Author Archives: markd60

Job Fair

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Today is the annual Chamber of Commerce job fair.

I’m a volunteer at the Airport booth. It’s a pretty good sized crowd and lots of interesting booths setup!

Happy Friday!

Book: Good Omens

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I’m currently reading the book above, Good Omens

. It’s about a guy from hell, I guess he’s an outcast demon, and a fallen angel. They’re friends (sorta) who have lived on earth for a long time.

Also, the son of Satan, Adam, (no relation to Eve) was born in the book, supposed to have been swapped at birth, but there was a mixup, he got double swapped or something, and he’s growing up in the wrong town, with the wrong family.

AND the end of the world is coming, but they (who? I don’t know who. The angel of death or the grim reaper I think) can’t find Adam (because he’s in the wrong town with the wrong family.)

AND the fallen angel and earthbound demon are quite comfortable living on earth. Therefore they’re trying to thwart the whole end of the world thing too.

AND if you leave a cassette tape in the demons car for fortnight, it automaticilly turns into Queens Greatest Hits. Of course, the label stays the same, so you might end up listening to Beethoven, Another One Bites The Dust..

I’m about 45% of the way done. It’s an interesting read. Worth it so far.

Health Check

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Yesterday work gave us a health screening Cholesterol, blood sugar, blood sugar and BMI. Plus whatever else you see on the card below.

I guess I did pretty good. My blood pressure was good, usually it’s high. I had my high blood pressure speech all prepared and didn’t need it!

Nice to know info!

Today is the second cloudy day in a row. Pray for rain!

Happy Humpday!

Alternatives to crabiness?

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I’m trying to automatically be nicer. I sometimes look and sound angry when i’m not. Sometimes when I see my reflection on the street i’m surprised that I don’t look how I feel. I look mean and angry sometimes, not all the time but sometimes. Sometimes i’m surprised. So i’m trying to be automatically nicer.

The problem is nobody listens to me until I get crabby, seems like. This morning, walking the dogs, I say politely “no pulling!” and they ignore me. I have to say it again loudly and gruffly to get results.

Sometimes when there’s trouble going on it seems like it will never end until I get display anger. Logically speaking, I might as well just just display anger immediately to end the crap.

I not unfrequently display anger.when i’m not angry,

Where’s the line? How can I be nice and polite and not have conflicts with others? I’m not asking the question properly. How do I be nicer all the time when my knee jerk reaction is sometimes aggressiveness?

Have a good day!

Double Swims

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Yesterday I stopped at Governors Beach and swam the 800m after work. I was thinking, I could swim at lunch hour AND after work!

That would be nice and help alleviate my horrible lack of exercise/stagnation problem… Doncha think?

Have a good weekend!

Good Swim Yesterday

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Since the last sea swim, I haven’t been doing much lunchtime swimming. We had a couple weeks bad weather with extensive damageto the ladders and the rinse off facilities, and laziness/motivation issues. Extra busy at work…

Yesterday was the second time I swam in about the last three weeks.

It was really good to swim yesterday. Enjoyable during and after the swim.It has to be priority again.

It’s almost Friday!

The Ice Pick

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I frequently have the sensation of an ice pick in my chest. Usually in the front left corner of my ribcage, to the left of my heart. Sometimes it feels like it’s stuck directly in my heart.

When I’m meditating, it moves to the opposite side, the right rear corner of my ribcage. My meditation teacher said I should focus on that spot when meditating.

I can feel the spike in me, I try to imagine the handle poking out. It’s not unpleasant, just a thing.

Happy Tuesday!