Reaction to Random Catalysts

I brought my leftover tuna/pasta to work today for lunch. I was surprised how good it tasted--better than the night before. It should not be unusual to find that some foods do taste better after setting awhile In my experience, meatloaf is one such cuisine that most often tastes better as a... Sign in to see full entry.

The local library put on a book sale today, so naturally I was there. There are books to be found at such used book sales that you will not find at a bookstore. When I came to the vintage/novelty books, I found a pocket-sized hardback book that goes back to an issue date of 1850 and "entered... Sign in to see full entry.

When the phone rings and their is an exchange of information, I apparently am not in the most alert state of mind. If I jot down the telephone number that the person on the other end gives me, I focus almost exclusively on getting that number right. But some time after that I look at that number and... Sign in to see full entry.

News of flesh-eating bacteria has come over my radio as of late. First, there was a lady who had fallen from a zip-line into water and contracted the flesh-eating bacteria. She had to have a leg amputated. More locally, a young man from my area has miraculously recovered from a flesh-eating bacteria... Sign in to see full entry.

On my alumni "sailing excursion" (actually a motorized boat tour), I met an alumnus whose time at the university went back to the early 60's. I sold him my book, but, furthermore, I found through conversation that he is a conservative like me. He is disappointed in the direction the college town has... Sign in to see full entry.

A couple blogs ago, I mentioned a work/off day mix up. I did not present the full extent of the confusion; it simply grew more complicated. Originally, a sailing excursion with fellow alumni on this past Friday was my planned time off. About a week and a half prior I had switched with another worker... Sign in to see full entry.

Troll Hunter was my latest Netflix viewing. It was about a covert investigator and manager of troll populations in Norway with a teenage news coverage team tagging along. It is set up to appear as a documentary, and that makes it enticing as viewers are challenged to consider the real-life existence... Sign in to see full entry.

I had switched a shift day with another worker for this coming Friday. I had wanted to go on an alumni sailing excursion and promote my book as I commingled among the others on board. But that outing was canceled when too few signed up for it. An event organizer called me to let me know that I could... Sign in to see full entry.

I saw some particle in the sink drain. At first, I thought it was a potato peel. Then I saw it was a plastic knife. I could not reach in to grab, and yet I wanted to do so. It bugged me that it was stuck there. It probably was doing no harm; nonetheless, it bugged me. I opened the cabinet below to... Sign in to see full entry.

My car I deemed was due again for a car wash. Those nasty bird droppings, anyway! I had bought a specialized car washing detergent concentrate, and washed my car a previous time at the car washing space of my apartment complex. There was nothing spectacular about that space. It simply had at hand a... Sign in to see full entry.