(-5) Not the best of starts... still troubled by the problems of Roger Ebert and his disfigurement. It makes me sad for him but it also brings 2 thoughts again to the forefront: how much of our perception of individuals is controlled by what our eyes show us, and how vulnerable we all are to the vagaries of life.
(+2) Sue dresses up like Jillian Mele. (this is not a kinky thing, it's just a thing, and a plus 2)
(+5) Learned quite a bit from several outstanding articles in the N.Y. Times (on-line and STILL FREE!). Forward one on PINK NOISE to my scientific son, Jeremy, another on protecting the ears of the young to the soon to be parents, my daughter and son-in-law, and a third on what the Russians think about their olympic shortcomings to my Olympics loving wife. Kept the reviews on the new TV show, Parenthood and the new movie, Alice in Wonderland to myself.
(-10) I decide to go out and take care of some tasks. Look. I'm not ranting. I'm just saying the world is full of... let's just say (I'm being REALLY kind), people who can do better. Let's ignore the rude, distracted drivers on the road - here's IRONY for you: I go to the doctor's office to pick up my prescription for ADD medicine (attention deficit disorder) from a person who is struggling with some kind of attention disorder of her own - a receptionist that is apparently unable to multi-task and who pays no attention to me as I stand in front of her and she completes multiple steps of whatever it is she's doing, past the point of rudeness. Dear woman: FIND ANOTHER JOB! A receptionist needs to be able to multitask. Dear woman: All you needed to do was look up momentarily and ask what I was there for - and THEN, if you couldn't pause for the 10 seconds it takes to retrieve the prescription, say to me, "would you mind waiting while I finish this task?" (and then not take 10 minutes and not hand me my RX without a further word.) You twerp.
(+2) Receive an unexpected pleasantry at Lowes from an employee (not even a greeter) who gives me a big "how are you doing sir."
(-3) BUT, Lowes has no heirloom tomato seeds. Home Depot has no heirloom tomato seeds. And Staples has no Arrow P-22 staples ! (Yes, ironic moment #2 - STAPLES has no STAPLES).
(+4) Back home, receive email from Jeremy telling me how much he enjoyed the article I forwarded to him. Further, he posts it on his facebook page and gives me credit.
(-1) F'n mailman.
(+3) Snagged the last piece of home made, exotic mushroom pizza (oyster, shitake and crimini mushrooms) from the freezer and reheat it for lunch, then eat it with EXTRA TRUFFLE OIL drizzled on top.
(+2) At chestnut hill coffee, remind myself I am 57, and have a cappuccino. No, wait, I'm 58.
TOTAL for the day.... -3
(+2) Receive an unexpected pleasantry at Lowes from an employee (not even a greeter) who gives me a big "how are you doing sir."
(-3) BUT, Lowes has no heirloom tomato seeds. Home Depot has no heirloom tomato seeds. And Staples has no Arrow P-22 staples ! (Yes, ironic moment #2 - STAPLES has no STAPLES).
(+4) Back home, receive email from Jeremy telling me how much he enjoyed the article I forwarded to him. Further, he posts it on his facebook page and gives me credit.
(-1) F'n mailman.
(+3) Snagged the last piece of home made, exotic mushroom pizza (oyster, shitake and crimini mushrooms) from the freezer and reheat it for lunch, then eat it with EXTRA TRUFFLE OIL drizzled on top.
(+2) At chestnut hill coffee, remind myself I am 57, and have a cappuccino. No, wait, I'm 58.
TOTAL for the day.... -3
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