Reaction to Random Catalysts

For the past couple of days, I have been putting to use a pedometer issued to me by my company for a weight loss contest and program. I was issued this even though my goal is simply to lose a lot of proportional weight. Others may have opted to go for the contest of the greatest number of steps... Sign in to see full entry.

I am left handed and primarily write with my left hand, but I also can write with my right hand. This I have mentioned before. There are other activities I do primarily with my right hand--bowling; throwing a baseball further right-handed (though I prefer to have a left-handed mitt); throwing... Sign in to see full entry.

Close to a week ago, I suffered a cut moderately deep on my pinky. I have had to have a bandage on it when I went back to work. I was adding triple antibiotic ointment to it and then applying the bandage. Through my first two days back at work I was faithful doing this. But then I became lazy. At my... Sign in to see full entry.

Handshakes are a given, but people also do "high fives" and "fist bumps." Surprisingly, the term "high five" is relatively new, not used prior to the 1970s--even though well before that people may have slapped their hands high. The speed bump is said to have been started by Stan Musial during his... Sign in to see full entry.

Totally stationary, as if frozen in place. That is what some workers look like during their lunchtime. One worker I saw today had his elbows on the table, his arms holding up his head, and his hands pressed hard against his temple--as if he had a migraine. A lady, at a different table, was stooped... Sign in to see full entry.

When I go unto Facebook--usually on my way to Scrabble--I have lately seen two or three friends make announcements that they are cleaning out their friendship accounts. They have asked if I am still interested in being a "friend," and have done so in a multiple choice manner, i.e. all I have to do... Sign in to see full entry.

Every day as I move through an area of commerce, I see sign wavers. Typically, there are people who hold signs advertising a furniture store, a pizza establishment, an auto mechanic business, jewelry, etc. In addition, some businesses have people dress up as mascots, e.g. the IHOP bear, or a tax... Sign in to see full entry.

A life insurance nurse--on condition of seeing me--asked me to provide my medical history for the past ten year. I initially thought through odds and ends of issues from head to foot, but the nurse wanted a complete list of visits and the doctor or hospital involved. Fortunately for me, almost all... Sign in to see full entry.

At work the intercom is both a magnet and anti-magnet for certain personalities, as well as an observation format of those personalities. This morning a coworker paged over the intercom, and one of the coworkers across from me commented that the guy on the intercom is such an arrogant jerk. Perhaps... Sign in to see full entry.

For two days in a row, I have forgotten to bring my security badge to work. I prepared a way, therefore, whereby I will not be able to overlook it tomorrow morning. Initially, I put it with my work groves. Then I realized I had to wash my gloves since they were soiled. With my gloves in the washer,... Sign in to see full entry.