Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Oct 31, 2009, 2:02 pm
I used to donate blood very frequently. I went in for apheresis donations (platelets) quite regularly. I have lost count of how many pints of blood product I have donated over the course of my lifetim...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 12:31 pm
Money is scarce. There, I said it. I have always looked at myself (at least from a frugality standpoint) as a millionaire who doesn't have his millions. That is, I have never been particularly th...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 11:41 am
Here we are in the 44th week of the year and I'm just now typing up my 32nd New Year's Resolution. At this point, there is no longer anything optional about failing to live up to my goal for N...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 9:21 am
I carved a jack-o'-lantern last week to bring to the Keene Pumpkin Festival. I did my carving about three days earlier than I should have done. As a result, my pumpkin was starting to look a bit p...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Oct 13, 2009, 8:42 pm
So far, every one of the tens of thousands of words that I've typed in this blog has been typed using the old tried and true method of hunting and pecking. That's right, folks: I am likely the...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Sep 22, 2009, 7:59 pm
Suddenly, it has become clear that my lawn mowing hours are not reliably my best thinking hours. This afternoon, as I was mowing the lawn, here's what occurred to me: In 02001, I did not once say...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Sep 15, 2009, 8:12 pm
A few years ago, I received a unicycle as a birthday present from Libbets. She knew that I juggle and I guess she figured this would get me that much closer to running off and joining the circus. I do...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Sep 15, 2009, 5:23 pm
This resolution is (roughly) to my ears what #25 was to my teeth. I aim to keep them and I'm trying to protect them. A couple of years ago, Beth and I went to get our hearing checked. We each sat...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Sep 3, 2009, 7:36 pm
Usually, when I make these resolutions, I try to provide a nice little story that somehow ties in. This one's going to be short and dull. Sorry. I am guilty of not being the most conscientious sc...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Sep 1, 2009, 9:28 pm
A few months ago, I visited a dentist for the first time in way too many years. Among the things I learned is that I had developed some periodontitis. Treatment (scaling and root planing, followed by ...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Aug 29, 2009, 8:49 am
Okay, so this one is a bit old and I'm just very late in reporting it. We have three dogs. The border terrier is pedigreed and from championship stock. She's the one that we did lots of breed...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Aug 28, 2009, 5:56 am
There are some people who would get more out of resolving to stop buying shoes for a year. Some people have too many shoes and buy shoes way too frequently. This is good for the economy, of course. Ot...
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Louis C. posted an article on The Repeal of Gravity Blog - Jul 6, 2009, 6:26 pm
I am extremely late with this post. You, dear reader, have my apologies. As you will recall from previous posts, my 02008 New Year's Resolution was to try my best to resist the urge to cut my hai...
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