Reaction to Random Catalysts

"Queen Pillow Mattress for $150, brand new..." That was a sign I saw posted in my neighborhood. Wow, I thought. I know of people who spend over $800 for a new mattress. Given my sleep problems, and the lump in my current pillowtop mattress, I had to check this out. Queen size was likely too large... Sign in to see full entry.

With all the overtime games in the National Football League games over the course of the regular season and several in the history of the playoffs, it is remarkable that no game in the Super Bowl has gone into overtime. In light of this, I was thinking that that might happen in the Super Bowl time.... Sign in to see full entry.

The tightly wound liberal media and those of their ilk are sounding off again over something rather trivial and lighthearted. A few Super Bowl commercials have been previewed, including one wherein a white Minnesotan in a Volkswagen speaks in a Jamaican dialect. I will look forward to seeing that... Sign in to see full entry.

Losing things is not an uncommon thing for me. It usually takes no more than a change in my routine to cause me to lose something. It had been my habit, to lay my work gloves on the lower platform of my bureau--below my printer on the narrower top platform--when I come home from work. When I... Sign in to see full entry.

The doctor I saw a few days ago, called to report further results from my blood test. I have Vitamin D deficiency, I was told. Last night, I took the first of four weekly vitamin D pills. Where I live--up north, close to Canada--the trajectoy of the sun is low and meager. The rain also has poured... Sign in to see full entry.

Not until finishing my previous outing of cross country skiing did I realize that I did not have a snow park pass yet. Remarkably, however, I had not parked in violation up to that point. The first time I skied during the season, I parked up at the downhill ski lodge when there was skant snow and... Sign in to see full entry.

My left temple has felt peculiar for the past several days. The symptoms, though, have come at a low, almost imperceptible threshold. The pain is a dull pain if it is a pain at all, hardly to be described as a brain-splitting headache. Nonetheless, the temple is tender and according to my imperfect... Sign in to see full entry.

With my new printer successfully installed, I went forward with disposing of the old, cranky printer. I opted neither to sell it secondhand, nor to throw it in the landfill. The middle ground I chose, taking it to a thrift store. I did not want to profit from what could be aggravation for the next... Sign in to see full entry.

In everyday, applied use, the terms prince and princess have a differenct connotation than king and queen. To be clear, I am referring here to descriptors applied apart from the royal families, whether in Britain or in any other monarchy. We use these terms frequently to describe one's status or... Sign in to see full entry.

During the brief time I had worked under my father, I learned thoroughly to always look busy. Therefore, during times at work, even slow spells, I try to always be busy. Today, there came a time for clean up after the main task. I grabbed a broom and began to sweep anywhere where I saw a mess on the... Sign in to see full entry.