Reaction to Random Catalysts

Biking past two panhandlers in close proximity today, I observed friends coming to them. It seemed to me like it could be a racket. I have heard of well-off people dressing down to dingy clothes and then going to the busy street corner to panhandle. An acquaintance related to me an instance where a... Sign in to see full entry.

"You could save $25 more on your ticket" I was told when I was booking a spring airline flight. I took a quick listen to the offer, which turned out to be a trial offer of Traveler's Club (or some such name). I categorically told the representative "no." It is much easier to refuse something upfront... Sign in to see full entry.

The beginning of this past work week marked the last weigh in, that is, the conclusion, of the weight loss contest. Then yesterday what did we have? A thanksgiving feast at work. The timing seems rather suspicious. I can only conclude that Thanksgiving--with all of its gorging--presents too much of... Sign in to see full entry.

Here comes my blog. I thought I would be too short-strapped to be able to put it out now, and that I would have to wait until I completed my work cycle today--yes, it is true, I am working on Thanksgiving Day. Normally, I make sure I complete my daily blog ( I try to make it daily) the night before... Sign in to see full entry.

One key entered incorrectly, unbeknowst by me, and booking online deteriotates into a run-around exercise in frustration. I was trying to book a flight to go see my friend in the spring. At one point, of course, I was led to a log in or registration to log in. I do not know how it... Sign in to see full entry.

Czech peoples have come recently to enjoy freedom, coming out from under the rule of the Soviet Union. With bondage to government still fresh on their minds, freedom lovers there were prompted in a newspaper editorial to address the recent election results in the United States--results that have... Sign in to see full entry.

There is a reason I prefer the National Football League over college football. I saw that when I saw college play and then professional games this weekend. In comparison, the college game is slower developing in its plays. They lumber, while in the NFL, the players zoom. I know, though, that many... Sign in to see full entry.

"No Server Found" was the message that greeted me a couple nights ago when I tried to go online and write my blogs. I thought the problem was with my ethernet adaptor, having a hunch that perhaps it had burnt out. However, I could not check that with a computer expert until today, my first day off... Sign in to see full entry.

Being on the wait for a check in the mail that was long overdue, I began to worry that it had come in a nondescript envelope so that I possibly discarded it as junk mail. That has happened to me before with updated current credit cards. Fortunately that has not happened in this case. The insurance... Sign in to see full entry.

A phenomenon has taken hold. Many thousands of Americans, particularly in red states, are signing petitions requesting a quiet secession. These are Americans whose spirits were devastated with the results of the election. They see the country slipping away from them, or, that is, slipping away from... Sign in to see full entry.