Hi Doc!

Jennings’ Corrolary to Murphy’s Law:

If everything is going well you have overlooked something.

Entropy is the natural progression from order to chaos. The universe LOVES chaos and spends all of its time wrecking our little attempts to put things in order. So if you don’t have a bad day now and then you either are overlooking things on a regular basis or are a living, breathing violation of the laws of nature. Since your bad day wasn’t even properly bad (your martini was delivered as expected and the cigar refrained from exploding), I’d be inclined to believe that Jennings applies here. Personally, I blame it on the Time Bandits, and enjoy any day I get through without attracting their attention.

Peace,
Robert

1. Relieve stress. I play hockey because they won’t let me hit people with sticks at work. This will help clear your mind.

2. Reassess your methodology. You might be trying to push a rope. If so, just go to the other end and pull.

3. Only you can control how you feel. If hugging your family doesn’t make you happy, hug some one else’s family and smile when you do it. If that doesn’t work go back to step one.

That should do it.

A bottle of scotch,a nice cuban and some good jazz/lounge music really works out for me.

Hey Earl, I do feel your pain. Last week (same day?) I had one of those. Schedules changed maybe three times before it all went to hell in a hand-basket. Basically nothing got done. I too walked away from that day. But for me it is all about outside – never mind the weather. Some comfortable work clothes, good leather gloves and I start hauling rocks and working in the garden/yard. That takes me away from all the negative feelings from a frustrating day.

Hello Earl,

If it was truly one of those days, I just chalk it up to “shit happens” and keep happily truckin down the road. I do admit though, that many many moons ago – I might’ve spent the rest of the day planning retribution against those evil meeting cancellers’ that put me out

I guess we do grow up after all.

Good Luck,
Peter

Martial arts is the only method that works for me.

Everything else just proves to be a temporary distraction.

Be happy, tomorrow will be worse…

Yes I do. Mostly during last months

Hey Doc -

No where to go and nothing to do.

How easy it is to forget; how easy it is to get back.

Take care

I go to my kitchen, and cook a nice dish for the family. Most relaxing and perfect foil for a bad, hard day.

Rather gauche and “un-philosophical”, but it works for me