This post is a collection of facts with no theme. If you don’t like it and send an insulting email, I’ll track you down and make you listen to my daylong lecture on how to be polite.

I bought a pair of Skechers running shoes for the first time. They have memory-foam inserts which are very, very comfortable.

Now that I’ve indulged in such luxury, I might be just a step away from the next level. I’m thinking of switching out my 2-person camping tent for a 36-foot RV. And the front porch steps may soon be covered with a ramp for my new motorized wheelchair.

When I have things to do, I like to bike instead of drive, even when grocery shopping. This may seem mean, but I like to make my cat Gloopy lay on the sidewalk so I can run over and squish her as I leave.

Sometimes I ride with my arms folded, no hands on the handlebars. Once, a pair of very young kids saw me, and I overheard them expressing astonishment at the guy riding with no hands.

I did a one-day road trip in rural Idaho recently with two of my former college roommates. At one stop we happened to be next to a cattle guard. I’ve been wanting to do a short video for this blog in which I fall through the bars because I’m so thin. So I got my camera and asked my former roommate to film me.

It didn’t turn out the way I hoped. I need to set it up better.

Finally, I’ve been having problems with my refrigerator. Like anyone else, I thought the solution was hiring a repairman who would tear into it. Then I realized I’m like the person who thinks surgery is the answer for every medical problem.

Like alternative medical treatment for people, there are alternative repairs for appliances. I used electro-shock rebalancing (unplugging and plugging-in repeatedly), conversational healing (compliments and affirmations), and touch therapy (hugging).

Now my fridge purrs like the day I bought it.