Filed under: 09/11, Death, Life, Memorial, Memories, September 11, Thoughts, USA, United States, World
September 11 Memorial List By Name
Jim Lynch’s Remember September 11, 2001
The copyright holder of this photo has released it into the public domain, granting anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
It seemed fitting to use this photo in particular, to remind us on this day, that every one of us has to do our part to balance the hate that caused it, with generosity and goodwill.
And a fitting post to end the day with.
I believe that if i should die,
and you were to walk near my grave,
from the very depths of the earth
I would hear your footsteps.
~ Benito Perez Galdos
[Photo source: Wikimedia]
Filed under: Addiction, Alcohol, Britney Spears, DUI, Entertainment, Kirsten Storms, Lindsay Lohan, News, Nicole Ritchie, Paris Hilton, Scandal, Stupid, Stupid Girls, Stupidity, Substance Abuse, Television, Uproars, Women
It’s happened again. A young female celebrity has been hauled in for drunk driving.
I know celebrities tend to think they can make their own rules. They get preferential treatment in most places they go, they get tons of free stuff given to them so we the public, will buy products we see them wearing for free. They live lives that aren’t very real, and they convince themselves that indeed, their lives are real. A person really should feel sorry for them, existing in a world where they think science, logic, physics and all that stuff that convinces the rest of us that indeed, when we use the toilet… it smells, and if we jump off a building we will die because truly, we can’t fly, isn’t for them. So I, fracas, “lowly” non-celebrity that I am, would like to help these poor souls who’ve been living in this vacuum of ill-informed and false euphoria.
I’m going to break some rather shocking news to them.
Let’s start with why.
DUI Drama for General Hospital Starby Natalie Finn
- General Hospital star Kirsten Storms was arrested early Friday morning in Los Angeles-adjacent Culver City on suspicion of driving under the influence.
- According to the California Highway Patrol, officers stopped the 23-year-old actress at about 3 a.m. after seeing a lit cigarette being tossed out the window of her blue Mercedes-Benz CLK500.
- The cops noticed “the odor of an alcohol beverage” wafting from the car, the CHP’s report states, and then Storms failed a routine series of field sobriety tests.
[Read the rest of the story at E! News Online.]
Poor Kirsten. She, like Paris Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and all the other celebrities who behave this way, doesn’t understand she’s a person… a real person who has a liver and all those other good things that keep our bodies working from day to day. I’m not sure, but I suspect they may have become confused with whether or not celebrities are real or not because of that damn Tinman and Scarecrow and Lion. After all, Tinman didn’t have a heart, Scarecrow didn’t have a brain, Lion didn’t have any courage and they all seemed to function. Of the group listed, Kirsten probably suffers the worst case of this phenomenon because she stars in a soap opera and you know how the soap opera fans confuse the actors with their characters all the time. Is is any wonder she’d become confused and think she doesn’t have a liver or that she could function without one?
I want to help. It breaks my heart, so Kirsten… please do share this new knowledge with Paris, Lindsay, Nicole and Britney. This information could just save your lives.
No, no. No need to thank me. Just knowing there’s even the slightest hope that I’ve helped even one of you will be thanks enough. It’s why I’m here.
Well that and to make fun of you for hits. But that’s beside the point. Please, please read the following information because I promise you, you do have a liver and it does want you to care about it. I’ve learned, “If you consume more alcohol than the liver can process, the resulting imbalance can injure the liver by interfering with its normal breakdown of protein, fats, and carbohydrates.”
Alcohol And Your Liver
What is the liver’s role in processing alcohol?
The liver breaks down alcohol so it can be eliminated from your body. If you consume more alcohol than the liver can process, the resulting imbalance can injure the liver by interfering with its normal breakdown of protein, fats, and carbohydrates.
What are the types of alcohol-induced liver disease?
There are three kinds of liver disease related to alcohol consumption:
Fatty liver is marked by a build-up of fat cells in the liver. Usually there are no symptoms, although the liver may be enlarged and you may experience discomfort in your upper abdomen. Fatty liver occurs in almost all people who drink heavily. The condition will improve after you stop drinking.
Alcoholic hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Up to 35 percent of heavy drinkers develop alcoholic hepatitis. Symptoms may include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and tenderness, fever and jaundice. In its mild form, alcoholic hepatitis can last for years and will cause progressive liver damage. The damage may be reversible if you stop drinking. In its severe form, the disease may occur suddenly, after binge drinking, and it can quickly lead to life-threatening complications.
Alcoholic cirrhosis is the most serious type of alcohol-induced liver disease. Cirrhosis refers to the replacement of normal liver tissue with scar tissue. Between 10 and 20 percent of heavy drinkers develop cirrhosis, usually after 10 or more years of drinking. Symptoms of cirrhosis are similar to those of alcoholic hepatitis. The damage from cirrhosis is not reversible, and it is a life-threatening disease. Your condition may stabilize if you stop drinking.
Many heavy drinkers will progress from fatty liver to alcoholic hepatitis and finally to alcoholic cirrhosis, though the progression may vary from patient to patient. The risk of developing cirrhosis is particularly high for people who drink heavily and have another chronic liver disease such as viral hepatitis C.
What are the complications of alcohol-induced liver disease?
Serious complications from alcohol-induced liver disease typically occur after many years of heavy drinking. Once they do occur, the complications can be serious and life-threatening. They may include:
- Accumulation of fluid in the abdomen
- Bleeding from veins in the esophagus
- Enlarged spleen
- High blood pressure in the liver
- Changes in mental function, and coma
- Kidney failure
- Liver cancer
How is alcohol-induced liver disease diagnosed?
Alcohol-induced liver disease may be suspected based on other medical and lifestyle issues related to alcohol abuse. Blood tests and imaging tests (MRI, CT scan, or ultrasound) may help in diagnosis and to rule out other causes of liver disease. Proof is best established by liver biopsy.
How is alcohol-induced liver disease treated?
First, you must stop drinking. Your doctor may suggest changes in your diet and certain vitamin supplements to help your liver recover from the alcohol-related damage. Medications may be needed to manage the complications caused by your liver damage. In advanced cases of alcoholic cirrhosis, the only treatment option may be a liver transplant. However, active alcoholics will usually not qualify as suitable organ recipients.
In order to stop drinking, you may need to participate in an alcohol recovery program. The best resource is likely to be an alcoholic support group, because you must stay sober to recover from your liver disease.
What is the outlook for people with alcohol-induced liver disease?
Anyone with alcohol-induced liver disease will improve their health and life expectancy if they stop drinking. For patients who do not stop drinking, the outlook is poor; they are likely to suffer a variety of life-threatening health problems caused by alcohol-related liver damage.
Is there a safe level of drinking?
For most people, moderate drinking will not lead to alcohol-induced liver disease. Moderate drinking means no more than one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men. (A standard drink is one 12-ounce beer, one 5-ounce glass of wine or one 1.5-ounce shot of distilled spirits.) However, for people with chronic liver disease, especially alcohol-induced liver disease, even small amounts of alcohol can make the liver disease worse. Patients with alcohol-induced liver disease and those with cirrhosis from any cause should stop using alcohol completely.
Women are more likely to be affected by alcohol-induced liver disease because women can be affected by smaller amounts of alcohol than men.
Even small amounts of alcohol can be dangerous when taken with medications containing acetaminophen, found in many over-the-counter pain relievers. The combination of alcohol and acetaminophen can be very harmful to the liver for anyone who drinks. Never take acetaminophen with alcohol, or immediately after a period of heavy drinking.
Thank you to the American Liver Foundation for this valuable and life saving information.
Filed under: Humanity, Life, Lists, Meme, Monday Melee, Opinions, Peeves, Shameless Self Promotion, Travel
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Fracas’ The Monday Melee for September 10, 2007 (A day late, hopefully not a dollar short!)
Yes, I know it’s not Monday, nor is it September 10. I’ve been a little messed up on days, what with that Fracas Van Winkle thing. I was enjoying my day doing a million stupid errands today, and in the middle of too much traffic, realized it was Tuesday, and I didn’t do a Melee yesterday.
Seriously, I did. Good thing I didn’t rear-end someone what with my mind being all consumed with the guilt of forgetting to Melee. I know, I know. I tell everyone else not to worry if they miss one and yet, it seems to me, that since I created the Melee, that I shouldn’t be the one to miss one.
So, my Melee today, will be about driving. Perhaps that’s just Melee Karma
1. The Misanthtropic: Name something (about humanity) you absolutely hate.
People who think driving is their right, instead of a priviledge, and therefore are driving when for one reason or another (whether they are too old, are drunk or high, have medical issues that make driving dangerous for them, are “scared” of the street, or are just stupid) they should be off the road. It’s really about being selfish. They are too selfish to realize they place others at risk rather than inconvenience themselves.
2. The Meretricious: Expose something or someone that’s phony, fraudulent or bogus.
The very idea that the traffic lights in my city are timed properly.
3. The Malcontent: Name something you’re unhappy with.
People who think they can use cellphones and drive or put on makeup and drive. Add to that, any other activity that normally wouldn’t or shouldn’t be done while driving.
I have a cellphone, and I know that every call isn’t one that can or should be made while driving. Pull over for those!
I wear makeup, but if it can’t be put on before I leave the house, then everyone gets to see the “holy frac” me that day. You cannot put on makeup and drive. It’s not up for debate. Anyone that thinks they can do such things, should have to spend a week with the family of someone who was killed in an automobile accident by someone ignorant/arrogant enough to think they can safely do those things. Honestly. Your appearance is not worth someone’s life. It really isnt’. No matter who you are.
4. The Meritorious: Give someone credit for something and name it if you can.
I’ll give credit to anyone and everyone who has ever voluntarily known they shouldn’t drive, and so didn’t. During an injury many years ago, I had to do that often. It sucks to give up a bit of freedom, but if you shouldn’t drive, you shouldn’t drive.
5. The Mirror: See something good about yourself and name it
I am woman, and I can park!
6. The Make-Believe: Name something you wish for.
I wish for a vehicle like the one in Back To the Future II, one that runs on garbage.
Now it’s your turn.
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