Guy’s Diary

Maybe its time you started telling girls the facts about him. If he is such a loser that he is willing to ruin your reputation maybe its time to give him a dose of his own medicine. Start telling the girls that he is all talk and maybe suggest that maybe its because your a girl. If he is so rotten that he is willing to hurt you like that first try talking to him and asking him why he is doing it. If he gives you a mean answer then I would start telling my friends that I like a man who can do it no matter what the color. Be careful though. He sounds like the kind of creep that could be dangerous . Make sure everybody knows who you are talking about so that if he does hurt you they will know who to look for. I don’t want to scare you but a creep like him could be bad news.

Johnny B’s got the scientific stuff right. Carbon dioxide is what this planet needs more of. The CO2 is less than .03% of the greenhouse gases and we need them in order to keep warm at night and for the plants to thrive.

Global warming is just a big hoax making a lot of money for bogus climatologists. There’s no money in telling the truth that our climate is normal. The money is in creating hysteria over a nothing issue. Follow the money…

I just found out about this link.

Check it out below and do the “global warming quiz.” You may be smarter about climate than you thought, but if not this site has a lot of info in that area to learn from.

Oh, and we’re not running out of “fossil” fuels. The US and Canada alone are literally floating in oil. We just can’t drill for it here because of the environmental nuts in our country.

This is a often misunderstood part of air-travel. This regulation was enacted by the FAA in 1991 in response to pressure from the FCC and the Cellular Phone industry.

Most airlines explain to travelers that cell phones, 2-way pagers and ‘other wireless devices’ are prohibited due to interference with airplane communications equipment. Though this is a possible scenario, the more important problem is what’s happening down below.

In the 1980’s, when cellular was in its infancy; it was possible to use your cell phone during a flight. This is because the type of towers used then could inadvertently broadcast straight up into the sky as well as the area it was intended to serve on the ground. Though things may have seemed normal to the in-flight caller, he was actually wreaking havoc on the cellular system and other callers below him. His phone has now become a very powerful, hijacking broadcasting device. He is now essentially overpowering and breaking in on everyone Else’s calls on his channel within a 150-300 mile radius below his flight. You could imagine how this would affect callers while he is going over a city like Chicago or New York…

Also, earlier cellular systems weren’t designed for this type of situation. Frequently, air callers could shut down entire cellular systems below them before safeguards were implemented.

Even though cell phones from the 1980’s are long gone, the FAA has decided to keep this regulation in place as an overall precaution to prevent any accidental interference both in the plane and on the ground.

Hope this answers your question!

You cannot connect the ipod to a pair of bookshelf speakers unless those speakers have a power plug of their own that goes into an outlet (highly unlikely–they wouldn’t be true bookshelf speakers then). The reason is that the itsy-bitsy “amp” in your ipod is made to power headphones, not speakers. You need an external power source, like an amp, for your ipod to play through speakers.

The problem with not drilling through walls for wire is that your amp would then have to be outside. No conventional amp I know of would be safely kept outside. Likewise, no wireless device to receive the audio from your computer will last long outside either.

One extremely cheap solution, which will degrade the audio quality but still render it listenable, would be to buy an FM transmitter like this one:
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/fm-transmitters/fm-transmitter.aspx
and just take a radio out onto the patio. Send audio from your computer through the transmitter, which will convert it into a local FM radio signal. Tune the radio on the patio to the same frequency and viola! You have your own PC-radio station. No wires, no new amp, just your old crappy FM radio and this $70 transmitter.

Do not apologize for searching his room. You are a parent and despite what he thinks that is your right (see my question at the end, I of this paragraph–I’m assuming you had a reason to search his room). Spanking a 16yo is probably not the best approach, but I can understand that you must feel as if you’ve run out of options with him. Will he communicate with you at all? That is the biggest obstacle with teens–getting them to talk to you. If not, then it’s time to take the next step and seek some professional help. His violence along with withdrawl really needs be addressed. It rarely gets better on its own when it includes violent outbursts. Did you search his room looking for something specific? Do you suspect drug use?
Let him know you still love him and want to work things out. But, you can not allow the hitting, backtalking etc and see if he will start to talk–if not, seek some help!

EDIT:
Did you explain to him that when he won’t talk, hits people, threatens etc that caused you to lose trust in him? Does he know that people earn trust and it can be lost? Explain that trust isn’t unconditional and he starts to act trustful again, then you will give him trust.
As far as the spanking goes, I don’t agree with spanking a16yo–but your husband said he was going to do and you agreed with him. This isn’t time to break ranks and turn on your husband. It will only give your son more ammo to use against you both. United front is needed in front of your son. If you both decide to apologize to him for that, then do it together. But, don’t go against your husband at this point. Talk to your son about moving forward from this and how he can earn trust back. Talk about behavior expectations and what he expects from you (when he can meet expectations.) Good luck!

it depends on if the person is an adult a child or an infant. if it is an adult you want to summon help first and then do cpr if you know it. if not here is a quick lesson. if there is no sign of trauma on an adult or child put one hand on the pts forehead two fingers under the pts chin. tilt the head back to open the airway. put your ear down next to the pts mouth and nose and see if you feel anything. if not the pt is not breathing. try to give the pt 2 rescue breaths. if both breaths go in then move to the chest. take your first 2 fingers and find the pts rib cage. move your hand up to where the ribs come together and move 2 fingers above that point. compress the chest 1-2 inches and do that for 30 times then do 2 rescue breaths and then 30 more compressions. if the pt is a child do the same only dont compress the chest as far, only compress the chest 1/2-1 inch. do the same amount of compressions to resperations. let me know if you want to know about an infant and i can let you know about that also. hope this helps!!

I didn’t have one done, but my mother did and i think it was to make sure the baby was going to be ok. The reasons for having them are to find out if your baby will have a problem like some disorders or defects and things, but usually people don’t get them if they dont have any family history of anything specific or are not at risk for anything because there is a very slight chance that it could cause the sac to rupture causing insufficient amniotic fluid which stresses the baby or can even cause early labor. Also, if you do have a chance for problems but are going to keep the baby regardless, alot of times the parents wont have it done for the same reason.
As far as what happens, I think they use a needle to get some fluid, but you can google or wiki it and find out more.

I haven’t read the book but sounds interesting. Maybe you could buy it & just try the methods - it is worth a shot. many children have a hard time with change & what seems little to us is not to them. If he doesn’t understand what is going on then he feels insecure so just make it a point to talk everything out with him (Im sure you already do) so he will know what to expect. & re-assure him when he is upset. I agree not to “give in” but under certain circumstances, I see nothing wrong with a discussion before a final decision is made-his feeling matter =) I think it is fine and normal as long as this isn’t an all day every day thing.
I disagree with one of your previous answers. with just this info I would not even THINK autism or OCD. If you know anything about either of them, you would know that yes, some children with either of these will react this way to change, but this behaivor alone would not cause anyone to think that is what is going on. Thats like saying a child is autistic b/c they are speech delayed! being speech delayed alone would not cause someone to think autism!
If things get worse or don’t seem to get any better-talk to the Dr again or get a 2nd opinion.
good luck!

First of all, you CAN go on meds even if your liver is ruined…depending on how bad it is. I have HepC and have the beginning of Stage one of cirrhosis. My shrink knows about all of this and I’m still on a lot of meds.

Unfortunately for you, you have BPD….I “used” to have it and it was a bitch, so I know what you’re going through. I just plain grew out of it, as many people do in their 30’s and 40’s….How old are you?

When someone has BPD they are likely have feelings of emptiness, have a negative attitude in which they don’t know who they are or what they are looking forward to..if anything. They tend to make or cause physical behaviour and the worst thing about it is that they tend to abuse their bodies….ie: cutting, burning w/cigs, etc….. There are MANY sites on the ‘net about what the exact symptoms are….

The unfortunate thing again, is that meds really don’t help much. Maybe you could get the right combo…..I slip back into being BPD but now I’m only (only?) Bipolar disorder, NOS. I think they FINALLY found a combo of meds that I can tolerate and that they work….abilify, lamictal, and for sleep, sonata and seroquel. Everyone is different but the trials and tribulations of finding the right med may take some time to work out.

I’m sending you a few sites that you might find interesting.
Take care, and don’t hurt yourself, as other’s really do care about your welfare, incl. me. If you want, you can IM or email me….it’s no prob and if I can help, I will be here for you to lean on….

I am not a guy, but I can imagine how hard it is for you guys (especially as young as you are) to change in these open or semi open cubbys. I mean, it seems to me that if someone looks and then causes a “problem” about something about you, its because they got caught looking at you. And to divert the embarrassment about what others will think of THEM because they looked, they cause a ordeal directed at you!

I guess thats what happens though.

I would suggest just finding the timing thats best for you to get quickly (and I mean quickly) changed and in and out of that shower.

If you go casually fast, don’t even look near anyone else, focus on getting nice and clean and try to pretend that no one else is even there, you might relax more, and if something should start up anyway, just laugh it off and just reply, “you wish!”

Well good luck.

I know I am probably not much help because I am a 46 year old girl. (lady, and woman), but I hope things go well for you.

PS: oh yeah, one more thing, I bet you anything that the others in there are all thinking all the same things as you and have the same freakin fears as you!