If I find myself not remembering what I had been thinking about, but aware that it was something important, I can usually get back to where I was by thinking about the “root” thought (i.e. the thought that led to another thought which led to another and another until reaching the one I had been…
I’ve never understood the logic behind this: “Eat everything on your plate. There are people in this world who are starving.” Yes, well, knowing they would finish my plate if they were here doesn’t make me want to finish it on their behalf. Wiping the plate clean won’t make them any less hungry. A phrase…
You know those fliers with little tabs cut out on the bottom with contact info? I wonder if it ever occurs to some of the people who pin them on flier walls that it might be advantageous for them to rip a couple of the tabs off. If they did this, perusing people might take…
I can’t say I imagine any random envelope would like to be opened by me. It’s not that I’m violent, I’m gentle, but when the deed is done, the envelope usually is torn beyond repair. Envelope ER personnel would have little else to do but declare the time of death. I first pick one end…
I can’t stand the idea, which some people take for granted, that the dangerousness of a drug has a correlation with the severity of the punishment dealt to individuals who have broken the laws which prohibit the drug’s use. In fact I’m so at odds with this mind stance that I doubt if I could…
Being happy makes no more sense to me than being sad. Isn’t it true that when someone is very happy or depressed their feelings may get the better of them, they may become delusional, and will consequently make irrational decisions? So then being neither happy nor sad is the most stable, objective state of mind….
American standard urinals could learn some things from their peers in France. There are some urinals in France which are as tall as the ones we’re accustomed to but which continue down to the floor. Not only this, but individual urinals are not defined because an entire wall in the restroom is covered with the…
Sometimes I walk on sidewalks. I know, I’m a hardcore rule breaker. Anyway, it strikes me that the number of times there’s a car waiting to pull onto the road from a driveway or parking lot entrance, at the same time that I’m about walk across said sections of the sidewalk, is peculiarly high. It’s…
What’s up with young early first time couples rubbing each other’s fingers when they’re holding hands? I think it’s the result of a communication breakdown. Each one thinking to themselves “I really wish we could stop rubbing each other’s fingers. It gets tiring.” And even though stopping the rubbing is in the best interest of…
Articles in papers, magazines, and fiction/nonfiction creative works are full of attempts to be unique. I had a teacher once who told us that if you want to seriously consider a career in fiction writing, you should be confident that your work adds something that isn’t already available in the writing world. I think it’s…