Little or Lots - Laugh!

Social media - it caught on and took off to become part of our daily lives, with as many purposes as there are people using it. Special to me are those folks who use it to express their wit and humor for the benefit of us all. We all have our own sense of humor and what follows is mine - these are some of the posts that have given me a laugh...
"If you're reading this while taking a poo, please note that I wrote this while taking one also. Thus a mutual bond is created through the porcelain, pipes and sewage between us." (Jordan)
"I hate it when I get invited to weird events on Face Book. For the fifth time, I do not want to go to your cat's birthday party, freak. My dog is getting married." (Leanne)
"... is excited that there will be a new gartner to welcome into the world!" (14 family queries in less that an hour): "whoa! that was fast! just wanted to say hi to everybody - figured that was the way to get a reply. Hi family." (Becky)
"Just broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived." (Nick)
"Hey everyone. My shopping is done! How about yours? Is your shopping done? I've finished my wrapping too! Have you finished your wrapping? Do you still have to go to the Mall? I don't have to go to the Mall - annoying Andrew." (Andrew)
"Dear Superstore: it's been long enough. Give your damn product a name." (Jordan)
"The kids down the street have challenged me to a water fight. I'm just updating my FB status while I wait for the water to boil." (Colin)
Wall Photo: "Reincarnation Disappointment" - picture of a large hippo shouting: "I said HIPPIE." (Patti)
Wall Photo: "Drink coffee - do stupid things faster with more energy."
"That's two telemarketers that have hung up on me now! I thought they wanted to chat." (Becky)
On a rainy day in January: "I am glad it is raining out ... my lawn was looking dry." (Nick)
"If there were zombies in Calgary, they'd freeze rock solid ... Ha! Take that undead!" (Andrew)
Question: "Is it cold there? Pity." Response: "Cold? Well if someone tells us we can have it when hell freezes over - it's ours." (me - I thought it was funny)
"Do seagulls EVER stfu?" (Colin)
"No matter how hard you try, you cannot baptise a cat." (Colin again)
"Annual photo with Santa tomorrow. If he asks me if I've been good, is not getting caught the same as being good?" (Andrew)
"Talking about your feelings is kind of like throwing up except you don't feel better after." (Shelby)
"I just read an article on the dangers of heavy drinking ... scared the hell out of me. So that's it, after today ... no more reading." (Nick)
"To the lady screaming at her five screaming kids all under the age of eight at Wal Mart, if you're wondering where the condoms came from --- you're welcome." (Leanne)
"I started my Christmas shopping last night ... finished my Christmas shopping this afternoon ... hope everyone likes their toilet plungers and toothbrush sets." (Becky)
"Lesson Learned In Life: follow your heart but take your brain with you."
And finally: "I'm thankful for laughter except when milk comes out my nose."

Well I did begin by letting you know this would be about what struck me as funny - and I got a laugh out of all of them. Life has its challenges and stresses; laughter lets us put out cares in a back place for a bit while we enjoy the break. So keep it up everyone - you are as funny as you think you might be - and you make it a better day for those of us who have the opportunity to read your posts. And that is what I have to say - for now.

Live Like You Mean It

Well look at us, it's February and the time of new resolutions has moved on! So how is it going. or more specifically, how is the exercise routine going? No, I mean really, how is it going - did couch potato win? How can you tell if you are a couch potato? Stand up and turn around - if the curve of your butt remains, that might be your answer. Exercise - have we come up with any other idea that causes twinges of guilt in so many? We could stock entire gyms with all the abandoned exercise equipment and programs.
So what goes wrong so often for so many? Perhaps it is unrealistic exercise programs that don't consider current fitness and mind sets that have been nurtured over time by habit. It has to hurt to feel good, you should feel sore the next day - if we said this about anything else, most folks would think we are off balance. Feel it - yes, anything more and ... well we have a brain and it will win every time.
So give yourself a chance to succeed - plan a routine you are likely to want to do and will at least try; work up to where you want to go with it. If you start where you want to be, well that just may not be the smartest thing you will ever do. Do something, and then go with what develops. If it works for you, then you might actually do it, and will feel good the next day because you actually did it and know you did.
If your desire is to look like the models in the exercise ads, well, I guess it is yours to want. But you will need to change your life - working out will need to become your primary purpose in life. You will need to find someone to pay you to do it so you an eat and live in a house; that might not be so easy to do.
Make your exercise program your own thing; it is all about you. I do a yoga routine each evening; I enjoy it and my dogs enjoy it even more. They think it is their play time - I am going to get down on the floor with them, and the matt is their gym. They know what we are supposed to be doing at that time and let me know it is time to get moving. And every once in awhile, when I get into a stretch to hold for the count, one of them will lean forward and gently place a nose in my ear - gets my attention real quick.
There is no magic to gaining the benefits of exercise, unless you consider the results of perseverance to be magic - then believe in it. And if regular exercise can significantly increase our chances of living a better life and dying of old age, then why the heck wouldn't we do it? And that is what I have to say - for now.