about 6 months ago, i started to get massive lower back pain. i thought it was from doing p90x's ab ripper x after drinking a beer, whatever the origin, the pain was horrific. it probably topped the list of most  painful and regretful things in my life.

i had fixed my standing and walking posture about 2-3 years ago, but my sitting posture in front of the monitor and while driving was still horrible. i noticed this about a week ago.

i started to sit properly and lo & behold the lower back pain has disappeared.

so if you are suffering from lower back pain and have tried everything... try observing your sitting posture and correcting it. it is worth a try.

some other positive effects of good sitting posture:

i am starting to notice that having good posture while eating allows the food to go down more smoothly.
my voice comes out more smoothly because everything is aligned properly.
i feel more confident while driving because i am not slouching. i feel bigger than other drivers as opposed to smaller.

give it a try.

lately i feel like less of a wimp bc i talk with a lower tone. it's purely psychological but for some reason it boosts my self esteem.

lately my affirmation of choice is "i will eventually figure it out"
when i don't understand something or if i'm not good at something and i just leave it at that, my confidence is left lowered.
but when i use this affirmation it seems to minimize the damage and actually lifts my confidence in my ability to grow.
the hope and confidence that comes along with it creates an expansive momentum which feels really healthy.
whatever walls or limitations i had mentally can be broken down pretty easily now with this.
instead of a dead stop, now there is potential, life and hope.

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

i'm trying something new called the water cure and it's actually working.

1. upon waking 2 glasses of water with a pinch of salt.  (2)
2. 1 glass of water 30 mins before and after breakfast. (2)
3. 1 glass of water 30 mins before and after lunch. (2)
4. 1 glass of water 30 mins before and after dinner. (2)

8 glasses of water w. a pinch of salt. the salt is supposedly for absorbtion.

i have been drinking so much water and feeling so full from it... i don't even want to eat the extra tempting food anymore.
my weight remains the same, but i think it's mostly from all the extra liquids. but, my goal isn't weight loss, it's preventing overeating that causes my canker sores. so, thus far.. this water cure is working.

problem: wireless phone would have background noise like pops and cracking on dial tone when hooked up to the vonage adapter. the background noise should have a voltage feel to it.

solution: the vonage tel line out should be filtered through a power surge protector, then connected to wireless phone.

step 1: pull out the power on the wireless phone.

step 2: connect vonage tel line out to surge protector.

step 3: connect surge protector tel line out to wireless phone.

step 4: connect power to wireless phone.

the background noise should be gone.

1. In Settings on the Labs tab, enable the Add any Gadget by URL feature (if it isn’t already)
2. Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the page
3. After the page reloads, go to Settings, then the Gadgets tab and enter the following URL and click Add: http://www.google.com/ig/modules/tasks.xml

When the page reloads, you should see a Tasks (Labs) gadget in your sidebar.