It's a grayish Monday with lots of folks having the day off and still other folks wishing they had the day off.
There are lots of things I could be doing today, but nothing is earth-shattering, so I'll wait until tomorrow. The world will not come to a screeching halt if I do not go the grocery store today. Banks are closed, so I'll put off my contribution to world commerce until tomorrow.
On ocassion, the day without mail delivery is welcome. It seems as if I am inundated with credit card offers or catalogs that I no longer subscribe to. I've tried calling. I've tried writing. A word of advice: don't bother writing. Your message to be removed from the mailing list never gets past the person you opened the envelope with your request in the first place. Calling is a no-go as well. Your call goes to the wrong place when you've been handed up the ladder, or your call is lost in switchboard limbo. On the chance that you actually talk to a real person who is in a position to help, you will spend entirely too much time explaining your circumstances just like you did to the person that answered the phone the first time. Returning catalogs marked "recipent deceased" might set off bells somewhere that you would prefer to have been left unrung. I guess the easiest thing to do would be to save up all your unwanted catalogs and burn them when you are really cold. This accomplishes several things. First, it frees up space for you to save up more catalogs to burn at the next cold snap. Next, the resulting fire will keep you warm. This provides an environmental benefit because the ashes from the burned catalogs take up a lot less space in the landfill.
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