Reaction to Random Catalysts

I was dumbfounded at the tail end of the Google trip I took this morning in tribute to Freddie Mercury. It would have the Queen lead singer's 65th birthday today. Only a day or two earlier, I saw on Facebook that one of my late father's cousins had just turned 65 herself. It is hard to conceive of... Sign in to see full entry.

I am not a big gum lover. Never since I was a child have I chewed it much. I only buy it for jet flights to help ease the pressure off my ears when the jet is descending. During my apartment resorting, I have found a couple older packages of gum, much of it unopened. One package I threw away because... Sign in to see full entry.

On an otherwise long free weekend, I worked today, and so did a fellow worker who ought to stand apart for what he represents. Four days ago, I had told him I would be working today; otherwise, my paycheck would be a small one. Then what he said surprised me. He told me that that was not a concern... Sign in to see full entry.

I generally do not like tofu, but I also do not generally like green beans alone. If I have the two I combine them in a stir fry along with garlic and onions. I bought tofu because I had green beans, but I finished up the green beans before the tofu. So, I set out for green beans after my coffee... Sign in to see full entry.

What is a memorial if it is not a clergy man saying a few kind words of remembrance and leading the mourners in prayer over the loss of a precious life? Oddly, current New York mayor Michael Bloomberg does not think of this as a gaping absence. As far as I am concerned, he has miserably filled the... Sign in to see full entry.

My cellphone would not work when I tried to call out with it this morning. No reception. I concluded that it was finally wearing out some more after the antenna had been damaged about three months ago. I jimmy-rigged it by placing a ski lift ticket zipper clip in it and taping it into place. This... Sign in to see full entry.

Today is my first day off after a slate of three workdays. I push it at night, during nights of the work cycle, to post my two regular blogs. By the third night, I sometimes am so tired I just retire earlier and post my blogs first thing in the morning. Also, though, it sometimes takes the whole day... Sign in to see full entry.

Yesterday at work, the company owners provided the lunch for us to celebrate a 'milestone.' What that milestone was, I don't know. What is a 'milestone' anyway? I commented to a coworker that it is a green mile marker along the interstate. And that brings to mind a long, are-we-there-yet trip I went... Sign in to see full entry.

A lady a work--a temporary worker--noticed the t-shirt I was wearing today. It read: "Always leave the Earth better than you found it." She commented to me: "Dominion, not domination. I like it." That's so true. It is a much better thing to have dominion than to have domination. With dominion comes... Sign in to see full entry.

Hearing a line from a eulogy of Canadian politician Jack Layton has given me pause to consider how much different dreams are from goals... and yet, ideally, they ought to work together. To paraphrase the eulogy line, "dreams should always extend beyond your lifetime." What is implied there is that... Sign in to see full entry.