Reaction to Random Catalysts

At work today, a temporary worker asked me if I came from Russia. He thought I talked like a Russian. In a way, that surprised me, because my heritage is that of a Norwegian American. On both sides of my bloodline, I am fully Norwegian. Sometimes, people have thought that I came directly from Norway... Sign in to see full entry.

I came to work, for an extra day, on a day that the company held a "wellness fair." There were ten vendors who one way or another were promoting good health habits or environmentally sustainable options. What I liked best was the company's "Get Fit" program--a reimbursement up to $100 in a year for... Sign in to see full entry.

A couple people I know from church were discussing the Republican Presidential race. Essentially, they were neither pleased with Mit Romney nor Newt Gingrich, and so they said they would not vote for either one if either one of them won the nomination. Those two are not my top choices either. I am... Sign in to see full entry.

Those poor Harbaugh brothers. Their special teams failed to come through for them. For John Harbaugh's Baltimore Ravens, Billy Cundiff missed a chipshot 32-yard field goal that would have sent them into overtime in the AFC championship against the New England Patriots. Meanwhile, in San Francisco,... Sign in to see full entry.

To consider that a number of people sit around doing nothing, that is, they are lazy and vegetate, is egregious. However, from my own experience I offer an acceptable exception. I customarily work three twelve-hour shifts for three days in a row. By the third night, after returning home from work, I... Sign in to see full entry.

In the three days preceding yesterday, the roads were snow-packed but I did not have to drive on them--because it was my off time from work. Yesterday I returned to work. Earlier forecasts called for warmer weather and a melting of that snow by that time, but the snow, ice, and cold stuck around... Sign in to see full entry.

All too often I have seen some young people these days who wear their pants low, to the point that one can see almost all of their underwear. Their underwear, to be sure, most likely is colored and with designs, but it is still underwear. Somewhere in Louisiana--Shreveport, I think--a law was passed... Sign in to see full entry.

I had an appointment with central maintenance this afternoon, so when the phone rang early this morning calling me in to work on a voluntary basis, I did not pick up. Hours passed, and 2 pm in the afternoon was of particular interest to me. The maintenance man was supposed to come and fix my washer.... Sign in to see full entry.

I have a Facebook account, but I do not check it very often (except to play Scrabble). Therefore, I easily lose track of all the friendship requests or friendship suggestions made to me. Many are friends of friends of friends or friends of friends of relatives. There are fuzzy names from high school... Sign in to see full entry.

I am not a New York Giants fan. Nonetheless, I have to admire their clutch performances against "undefeatable" opponents. Today they snuffed out the 15-1 Green Bay Packers. At the end of the 2007 season, they faced the undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl--and they won. They have moxie;... Sign in to see full entry.