I've been exercising more lately, but I haven't been losing any weight.  This is probably due to the fact that my diet remains as bad as ever, perhaps even worse, since exercising increases my appetite after ( Read more... )

For me, one of the most confusing problems that comes with being obsessive-compulsive is that after a while, it becomes very difficult for me to figure out just what I'm supposed to be worrying about.  One of the basic characteristics of being obsessive-compulsive, at least as I've experienced it, is that one spends a considerable amount of time ( Read more... )

Like pretty much all modern western societies, the United States is NOT a particularly warlike society.  The United States is often seen as warlike because it has such a powerful military, but that power is actually just a reflection of the size of the US economy.  Compared to the overall size of its economy, the US military is not ( Read more... )

This morning, the red line (part of the Boston subway) was actually running early and faster than usual, when suddenly at one station the announcement came that we needed to wait a couple of minutes for a "schedule adjustment".  I'm sure that there's a perfectly good reason for this, but at the time it sounded like they were basically saying "We ( Read more... )

Sudden, unexplained muscle pains in the abdomen are definitely no fun, especially when they happen in the middle of a commute to work and there's basically nothing that one can do about them except try to relax and hope that they go away ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I happened to overhear a man talking into his cell phone in a highly irritable voice as he walked past me.  The only  thing that was slightly unusual about this was that he was saying, in a highly irritated voice, "I would just like to mail bomb everyone in ....".  Well, I never heard exactly where the people he wanted to mail bomb were ( Read more... )

Unlike most of my photos, a couple of these depict actual human beings:

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Late afternoon a couple of hours ago, with the sun right behind the sugar maple:

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It's been quite a while since I've updated this.  I intend to update it at least once or twice a week, but I am usually deterred by either lack of time, lack of interest, or the fact that my life is fairly dull and there probably isn't anything to report ( Read more... )

There is a certain smell in the air this fall - musty leaves? diesel exhaust?  No, I am talking about the upcoming elections.  For the last couple of months there has been a steady stream of commercials in which one candidate runs negative ads which often center around the theme of accusing their main opponent of running negative ads.  With this ( Read more... )

First of all, I would like to thank everyone very much for their condolences.  My whole family has had a great outpouring of kindness over the past few months, both in person and indirectly.  It brought a great deal of comfort to Mom, and it has brought a great deal of comfort to my father, my brothers, and myself.

I've been doing schoolwork, ( Read more... )