Reaction to Random Catalysts

Was I sick or just thinking I was sick? If someone could observe my situation this past day, one might say that a nurse set me up to come across being hypochondriac. But all the same, I probably did the right thing going to the doctor. I had symptoms most likely pointing to a certain middle-aged man... Sign in to see full entry.

A Norsky on April Fool's Day wears a Norsky t-shirt to work. I did, and I was not the only one to do so at my job. The two other Norwegian Americans wore their Norsky t-shirts. I managed to put my Norwegian t-shirt on correctly because it had instructions: "right arm goes here"; "head goes here";... Sign in to see full entry.

The return from my trip marks the return to my blogging. I missed you and look forward now in providing you with my day-t0-day perspective. In my visit focus with a friend, it proved to be out of my way to blog then. But now I am back, my ears still popping from the flight, and a ton of mail to go... Sign in to see full entry.

I am not a fast and efficient packer. I am slow, deliberate, and anxious--anxious I will forget something important. My anxiety from last night, at least, appears to be past. I must not have taken too much Tylenol at one time. Therefore, I am free to travel and be with my friend. Sign in to see full entry.

Pillboxes serve a valuable function--ensuring people that they have taken the right dosage of medicine at the right time. I have no such pillbox. If I did, I could be better sure about tonight in my taking of acetiminophen. I remember telling myself I need to take my Tylenol as I was waiting for my... Sign in to see full entry.

My annual REI dividend came in handy. In need of a durable, small knife, I bought one at REI, but I did not pay anything for it. Rather, it was all covered by my dividend after the 20% sales coupon was applied. I received some of my money back. Just how is it, I wondered, that I receive a dividend... Sign in to see full entry.

The large quantities at Costco are nice, but they are a bit too much to be practical for the single person. I have no need to beat down the doors at Costco to restock. My membership ran out last early fall, and yet I still am supplied with many things from Costco. Only recently did I run out of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Had I known I would have the excruciating pain I do now, I might have done things differently. Yesterday, when I was cross country skiing--I wanted to at least get another skiing outing in before the season ends--I felt fine. I did not think I did anything to aggravate my shoulder injury. The same... Sign in to see full entry.

In search of a better groomed cross country ski trail system, I decided to go across the border into Canada for such a resort. Having not crossed the border in six years, my familiarity with directions there was rusty. I had googled a Google map, but saw that for at least the start of its... Sign in to see full entry.

We are all familiar with the beggar who stands for long hours on teh street corner holding a sign that pleads to we who drive by to give some money to help that poor, hungry person. Some of these panhandlers, I suspect, merely pose as beggars in order to take in the loot that pity-stricken passersby... Sign in to see full entry.