Icewind's Ramblings

It has been extremely busy for me lately and at times there seem to be many tasks at hand. I think we all go through those time periods in our life where so many things around us affect other things in our lives.I have to say out front that I love coffee. I like the taste crossing my tongue and that warm feeling in my throat and beyond as it is going down making its way to my stomach. I awake every morning to the fresh smell of brewing coffee and that first cup starts the day with just the right mixture of ‘an old friend’ (Maxwell House ‘Master Blend’) in that certain familiar cup setting the stage for how my day is to go. We are all creatures of habit and usually if things change it sets into motion ‘other changes’ that might sometimes go unexpected or unexplained. My Mr. Coffee (Space saver model) went on the fritz this week. This after about five years of faithful service with at least brewing 2 pots a day going through it, the bottom warmer finally died. It was a sl...

Moments ago I listened to a television commercial pitching a skin cream to "those who are passionate about the health of their skin." The pitch man confidently stated that the product contained "shea and cocoa butter," as if everyone from Attu to Elmo understood full well that these are clearly the finest things on earth to smear into one's skin on a twice-daily basis. Admittedly, "shea" and "cocoa butter" certainly sound like things that are probably good for the skin but I base this conclusion on ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, as do we all. Constantly. In fact, I had never even heard of cocoa butter (neither have most of you probably) until recently with all of the pitches on television for “body butter” and I didn't even know the word "shea" existed outside of Shea Stadium. But the advertisement works because these clever folks know full well that senseless, smooth-sounding "buzz words" easily move the docile buying public...

You are what you read. Ice

Life Observation # 35 Reason to smile: Every seven minutes of every day, someone in an aerobics class pulls a hamstring. Ice

Tonight Heroes is back on and I have no time to post so I’ll continue this series. Here is Condoms part 4 If Pringles Made Condoms Ice

With the passing of the Winter Solstice, we see the prevalence of darkness in our day-to-day life here in the far north. Our morning sunrise is around 9:30 to 10:00 am and goes down around 3:15 pm in the afternoon which doesn’t leave much time for ‘fun in the sun’ time each day. Case in point, when I take my granddaughter to the daycare in the morning, it's dark outside. When I pick her up after work, it's dark outside again. Does her little body yet understand the effects of the daylight? When I am in my office at work it seems that your life is in a perpetual state of darkness as usually there is no time to ‘look outside’ seeking the daylight. The only time I really see sunlight is when I am out of the office calling on clients or days during the weekends when you may be out and about during the day finishing chores. W hich brings me to the point of my entry today . . . When your life is in a state of perpetual darkness, you tend to notice the importance of lights....