Wellbeing

When man and machine can’t get along

Every morning I make oatmeal for myself at work. Every morning I mix the appropriate amount of water and oats and nuke it for 60 seconds. Unlike most mornings, THIS morning the nuker was angry. REALLY angry. The ‘ole nuker didn’t run for more than the accustomed 60 seconds, that I would have noticed. I always run it on full power, so it couldn’t have been running too strong. I…
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Wellbeing

Addiction (War of the Worlds spoiler alert)

I’m tired and it’s getting late, so I’ll dispense with the research and get on with the entry. I seem to recall a study where mice are given the choice of food or an addictive drug. (Try and try as I might, I can’t find it via Google.) As I recall, the mice choose the drug over food until one of two things happen: 1) the mice die, or 2) the mice run out of drug. I have the…
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Wellbeing

Things I’m not allowed to say, things I shouldn’t say

I’m not supposed to discuss the policies and procedures of my office, so I’m not going to. So, for example, I’m not going to tell you which major, northeastern Florida City I was working in today. I’m not going to tell you the name of the person from this city that I spoke to; nor am I going to tell you what he does or the professional association that he’s required…
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Wellbeing

When in doubt, take a walk

I spent a little time in the gift shop and spent a little money on a pink stuffed toy for Beth. On my way back up to my room I was asked if I was here to get away from the storms. I had no idea what the woman was talking about, and without speaking a single word communicated this most effectively. In answer to my unvoiced question, this interloper in my period of self-pity advised me that a lot of…
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Wellbeing

Typing in the rain

Well no, not really. I like my computer too much. Still in Jax. It’s getting late. I’ve spent half a day working – or so I’d like to think. Half a day driving, one eighth asking questions and three answering, if that constitutes a day’s work. Now it’s night and the sky is intermittently dark. Now thunder drowns the small sound of the movie playing on my…
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Wellbeing

Gravity well beyond the call of duty

Classroom lectures were never my favorite pastime, even for subjects I find interesting. Classroom lectures on the “dry subjects,” (which include but are not limited to: money, accounting, organization policy and procedure, and any presentation which calls for the use of the word “tax” more than 2.5 times in a given session) have the sedative effect of 200 milligrams of…
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CoffeeWellbeing

Pop quiz

You are filling your coffee mug from the tap at your office, when you smell a distinct metallic odor. Do you: a. dump out the water in your mug and seek another source; b. stick your nose in your partially filled mug to determine if the smell is coming from the water; c. put your mouth under the tap to see if it tastes like metal too; or, d. pretend you never smelled anything and finish making…
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Wellbeing

Being afraid of your lunch

So I’ve beaten the yogurt issue to death? You’ve got something better to do with your time? Go ahead, read another site. OOOO! I’m so scared. Which is worse: cold or cure? Are you going to eat that? My keys to a good cup of yogurt Good sense will only take me so far I am a Yogurt everyman I’ve been given a hard time, on several fronts, for a little thing called fear. Fear…
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