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April 25, 2005

Weirdness Magnet

Sometimes, you have to just veer off a bit and look at things differently. Sometimes, life will throw up an obstacle all by itself.

As for myself, I'm a Weirdness Magnet. It's listed as a Disadvantage in the GURPS Core Book and ever since I noticed it (back in the day), I figured that summed up a lot of my life experiences.

This morning I got up, went to the gym, as I usually do, which is extra-special fun if you're not a morning person and went to get eggs and light bulbs at the grocery store after I worked out.

While I worked out, I gave some thought to what I was gonna write about this morning. Usually, that's how I've been starting the Monday columns out, but, I get to the grocery store checkout line, a bit tired, and this old man, I mean really old man, like Methusulah or nearabouts, decides to start talking to me about politics. I told him I don't discuss Politics or Religion with strangers, but he wouldn't shut up, so when he finally kept going on and on about the unfairness of war, I told him I graduated from a Military School. He asked which one. The Citadel. He kinda shut up after that and I got my groceries.

I was going to write about the books I read, but sometimes my life is a lot stranger than fiction. Oh well, you now know that every waking moment can be inspiration, should you choose to open your eyes and look for it.

Regards,

Sean

Posted by razorwise at April 25, 2005 02:04 PM