July 29, 2004
Thoughts of a Fool
A few days ago, while riding my Kawasaki to work, I noticed I have developed some strange daily habits that have become as natural as breathing on my daily commute. Before reading my paper I religiously play a game of solitaire on my cell phone. Everything from the win/loss, difficulty of win, and position of the ace of spades goes into divining how my day will turn out. It's kind of like my daily random horoscope. Does anyone else in this little community have any weird little idiosyncrasies that they were once to ashamed to admit, but now would like to share with the group? BTW, I still won't step on cracks either.
No, you're a freak.
More seriously, but still frivolous, I read this blog first, then Dilbert almost every morning once I get to work, usually before my work-related email. Not a superstition though. I'm not sure I have any of those.
Btw, do you have a system for determining what the game of solitaire will mean for your day or is it just a general feeling on your part? If it's the former (or even the latter, to an extent), you should start keeping a log of your solitaire results in the morning, then, at the end of the day, how your day turned out.
I am actually writing the "rules" to my solitaire game, so everyone can try it. Basically the stacks on top represtent what you bring to the day. The draw pile represents the people you will interact with during the day. The way these piles interact determines how much your day will be carries by yourself or others...
Heh. I look foward to reading the rules. May they grant us deep insight into the workings of the universe.