Reaction to Random Catalysts

Following my hernia surgery, I did not know what to expect. I thought from all the medicines, I would be sluggish and mentally out of it. The more accurate reality, however, has been that I have been in much pain at the point of my abdomen incision. Having a friend who monitored me for 24 hours was... Sign in to see full entry.

Thank you, everyone whose thoughts and prayers are with me for my hernia operation that will take place just a few hours from now. I must also announce that following the operation, I may not be in the condition to be able to post blogs for a while. I do not know when I will next post a blog. But I... Sign in to see full entry.

Only about 36 more hours to go before my hernia surgery, but what a former patient had told me about his case left me feeling somewhat anxious today. He mentioned that in his case, the surgeon operated on his double hernia just in time. Any further delay, and he would have had to be rushed into the... Sign in to see full entry.

I was tired today, unbearably tired. How will I make for the next two days nights? Two nights from tonight, I need to start my fasting regimen, so that I will be ready for my surgery the following day. Sign in to see full entry.

Whenever I have heard a political candidate promise that he or she will only serve one term, it seems like it is almost always a conservative. Unwittingly, we conservatives often undercut our voice on government influence when we take this stance of integrity. Sure, it is driven by the ideal of... Sign in to see full entry.

Music on a phonograph was playing as I stepped into a quaint specialty cafe of Russian dumplings. The proprietor behind the counter showed off her Mother's Day gift, a phonograph of The Traveling Wilburys. She has shelves full of phonographs in her shop. She is not alone in her passion for vinyl. I... Sign in to see full entry.

A coworker told me that he uses no alarm clock to rise up in the morning. He is not light sensitive, nor noise sensitive. He simply rises, because his biological clock tells him it is time to get up. I wake up early, too, even on off days. I am light sensitive. But I am not so trusting that I would... Sign in to see full entry.

Times past on this Memorial Day weekend Sunday I had participated in a spectacular relay race, known as Ski to Sea. I had raced for five years, in the cross country leg. (The other legs are alpine skiing, running 8 miles downhill, bicycling 30+ miles on road bikes, canoeing in tandems, mountain... Sign in to see full entry.

Tonight I set about booking summer vacation plans, for a hotel room and for airline expense. I came across something I have never seen before. Both of services, in the course of online billing, also provided the option of Secure Profile. That sounds good, but I was not exactly sure how I would use... Sign in to see full entry.

No way to get across. That was the problem for the vehicles that were intending to cross the Skagit River bridge (WA) on the Interstate. On Thursday night, at about seven o' clock, the bridge collapsed into the river. Remarkably only two rivers plunged into the river and the three people riding were... Sign in to see full entry.