Accelerating Time?

I do not seem to understand how time seems to be moving so much more rapidly,  I do not mean this in the lifetime feeling of aging that we all feel as we grow older.  Instead, I mean how it seems like 24 hours in a given day seems so much shorter than it did before.  I really do not think I am trying to do more in a given 24 hour period (work, life activities) than I did, say 10 years ago, but it sure seems that it is harder to get things accomplished in that same period.  And, I do not really understand why.

It is odd.

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Busy, But Tomorrow is Friday!!!!

Hectic and busy as usual, but tomorrow is Friday!!!! I believe I may catch up on things tomorrow and be able to have a more normal work flow.  If possible, I may spend the afternoon marinating myself a bit too!  

Hopped Up on Java

Interesting feelings this afternoon.  I usually drink coffee every morning.  Today, I may have either had a bit stronger coffee than usual or a bit more of it (two 24 ounce Starbuck dark roasts) than usual, but I am feeling a bit fuzzy & energized in a rather pleasant but unfocused fashion.

Usually I do not feel this way from coffee.  But it is rather fun.  I will have to keep it in mind in the future, but I am not sure I could purposefully replicate it with reliability.  I think I better stick to working on unimportant paperwork in my office this afternoon, instead of working on the precision requiring work I had been thinking of doing in my lab.  :)

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Low Motivation

I have very low motivation at the moment.  I should get busy and do a bunch of work.  But, I am feeling pretty exhausted after teaching in my very loud, professorial voice for the last three hours.   I was teaching in the huge auditorium on campus today, and the damn microphone did not work, so I literally was shouting the whole time.   Oh well.  There are a helluva lot worse things that could happen. 

I feel a need to be outside right now.  Even if it is raining at the moment.  I think I may go out and walk around for an hour or so to clear my head.  I already walked my 5 miles this morning (around 5:15am).  I took the dog with me, and as usual she really enjoyed it.  I like walking in the dark, in the early morning.  The only light visible is from the moon, or an occasional streetlight.  

A friend sent the image shown above to me.  It made me roar with laughter out loud.

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Marinating Again

It is Friday after all.

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This & That

I am trying something new here, a "speed post" where I will free form write about ideas of whatever I have been thinking about for a brief burst of time (5 minutes) without worry about form or functionality.    Today, I feel like having a  bulleted list:

• Thimscool.... I apologize if you feel I have been ignoring you.  That was not my intention.  I do not think I ignored or missed any comments from you, and at least during the last several months, I believe I have published every one I have received.  I will work to respond to the comments I receive starting from this point forward. 
  
•  My pipe quitting endeavor is going no where fast.  Not much more to say about that other than I am fully saturated with pipe tobacco essences, as usual. 
  
• It is a beautiful day out today, and I am ear-marking it to try to have some fun outside this afternoon.  Not sure how yet, but I want to get the hell out of Dodge (the U) by about 2:30 if at all possible, so I can try to go play for a bit.
   
• You can see a bit of leaf change already around here.  Soon we will have the vivid hues of orange, red, and yellow.    I enjoy those colors a lot.
  
• I am going to wrestle myself into doing what I damn well want to in life.  I am sick of the cloud of gloom, and the immense weight of all the b*llsh*t pressures I have been experiencing.  It is my mission to get this to end, and to get it to end damn quickly.  I want to live and enjoy and laugh and love.  And I will.
   
• My wife and I watch very little television compared to what we used to watch even 10 years ago.  We now probably watch television for only 30 minutes - 60 minutes a day.  Well, my wife may watch a bit more than that, because I refuse to watch the innane b*llsh*t they call local news anymore.  News (both local and national) used to have substance.  Now, none of it is substantive, and it is a waste of my time.  About the only news source worth investing time into is reading the New York Times, and even that is not necessary daily.  I get the news I need these days from a computer program called Circa.
  
  That is it for today folks!
  
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Busy & Hectic

I am tired of this refrain, but as is my new usual, things are hectic and exhausting.  I have got to change this, but am struggling to find a solution.  I WILL find a solution, however.

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