DiabetesMine: the all things diabetes blog » Fun Stuff http://www.diabetesmine.com A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 20 May 2013 14:11:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Sunday Funnies: Ballroom Diabetes + Our D-Blog Week Faves http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/sunday-funnies-diabetes-reality-tv-and-wrapping-up-d-blog-week.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/sunday-funnies-diabetes-reality-tv-and-wrapping-up-d-blog-week.html#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:56 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=75239 We skipped yesterday’s prompt on Diabetes Blog Week for our regular weekly advice column, so today we bring you two treats: First, our Sunday Funnies, addressing the Saturday D-Blog Week prompt… Diabetes Art. Hey, dance is an art form ya…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/sunday-funnies-diabetes-reality-tv-and-wrapping-up-d-blog-week.html/feed 2 D-Blog Week 2013: Petitioning in the Name of Mistreated Carbs http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/d-blog-week-2013-petitioning-in-the-name-of-mistreated-carbs.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/05/d-blog-week-2013-petitioning-in-the-name-of-mistreated-carbs.html#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:27 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=74922 This is the fourth year of Diabetes Blog Week dreamed up by D-Peep Karen Graffeo, who blogs over at Bitter-Sweet, and today’s prompt asks us to take a stand on all the hubbub we’ve seen in our Diabetes Online Community…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/sunday-funnies-winner-winner-chicken-dinner.html/feed 1 Sunday Funnies: Spring Cleaning Surprises http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/sunday-funnies-spring-cleaning-surprises.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/sunday-funnies-spring-cleaning-surprises.html#comments Sun, 21 Apr 2013 11:00:50 +0000 AmyT http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=73713     Spring has arrived, and many of us are going through that annual ritual of seasonal cleaning… Leading perhaps to some D-surprises!     Thanks to funny man and illustrator Mr. Mike Lawson, our social media hero. Hope Spring…

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]]> http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/sunday-funnies-our-constant-companion.html/feed 3 Cartooning for Serious Healthcare – No Fooling! http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/cartooning-for-serious-healthcare-no-fooling.html http://www.diabetesmine.com/2013/04/cartooning-for-serious-healthcare-no-fooling.html#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:00:41 +0000 MikeH http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=72328 Did you know the DiabetesMine team were secret artists, painting masterpieces with our lancets in our garage studios by night? Yeah… April Fool’s! Actually we’ve got, well… close to zilch artistic ability. But our new friend Cathy Leamy in the…

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