Kristie's Craziness

All the random things in life that I think we should talk about.

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  • Travel thru TIME: Mustafa Kemal Pasha, March 24, 1923

    Travel thru TIME: Mustafa Kemal Pasha, March 24, 1923

    I have once again come across a TIME magazine cover featuring a person I know nothing about. I at first had one of those, “This is what people are talking about” moments where I was blaming schools for only teaching white history. Then as I researched and read about the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the country Turkey, I remembered bits of my 8th grade history class. I also remembered a dinner table discussion with my dad where I told him learning history was pointless because you can’t change the past and we need to focus on the now. So maybe it’s partly that we are taught a skewed, minimal version of non-white history, but the problem is also teenagers who think they know everything and teachers who fail to engage their students.

    This is Mustapha Kemal Pashia, also known as the founding father of Turkey. He was born in the Ottoman Empire in the area we now consider Greece. His father died when he was a child, and living with his mother’s family on a farm wasn’t for him. He chose to attend military school, where he excelled.

    He graduated in 1902 as a junior staff officer. In 1906, he helped establish a secret society known as Vatan ve Hurriyet or Motherland Society. This was just one of the many revolutionary cells found in the ranks of young Turkish officers. Mustafa Kemal continued his military career, suffering an eye injury during the war with Italy in 1912.

    He assisted in defending the Ottoman Empire from the Allies. He was able to hold them back for a while, but eventually the empire had to admit defeat. While the Allies rallied behind the grand vizier, Mustafa Kamal brought together a nationalist group to fight for a free republic of Turkey. His followers nicknamed him the father of Turkey, which is how he ended up on the cover of TIME magazine.

    On October 28, 1923, the Republic of Turkey was recognized a country. The government was now ruled by the people instead of religion or the Monarchy.

    My research for this post came from the book, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the Republic of Turkey. It’s short but informative.

    Happy history.

    Kristie

  • Weekly Catch-Up for July 6th-12th

    Weekly Catch-Up for July 6th-12th

    It’s was a pretty chill week for us, which we greatly needed.

    We watched a deer in the back yard while having coffee.

    We got ice cream from Red Egg Creamery. They have goats that you can feed while you eat. The babies were out this week. I want to bring them all home.

    Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires was released on Disney+ Friday. These 2 lovely ladies have been counting down for months. They celebrated with green face masks, a sleepover and zombie popcorn, popcorn with melted green marshmallows in it.

    Rob set out cameras in the back of the property to see what is crossing. He caught a buck party the other morning. Looks like he may get something good from the property this year.

    We ended the week getting lost. That’s what we call driving aimlessly and finding new places. We discovered the location of the newest Scooby Doo mystery. Looks like the Mystery Inc kids are in trouble.

    We ended up in Battle Creek. We had dinner and found the coolest food store. I will have to do an entire post the next time I go there.

    Have a great week.

    Kristie

  • The week of June 29th to July 5th

    The week of June 29th to July 5th

    Hello Lovelies. I have stink at blogging and telling you about daily life as of late. I thought maybe I would post weekly recaps to fill you all in.

    It has been a rough month. My mom fell the end of May, and broke her foot and her tibia. She also dislocated both of her knees, tore her patellar tendons and her MCL. She had surgery 2 weeks ago, but can’t bend her knees yet and has braces from ankle to hip on both legs. It’s been a long road, but she’s making progress and can now walk from the bedroom to the living room.

    Mr Cinnamon runs into the pantry every time the door opens. Monday he decided that he was the prize in the cereal box.

    Hannah had her bestie stay with us for 3 days. They had Stitch face masks that they cut up into super hero designs.

    Hannah got her very first sunburn and was not excited. We covered her in cold compresses, gave her ibuprofen and put Benadryl cream on her legs and shoulders. Thankfully she didn’t blister or peel.

    The girls went full out for Independence Day. They wore red, white and blue. They added blue and red chalk highlights to their hair. Hannah even decorated everyone with Eagle tattoos and stars.

    We saw a mama turkey and her babies on the way to watch the fireworks.

    Eaton Rapids did a great job. We will head there earlier next year so we have time to hit the food trucks.

    Our week ended with a lazy day of cleaning the house and hanging out with our pets. My beagle babies are getting along and sharing the couch. Meanwhile the cats have decided that clean towels in the linen closet make the best bed.

    I’m exhausted but content. For every roadblock in my way, there is a rainbow and a blessing on the other side.

    I hope you find the joy in your struggles as well.

    Kristie

  • Law and Order: Season 1 Prescription for Death

    Law and Order: Season 1 Prescription for Death

    I’m reblogging this episode since Original Law and Order is now on Hulu and I’m watching on my down time.

    At the moment I feel like my world is spinning out of control. I was in the process of adjusting to being home less because I took I full time job, but I haven’t been home at all for the last 7 days. My husband will have us completely moved into the camper and out of the house before Aly is discharged from the hospital. I know she needs me right now, so I’m right where I need to be, but I also need a little bit of normal.

    My comfort shows are Friends and Law & Order. Since I have a truck load of Prime credits, I’ve decided to start watching Law and Order while we are at the hospital. Episode 1 is Prescription for Death.

    The episode starts in an emergency room. Every bed is full. A man is trying to go check on his daughter. When he finds her, she is being pronounced dead and the doctor is looking guilty.

    The girl’s dad goes to the police department to report a murder. He claims the resident treating his daughter at the ER killed her. He also says anti-B-otics, so I don’t know how much we can trust him.

    Detective Logan and his partner head to the hospital to investigate the father’s claims. “Don’t people croak here every day?” I guess we know why he’s a cop and not a doctor… zero bedside manner. All of the doctors, and even the officers present in the emergency room that night have a different story about how sick the girl was. The detectives might have let it go, if Max hadn’t found that whiteout was used to cover something up in the chart.

    Max and Logan have the chart analyzed and discover that Dr Raza is the one who wrote the original order and tried to cover up the mistake. His original order had been for a narcotic. After the whiteout it just looked like Tylenol had been ordered. If the victim, Susan, had received the narcotic it would have created a deadly drug interaction with her antidepressants. The detectives think the have a smoking gun, and the bullet… a drunk medical director.

    Dr Edward Auster, the medical director, had been to party before attending rounds. He decided to give Susan the narcotic for her muscle pain, and even performed the injection himself. The look on his face when he was arrested was actually comical.

    I often wonder is real prosecutors do as much investigation before trying as case as they do on Law and Order. I’m sure they interview witnesses, but do they dig up past incidents of wrong doing, like in this case? It turns out that drunk Dr Auster had killed an 11 year old girl after drinking bourbon, but the case was settled as malpractice.

    My favorite quote happens during the trial. The defense attorney asked the medical director if it was possible Susan died of pneumonia. The medical examiner responded with, “It’s possible that death rays from Mars killed her, but I don’t think so.” I want him to testify in all future cases.

    Stone gets his guilty verdict, but only because the judge asks for cross examination of the defendant to occur after lunch. He has Max follow Dr Auster and observe how much alcohol he drank. Stone was able to take the information and prove that Dr Auster was drunk, even though he didn’t appear to be inebriated.

    Guest Appearances:

    • Erick Avari as Dr Raza. I remember him from the Stargate movie, but this was before that.
    • Paul Sparer as Dr Auster. I didn’t recognize the face, but his sounded familiar. I had to look him up and learned he narrated Tales from the Darkside.

    I will tell you about the case this is based on in my next post.

    Have a great day.

    Kristie

  • Travel through TIME: Hugo Stinnes

    Travel through TIME: Hugo Stinnes

    I have had a hard time finding information about this cover that I found interesting. Hugo Stinnes was German entrepreneur and politician. In 1923, TIME magazine called him the New Emperor of Germany due to his vast wealth and power.

    The majority of Hugo Stinnes wealth was acquired through shady business. By exploiting the inflation crisis, he was able to borrow large sums of money in order to purchase coal mines, steel mills and other businesses.

    Just like the current world we live in, money bought power and influence back in 1923. Stinnes was a member of the Reichstag party. He demanded the abolishment of the 8 hour work day. He supported political antisemitism.

    Not exactly a great humanitarian in my opinion. From what I have read, he probably would have gotten along with Hitler. He was actually accused of financing him and Ludendorff, but Stinnes secretary denied that they had ever met.

    Hugo Stinnes died in 1924. His schemes and debts caught up with him shortly after. His business empire collapsed when the creditors came to collect.