Reaction to Random Catalysts

They are a number of people who claim that Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party have much in common, rising from a discontentment about what is happening in the Washington beltway. The same? I should think not. I heard something extremely disgusting today that serves as a graphic illustration of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday I had a perfect cup of coffee at work for a change. Whoever made it put in the right amount of beans. It was not too strong and bitter, nor was it weak and tepid. It hit the right spot. I am inadequte to use the right words to describe a taste. Suffice it to say, I tasted the essence of... Sign in to see full entry.

Frustrations at work made for a long day today. I missed my last break and also worked another fifteen minutes after. I suppose everyone occasionally has days like that. Sign in to see full entry.

I am only human, so I make mistakes sometimes. Actually, today they were miscalculations. But my miscalculations were not the worst. To keep accurate inventory, we are to issue into a computer system the quantity of materials returned. In the process, I made a mistake twice. First, I assumed there... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday should have been Thanksgiving Day. Instead, it was Thanksgiving 11/12th Day. Part of that day was shaved off, because of the crazy, values-misplaced obsession known as Black Friday. We can be thankful we still have that brief time to reflect and express our thanks unto God, and we best do... Sign in to see full entry.

I struggle to keep on top of housework. I have found I am most motivated when a visitor will be coming soon. In today's case, I was paving the way for the next day's visit by the cat sitter, who will look after my critters while I am off on my Thanksgiving trip. I had mopped the day before. Today I... Sign in to see full entry.

The last time I had to use a sink drain liquid anti-clogger goes back four months when I moved. I had the foresight to buy a sink drain screen and place it in my bathroom sink drain right away after my move. Before then, I was buying Liquid Plumr or Drano often, once a month it seemed. When I moved... Sign in to see full entry.

Punchcards are an easy way to keep track of information--accounting for the incidence of a certain activitiy, e.g. the purchase of coffee. Punchcards, in fact, are used at work. These are easy to remember to "punch," because all the fellow workers are doing the same. And there is very strong... Sign in to see full entry.

I bicycle often to run small errands and to get my exercise in the process, but this does not compare to the fewer times I go out downhill skiing or cross country skiing. Today I went downhill skiing for the first time in the season. It took a while for my muscles to re-adapt to the skiing... Sign in to see full entry.

At the local bookstore there will be a book forum on the subject of how children are targeted by business. I see this as another anti-capitalist swipe. Admittedly, sugary cereal companies target children on Saturday morning. But much more than the "evil" capitalist, I see that the government targets... Sign in to see full entry.