds to the complexity of the disease. So what's wrong
> with
>> > being
>> > angry? Better than bombing and killing the liberals, hey?
>> >
>> > Have you a better object in mind other than god, Bush and the
> Radical
>> > Right
>> > that wants everyone to believe as they do?
>> >
>> > Have you tried listening to some good old Dixieland music?
>> >
>> >
>> > Bernie
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
>> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Don Adams
>> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:23 PM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: What has happened to this list?
>> >
>> >        I happen to be a not very religious person but I am a
> social
>> > conservative,
>> > and I HAVE HAD PD OVER 7 YEARS (to answer that question quickly).
> I have
>> > very troublesome and  limiting symptoms on which I will not
> elaborate. I
>> > am
>> > NOT helped by reading the constant religious and political sniping
> and I
>> > have just about reached the point of leaving PIEN because of that.
> I'm
>> > sure
>> > that the parties who insist on engaging in the activity to which I
> refer
>> > will wish me their synonym for "God speed".  I can only respond by
> saying
>> > that no doubt I am not the only PWP who has had just about enough,
> or who
>> > will reluctantly say goodbye. This PIEN List has gone from one
> which
>> > provided useful and helpful input by PD sufferers down to what we
> see
>> > today. There are undoubtedly other venues for those who wish to
> vent their
>> > anger over problems with stem cell research, (as if that will
> provide an
>> > instant cure!) and other political complaints. And why vent
> bitterness
>> > here
>> > over the bad hand that fate or life has dealt most of us on this
> list?
>> > There are always those who see themselves as martyrs for whom
> nothing will
>> > help, and as victims of  George Bush and Republicans, if not God.
>> >
>> > Don Adams
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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