Reading Addiction
I have a major reading addiction which started when I was about 11 years old. I’ve never been able to shake it. In 5th grade we were given reading time during class and told to choose any book from the Great Books list in the classroom. I had a fascination with scifi and fantasy, so I chose a book called The Mysterious Island by Jules Vern. Unlike other books that were 200-300 pages each, I seem to recall this book was almost 400...
When Do You Walk Out of a Movie
At what point will you walk out of a movie? I faced this decision last night at Avatar Imax 3D. I chose to walk out. Why? About 30 minutes into the movie as the story moved to the first scenes of Jake exploring the forest the picture went wacky. It split into two images which was extremely painful to view on the eyes–much less so when removing the glasses. This disturbing problem continued for almost another 10 minutes all through...
Obsessive Hobby Disorder OHD
Years ago I was diagnosed with OHD–Obsessive Hobby Disorder. Apparently its rare, really rare. Mostly this is because the acronym and diagnosis was made up specifically to apply to me and from what I understand does not apply to anyone else. Or does it? You see, I was married at the time to a school teacher who dealt daily with 5th graders who had been pigeon holed and categorized with a variety of acronym type terms: ADD, ADHD, OCD,...
Cheese Phobia!
I have cheese phobia–a fear of cheese. It’s a very strange thing to admit and even write about. I’ve had it for most of my life, having it start back when I was about five years old. You see, when I grew up, I was never really exposed to cheese and my first experience was quite extreme. My mother gained her cooking skills from her mother, which is to say, she had very little in cooking skills when she married my father. Her skill set...