Friday, April 19, 2019

Brain Circles

Last night I was awake at 0345 because my brain was running in circles - round and round and round.

It amazed me the number of topics that floated through:
  • Lyrics and the chorus of 'Rock the Boat' (a 70's disco song)
  • Details on a work project
  • Upcoming weekend plans
  • Replaying the winning goal in Thursday night's hockey game (Let's Go Blues!!)
  • Visualizing scenes from the last couple of books I've read
  • ...and on and on and on.
This is not the first night that this has happened. And, it seems to be happening more and more.

Why does that happen?  Is it insomnia? Do I have too much going on in my life? I wish I knew the answers.

I do have vacation time scheduled in less than a month. Hopefully that time off and away from the everyday will solve this issue.

Anyone else have this going on? Suggestions for help sleeping? 




Friday, March 15, 2019

That Black Hole

Long time no blog!

There were times I felt I had nothing interesting to say, and others were I, frankly forgot about the blog.  I remembered the blog last night. That's not to mean what I have to say has suddenly gotten interesting!

Last night I went down that black hole known as YouTube. I'm not sure why my interest at the time involved car/truck accidents, animal encounters and babies. But, it did. (I've also been known to watch cake & cookie decorating videos - go figure.)

One theme on some of those I watched were dash cam videos taken by Russian drivers. I have to say (and this is VERY generalized) - I think those cameras are probably a legal necessity. The blatant disregard for any driving laws, particularly in intersections, is ridiculous!!! They need the dash cams to prove fault in an accident. (I spent the first 16 years of my working life in the insurance industry. That experience has stayed with me for all this time.)

I also figured out that people will film almost anything. And, as long as people like me are willing to watch, some of them make money at it. More power to them. Maybe I ought to research that as a possible revenue stream, eh?

Anybody out there ever been down the YouTube black hole? What types of videos did you get hooked on?