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03/19/2008: "Pointless Filler #27"

Three things I've learned this week:

1. Although I still can't explain why shrimp makes me ill -- even though other seafood and even shellfish seem to have no effect and I was fine with shrimp until 4 or 5 years ago -- I now believe that even the smallest amount must be avoided. Sometimes I have sandwiches with those crab or lobster chunks -- you know, the ones that have no crab or lobster, just some kind of fish with crab or lobster flavoring. This last brand I tried actually had a very small number of shrimp mixed in. And a few hours after eating it, I paid the price. It could have been worse. But for about four hours I was wishing I could go back and not eat that sandwich.

2. It would appear that I need to leave home before 6:15 to avoid extensive construction delays, which just started this week. And even though I have two main routes to work that have no overlap, they both have construction on them, worse than usual. That's the wisdom of the government and their construction industry cronies. Leave Dan with no alternate routes. And dollars to donuts (did you just say "dollars to donuts", grandpa?), next winter (or next year, or next decade) when the construction is done, the roads will be no better than they were a year ago.

3. The strong taste of grapefruit juice -- and I mean that in an offensive way -- is so powerful that it comes through even when the juice is mixed with Gatorade and water and only makes up 20% of the final solution. It's overwhelming. So, bye bye, grapefruit juice. See ya. Would not wish to be ya.