Reaction to Random Catalysts

It was somber last Sunday when our pastor announced he was diagnosed with esophogeal cancer was traveling to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Having witnessed 25 years ago an uncle stricken with esophogeal cancer, being fed through a tube, and ultimately losing his battle; I took the pastor's news in a... Sign in to see full entry.

In the wake of former football great Junior Seau's tragic suicide, the specter of the concussion scourge in professional football has raised its head again. Seau shot himself in the chest but left no note, nothing about a request that his brain be studied. Nonetheless, the investigators and talking... Sign in to see full entry.

I received a flyer today that promoted a discounted trip to a Nevada gambling resort. But even if I was to win everything about a Las Vegas trip for free, I don't know what I would do. I don't know what I would do to enjoy myself. Gambling and the very idea of gambling is utterly unappealing to me.... Sign in to see full entry.

I recall the physician two nights ago in the emergency ward telling me to take pain medicine as needed for my wounded finger. But taking painkillers did not even occur to me as I endured dogged sluggishness for much of two days following my finger accident. On Sunday I did not have to work, and it... Sign in to see full entry.

I had difficulty coaxing a drawstring through my apron a day and a half ago until I worked it through with a clothes hanger. While I was doing this I thought of quite a number of uses for clothes hangers. Number one of course is for hanging up clothes. When I hang clothes on hangers in the closet, I... Sign in to see full entry.

On the night of my minor finger tip amputation, I lost considerable blood to be sure--changing through more than half a dozen gauze pads--and was profoundly groggy after my visit to the emergency room. I was still groggy the morning after and into the afternoon. I know the effects of blood loss,... Sign in to see full entry.

My hand slipped and a small portion of my finger tip was sliced off as I was preparing French fries. The potato on my vegetable slice became stuck, and I foolishly decided to push it with my hand. The potato slipped forward and my right index finger along with it. Upon removing my hand, I... Sign in to see full entry.

Of frivolous lawsuits there seems to be no end. The latest I heard about was Nutella. The litigant claimed to have been misled by commercials that the spread was a healthy part of a breakfast. But Nutella never stated it was packed with nutrition. If people are so concerned about having a healthy... Sign in to see full entry.

Winking? One coworker of mine thought another one was always winking, but that was not the case. Rather, the worker in question had a swollen eye--the result of a foreign object becoming stuck in his eye. I do not know the whole story, because I had to go back to break. Nonetheless, what I heard was... Sign in to see full entry.

W ho faces the potentially greater number of years in prison, Norwegian mass murderer Anton Breivik or former Senator John Edwards? The answer appears to be the latter, and that is rather shocking. Breivik, who killed 77 people in an act of terrorism, faces a maximum of 21 years in prison in the... Sign in to see full entry.