Last week was a week of change in America. The Affordable Healthcare Act stood up (again) in the Supreme Court, and marriage equality is now a thing in all 50 states. Some people are elated; others feel like the very foundation of all they know is crumbling down around them. No matter where you stand on any issue, it’s pretty clear that — given enough time — things change. So we decided to devote this week’s show to changes of all kinds…
We begin this week’s episode talking about how we feel about the Supreme Court of the United States overturning the ban on same-sex marriage. (It’s probably evident where we stand on this if you’ve listened to any of our past shows about social justice.) Some people, however, are anything but pleased that two people of the same sex now — finally — have the same legal protection that Shawn and Christopher have with their wives. We devote a bit of time discussing how people can change the hearts of those standing on the precipice of being buried by history.
Almost everybody has heard the saying, “The more that things change, the more they stay the same.” Find out if we think that’s true — and then hear us talk about the first big change we remember in our lives. After that, we chat about the proudest change made in our lives…and the one thing we still intend to change. Also, find out what we’d change about this podcast.
While summer in Texas seems to run from Cinco de Mayo to Halloween, seasons do occur, here. We not only discuss our favorite seasons, but why they are our favorites.
Tastes change over time; we talk about some personal changes in tastes before getting back to something more serious: how to deal with advances in technology affecting human industry and population.
Were the “good ol’ days” really better than things are today? How do we think the world will change in the next 50 years? And, if we could change one thing about the world, what would that be? Find out in the final part of this week’s show.
And the final final question of this week’s episode: if you had a time machine and could go back and make one change in our lives, find out what those changes would be…?
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A big personal change for me in the past several months – my diet. Last winter, unknown to me at the time, I had severe anemia, and I was reacting to the buildup of oxalates in my body. The pain was increasing week by week, and at its worst I was having trouble standing and even breathing. Getting on iron supplementation helped somewhat, but I still had pain. It felt like I’d been stabbed all over with a pen knife. My doctors were clueless, and just wanted to prescribe drugs. I’m extremely stubborn, so I just kept researching my symptoms online. At first I thought I had fibromyalgia, but the symptoms didn’t quite match up. Then I happened on an article about oxalates in food. People with a compromised GI system (like me) are susceptible to damage from oxalates in food.
The food with the highest amount of oxalates? Tomatoes, potatoes, soy products, berries, nuts, seeds, etc. “Healthful” food. All my favorites. I’m still vegan, but I greatly limit high to medium oxalate food now. On the days I eat nothing but low oxalate food, the pain is completely gone. 🙂
I wouldn’t change the past either, because of the butterfly effect. Even if I could eliminate the butterfly effect somehow, I wouldn’t make any personal changes in my history. All the mistakes I’ve made and the battles I’ve endured in my life have made me stronger and smarter than I ever thought possible. 🙂
Bristol Palin made $260,000 a year for being an “Abstinence Ambassador” who is unmarried with (soon to be) 2 children. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/25/1396625/-Conservative-hypocrisy-Bristol-Palin-is-preggers-again# So I’m gonna be a “Meat-Eating Ambassador.” I won’t even charge six figures, being that I’m not related to a publicity machine. Five figures is fine. 🙂