…is that you need to tell the same lie every time. I read this today: Protestor Mike Anger, 29, told Nashville’s News 2 he left his home and sales job in Lexington, Kentucky to protest at the plaza. “I just kind of put my life on hold for this cause,” said Anger, who has been… Read More »
I have this problem. When people say things, I decipher their meaning based on the common meaning of the words they use. For example, back in March we had a fence put in. We paid for treated wood (says so on the bill). We got treated wood (says so on the tags stapled to the… Read More »
So here are the basic results of my experiment: Blood pressure is consistently lower I’m getting more tasks accomplished at work and at home I’m less combative in general. That being said, it was a little weird the first time someone said to me “Hey, did you hear about [random thing on the news]” and I had… Read More »
My father died in his sleep a little over two years ago. Two days before that he and my mother purchased a new home. After a couple of months my mother decided to move in to the new, smaller house and try to sell the old one. A couple of months after that, she rented… Read More »
Not quite two weeks in to my little experiment, and my blood pressure has dropped from 155/91 to 120/71. Correlation!=Causation, and all, but that’s pretty stark.
“Well that was dumb. You should be resistant to change like the rest of us.” A trainer to a student, after the student relayed a conversation he had with a manager where the student said, “I love learning new things.” Student is now going to be learning so many products that there’s no way he’s… Read More »
It’s barely October!
Ignorance is bliss. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Both of these are true statements. For the month of October, I’m going to avoid social media, mainstream media, IRC, and political blogs/podcasts. I’m going to try to see what my blood pressure and mood do if I just stick my head in the… Read More »
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. There better goddamned well not be a third time. Like I said in the comments to the first post above, there is no brighter line than suspension of elections.
Long time real-life friend disavowedwithhonor went and got himself a blog! Go check it out!