Reaction to Random Catalysts

Last night, when I had dropped my cellphone in its holster just outside the front door and found it later that night to drenched, I should have realized a flood was happening at the threshold of my half-sunken basement apartment. The next morning, I found the carpet wet by door and extending about... Sign in to see full entry.

Would 1:50 be a narrow enough of a time for the Vikings to finally close out and win? Or would they once again allow the opposing team to march quickly down the field? That question came to me when I was following the play-by-play on my cellphone during work lunchbreak. Late in the fourth quarter,... Sign in to see full entry.

Hollywood and other such movie directors take great license with books they put to screen. Sometimes, the story is such a butchery that very little resembles the original novel. I came across such when I put Metamorphoses on my Netflix queue. I was curious to see a Franz Kafka story on the screen.... Sign in to see full entry.

On talk radio, I heard about the inaffordability of Obamacare put in such simple and easy to understand terms that I will endeavor hear to repeat the same with its clarity. Insurance--health insurance or otherwise--is based upon risk. People with a good risk are rewarded with a lower premium. In the... Sign in to see full entry.

Making sure I brought my camera was not enough when I came to a group hike. The camera did not turn on, so I looked inside and saw that there were no batteries in it. The last time I had used the camera, the batteries were low, so I took them out to charge them. The problem is, I never returned them... Sign in to see full entry.

Obamacare will question people's sex lives. So states The New York Post and New York lieutenant governor Betsy McCaughey, among others. What business is it of the government to pry so deeply into our private lives? The doctors will be made to ask these personal questions--also people's drug use... Sign in to see full entry.

The Minnesota Vikings won! I saw the Vikings win this week, but it was only from a Netflix DVD I played, not what they stunk up on the field of Minneapolis on Sunday. The first of the Netflix selection of the Vikings' Five Greatest Games was their historic upset of the San Francisco 49ers in a 1988... Sign in to see full entry.

It happened again. My third broken Nissan key, and my second in the car door. Because I had a spare key, I was able to open the passenger side door and proceed with my trip home. Knowing firsthand how Nissan keys so easily break, I know I cannot wait long to get another spare key. Also, I will have... Sign in to see full entry.

Factors collide when it comes to dealing with a coworker who comes back late from work. Generally, fellow operators might tend to cut each other a little slack. But there may be times, like today, to call them on it. The operator I was teamed with was gone for his lunch break for at least 50... Sign in to see full entry.

Callie I did not see, so I assumed my cat was still outside. More than half an hour passed, and I still did not see her. Then I thought to look under the bed more carefully. I had done so before, but did not see her. I looked thee again, because Callie usually is not so much an outdoor cat. I looked... Sign in to see full entry.