Another Unsubstantiated Allegation

I'd have to agree with my buddy Barrett...I think it's a bit of a stretch to think there'd be any advantage to being doped up for a silly congressional hearing.

Coffee Filters

As I was making coffee the other day, I noticed that I was about to run out of filters--those little paper things that you put the coffee in for auto-drip coffee makers. They're really thin and are often hard to separate from one another, so often it only looks like you're running out when there are a couple of dozen or more left, but this time I was down to my last 3 or 4.

Now if you've never purchased coffee filters before, you probably wouldn't guess that you can only buy these things by the gazillion. If you're outfitting your apartment for the first time, it's something like this:

• 1 coffee maker
• 1/2 lb coffee
• 2 lbs sugar
• 500 coffee filters

The smallest package of filters is easily less than $3 and usually comes with five or six little bunches of 50-100 filters each. I can honestly only remember buying these things twice in my adult life.

It was encouraging to think that for months or years I'd slowly and imperceptibly worked my way though each bunch of filters in turn only to come to the end suddenly and with no fanfare. I'd almost wished I'd seen it coming so I could have anticipated The Day that I would use the last filter. But I wonder if I would then have felt pressured to be sure I fixed coffee each day if I had realized I was on my last few....

Regardless, I think I have a greater respect for unheralded persistence and its role in accomplishing the overwhelming tasks in life.

Blogging (blog' ing) v....

... the process of discovering you have nothing particularly interesting or insightful to communicate on a regular basis.

About the title...

So I figure I need to explain the title for my blog...

It's not that I see life as pointless--quite the opposite. It's just that I seem to approach certain aspects of life with the absolute understanding that what I'm doing will inevitably be undone faster than I care to think about. A short list includes:

1. Dishes. Never are they all clean. Ever.
2. Cleaning the apartment.
3. Answering/sorting/filing e-mail
4. Reading my magazines.
5. Listening to my podcast subscriptions.

You see, I'm a person who likes to finish things. Knowing that these items will never be crossed-off life's to do list drives me bonkers. Honestly, I don't know why I can't let some of these things go, but I feel compelled to at least attempt to stay current on it all.

I'd elaborate, but if I do a halfway decent job of keeping this updated there will be no reason to--it will all become clear.

One could argue that the title is also fitting in that no one will ever read anything written here anyway...so what's the point in posting it?