MetaFilter posts tagged with grandma

Tough as Nails: Afghanistan Grandma

barnacles — Tue, 29 May 2012 20:14:17 -0800

It's unusual for a woman to be a leader in Afghanistan but Zarifa Qazizadah has become the country's only female village chief through force of personality and determination to get things done - even if that means cross-dressing, wearing a false moustache and driving around on a motorbike at night. "I tell the men of the village, all I want is your prayers," she says. "When you have a problem, I'll speak to the government on your behalf and whenever there is any disturbance at night-time, I'll pick up my gun and come to your house to see what's going on."

Katana + Butterfly Knife + Corgi + Grandma

odinsdream — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:41:55 -0800

Katana + Butterfly Knife + Corgi + Grandma [SLYT]

In the future, you get love by video.

hermitosis — Sat, 14 May 2011 21:41:53 -0800

"I Am Your Grandma." (Time-capsule SLYT)

Every Day is a Good Day

misozaki — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:05:46 -0800

Grandma and cat. Miyoko Ihara's award-winning photos of her 85-year-old grandma Misao and her cat Fukumaru. Her color works Like Flowers. These and other photos can be found from the links here. See also: Shado Collective.

Movies with Grandma Joy

hermitosis — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:13:32 -0800

Movies With Grandma Joy: Dawn and her grandma review and re-enact the movies they see together. SPOILER: She wasn't a fan of "There Will Be Blood".

This thingy is a bitch!

shockingbluamp — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:59:03 -0800

Prepping for the Digital Conversion is Harder When You're a 99-Year-Old Grandmother. (SLYT)

Cornbread Nation

Miko — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:07:03 -0800

The Southern Foodways Alliance is one weighed-down church-supper table, full of oral history/blog projects like The Tamale Trail, the Boudin Trail, interviews and recipes from the Bartenders of New Orleans, photo essay/interviews from Birmingham's Greek-Americans, a mess o'homemade films, and a passel of event and BBQ-shack photos on Flickr, all smothered in the tangy-sweet academic goodness of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at Ole Miss. These folks get my vote for most flavorful, funkiest food-loving folklorists in the lower forty-eight. Tamales previously mentioned here, and Prince's Hot Chicken here, but the whole site is worth a bookmark and a long evening on the porch.

dance like nobody's watching.

gman — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:44:20 -0800

Not just for PTSD.

Life still enjoyable after 30, experts say

Avenger — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:05:02 -0800

The elderly are staying sexually active [WaPo], and this is a good thing. Although there is a sex-education gap among America's seniors. Play it safe, old folks!

Granny is graduating

Brittanie — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:26:47 -0800

“I never think of my age,” she said. “We don’t die at a certain age. And if people didn’t know they were getting a certain age, maybe the same age their father died or their mother died, I think they’d be better off.”

Nola Ochs, 95, will soon become the oldest person to graduate from college, according to Guinness World Records.

Wingman For Grandma

meddeviceengineer — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 15:43:58 -0800

When you drive on local streets you can be a Wingman for Grandma. Help make Grandma safer when she goes out for a walk. Drive the speed limit on local streets. Help set the pace for your community. Small increases in vehicle speed increase the threat to pedestrians. By helping to calm your local streets you can make it safer and more pleasant for you and your family.

Dr. Strangeglove

scblackman — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:56:21 -0800

See one, do one, teach one. This has been the mantra of medical education on the wards for a very long time. But is it fair to the patient on the receiving end of that third-year medical student's awkward physical exam? Since their first use over forty years ago at the University of Southern California, standardized patients (or simulated patients, medical actors or teaching associates) have been employed to help medical students learn how to examine patients. This internist signed his own mother up and much to his surprise found it helped her as much as her students [NB: requires registration or BugMeNot; .pdf available here].
A special subset of these teachers, called gynecologic teacing associates, bravely allow medical students to go where they've often never been before (with a white coat on). One 2nd year medical student found the experience helpful enough to write about it in the Village Voice [clinically NSFW]. And naturally, as technology marches on, even teaching associates may be downsized [technically NSFW].

My Grandma plays video games.

greasy_skillet — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:14:53 -0800

Old Grandma Hardcore. "This blog is the chronicle of my experiences with Grandma, the video-game playing queen of her age-bracket and weight class. She will beat any PS2, XBox, GameCube, etc., console game put in front of her..." A 22-year-old man blogs about his grandmother's video game obsession.