Jessica Gray's Philosophies, Rants, Information, and Etcetera

I used to joke that appliances always knew your financial status.  It always seems that something breaks when you can least afford to replace it or have it repaired.  The fact is, things break down when you have money too.  It is also true that often we live with something for a long time and fail to notice the warning signs that it is about to die on us. In our case, that our water heater was going to need to be replaced soon was something we were aware of--though it is always a bit shocking when something that has worked every day for a certain amount of years suddenly dies on you.  It had faithfully served us since 1995, which I considered an impressive amount of years considering that it was exposed to the elements and was scented by cats on a regular basis.  Our laundry room door had blown away during Hurricane Wilma.  The door frame had already been eaten away by termites, which left it vulnerable.  No door meant the rain could come in and so could the stray cats, and the

This lesson will give general, simple definitions of anemia, epidermis, dermis, pericardium, thyroid gland, thyroxine, tachycardia, and exophthalmos.  It will show the differences in spelling and pronunciation between the singular and plural in some words.  It tells the difference between a nephrologist and urologist.  It goes over some symptoms of hyperthyroidsim.  There is a quiz at the end--remember you can pause and mute sound.

Recently, I gave a link to a blog that is written by a friend of mine's son, who has autism.  The young man hopes to spread awareness about autism and help people understand it better.  As he is very articulate, I felt he has a good chance of succeeding at this. However, when he did a post on what not to say to a person with autism, I have to admit that I was left scratching my head, "Okay...what can I say to them, then?!"  Some of the replies that were put on the no-no list were what would be considered the perfectly polite response.  I was worried that what I had said in my blog when I gave the link would be considered offensive, which was upsetting because I had meant to be helpful.  It left me with a gnawing anxiety and a fervent desire I would never meet anyone with autism since I wouldn't know the right thing to say to them. I was a little nervous writing to my friend and suggesting her son do a post on what a person can say.  I was afraid I'd come of

In February of this year, I joined a Youtube network called ForelaDigital.  You can read about my initial experiences in a March 2014 post on this blog: ( http://jessicalgray.blogspot.com/2014/03/taking-leap-joining-youtube-network.html ) Before I did an update on whether I thought it was a good decision, I wanted to give it several months.  For one thing, I wasn't going to receive my first paycheck until April.  However, for me,  Youtube also tends to be seasonal.  I make better money some months than others.   In general,  earnings are rather lean at the beginning of the year. So, I have been with ForelaDigital for almost six months now.    I have had no reason to regret my decision,  BUT I do caution those who are considering this move that they shouldn't expect to earn tons of money right away.  My feeling as to why you should consider a network is that it offers the ability to grow. Get rich schemes are as common to society as gossip.  How many of us have heard about

I realized that I neglected to post links to some of my earlier medical terminology videos on this blog.  Each lesson has a quiz after it. Medical Terminology Lesson 1& Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-y_5yOzIag&list=PLLdcCbWTBhkpRWv__NMgz4TtGxDB7yLV1&index=1 Medical Terminology Lesson 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exo-9glHlYM&list=PLLdcCbWTBhkpRWv__NMgz4TtGxDB7yLV1&index=2 Medical Terminology Lesson 2 Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPUS9RlvRs&index=3&list=PLLdcCbWTBhkpRWv__NMgz4TtGxDB7yLV1 Medical Terminology Lesson 6 Medical Terminology Lesson 6 Quiz

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When most of us hear the word autism, we think of Rainman.  However, this diagnosis is becoming quite common, and the fact is that autism has many faces. A friend of mine on Happify has a son that has autism.  Despite this problem--particularly when he grew up in a time when much was not known about it--he has a pretty normal life.  He has started a blog with the hopes of helping people understand autism better. Here is the link: http://www.kindtree.org/autism-acceptance-month2014