And that isn’t just whistling
Dixie!
How many of you out there,
Google any and all things to get to the bottom of what they are, that is their meaning
or just a need to know more?
Guilty!
But isn’t that what the
Internet is for to learn from and use to the umpth teenth degree of its ability
to suffice our every need, from shopping to education to making business
contacts from making new cyber friends, okay, not real ones, but pretend to be
ones? Only mine are the real deal, ha!
Sure, we tell ourselves that once
we crank open our vessel that provides us with access we have the ability to be
better people, brilliant, more politically/socially aware, thinner more
handsome/beautiful, well dressed, able to impress and the list goes on…
This little box of extreme access
has even made us think we know more than others, such as bosses, designers, our
true friends about parenting and yes even about law and order, design and
medicine!
Who hasn’t Googled or Binged
or used anyone of a number of other sites to get to where they wanted to go or
needed to know?
Yep, even directions when we
do want to temporarily detach, although most don’t even have to do that,
really!
I know that right now you are
wondering why I haven’t gotten to my point, which is… using this techno marvel
for emergency medical questions!
This morning was one of those
times for me, and not the first mind you, there have been many situations
evaded.
You see mine, not unlike many
others I am more than sure happen before a physician’s office has opened for business.
And not wanting to seem like
a fool, but wanting to be in the know, access can mean the difference between
rushing to the emergency room and calmly waiting it all out at home, true?
Here is what my deal was…
This morning, my IV area on
my left arm was red and swollen, yep, four days after the fact with the IV
removed and it hurt terrifically, odd choice of word, when touched!
And so, you got that right, I
Googled it, my search choice, and what came back at me was stuff from not too
bad to possibly real damaging and downright scary!
The best part was when I took
my temperature, which you must admit, is a pretty fair indicator of whether or
not you have an infection.
Although, with me having
hypothyroid my temp is usually around 97.3 and when I took it, it was 98.1, and
so I still did not worry, since we all know that helps, not-at-all!
The best I could come up with
was to take a shower the not too warm, warmth has helped me with alleviating
many other issues over the years and so why not?
My doc’s office was not open
as of yet anyway.
The shower was quite relaxing
if not helpful, but in the long run the swelling did appear to recede quite a
bit, voila I was on to something! I resolved myself to knowing I am able to
treat me without rushing to the pros! My arm is still bruised, but less and the
IV region is still sore and bit redder than the rest of my pallor of my arm and
the swollen area is tinnier, but still slightly touchy… but better.
I have an out though and that
is if it should go the other way instead of all better… My doctors have a walk
in clinic available all weekend long and so it’s nice to know I have a safety
net other than a hospital ER, I’m just saying… and of course the net told me I
could just need an antibiotic or something more invasive, but I won’t go there
since it did discuss MRSA, which we all know is the very worse scenario!
Ignorance take me away!
I am one of the many that I
suspect that never agreed with the statement or quote or whatever that, ‘Ignorance
is bliss!’ But wait there is more for us not as well informed as we should be and
so, I take my initial comment back…since it is not as simple as one may think, “The
actual wording comes from Thomas Gray's poem, "Ode on a Distant Prospect
of Eton College"
(1742): "Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be
wise."
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: This maxim, originally a line from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1709), has been repeated with slight variations ever since. It is still heard, although less frequently, and sometimes shortened, as in the example.
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
[1711 Pope Essay on Criticism l. 215]
For shallow draughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts,
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts,
While from the bounded level of our mind,
Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;
But more advanced, behold with strange surprise
New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Note that the poem says "Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring." This excerpt makes the quote the opposite of 'ignorance is bliss.' It means that learning little is a dangerous thing, and that you should learn a lot so too drink from the Pierian Spring, which is either defined as a spring in Macedonia, sacred to the Muses, or as a source of inspiration.”
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing: This maxim, originally a line from Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1709), has been repeated with slight variations ever since. It is still heard, although less frequently, and sometimes shortened, as in the example.
A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring.
[1711 Pope Essay on Criticism l. 215]
For shallow draughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
Fired at first sight with what the Muse imparts,
In fearless youth we tempt the heights of arts,
While from the bounded level of our mind,
Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind;
But more advanced, behold with strange surprise
New distant scenes of endless science rise!
Note that the poem says "Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring." This excerpt makes the quote the opposite of 'ignorance is bliss.' It means that learning little is a dangerous thing, and that you should learn a lot so too drink from the Pierian Spring, which is either defined as a spring in Macedonia, sacred to the Muses, or as a source of inspiration.”
Source(s):
Authors disclaimer: Sure all
you English majors knew this, especially the ones making a living by teaching
this, but I was not and these days I forget more than I know…
I have always been more of a ‘knowledge
is power’ sort of gal though, clear cut. And first stated by Sir Francis Bacon,
Hit the one above before ‘Hotmail’
is all gone!
Rumor or truth?
Who knows, but allow me to be
the very first to wish all of you a very happy good night and TGIF and ask you
to kindly count all your blessings and share all those overages with you know
who and we will too!
And next time please be here
or be square, ya hear?!
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