I DEMAND JUSTICE! But if there must be injustice, let it be in my favor.

"Most serial killers are men. That's because women prefer to kill one man slowly, over a period of many, many years." - Robert Duchaine

We may have a winner in the Arizona Division of the Darwin Awards. This morning a guy tried to rob a liquor store. He apparently didn't notice that the store was directly across from a police substation. You'd think he would have noticed all the police motorcycles parked in front for a special training meeting, but he apparently didn't. When he came out of the store with the cash the cops were there to meet him. He refused to drop his gun so they dropped him. He's in the hospital with life threatening injuries.

Manny Ramirez is now a Dodger. That would be the Dodgers who are two games back of the first place Arizona Diamondbacks. If Manny decides to actually play ball we may be in trouble.
Scotty Bowman just signed a deal to work for the Chicago Blackhawks. Josh & Aubri will have to rename their dog in the face of this crossover to the dark side.

I saw a guy swimming laps this afternoon using a snorkel. If I used a snorkel it would reduce by one third the amount of coordination required. Without having to turn my head to breathe, all I'd have to do is work my arms alternately and kick with my feet.
Yeah, probably still too much for me to pull off.

Maybe you read the story that said people who tend to overthink things are less likely to develop Alzheimer's. Apparently thinking through problems in life, especially job and family issues, over and over again reduces the chances for developing dementia.
That surprised me. I figured overthinking issues, especially problems, would cause physical symptoms, and those would manifest themselves as mental problems. So that by the time you hit old age your brain would be scrambled.
Then I got to thinking about the way I think about things. I rarely sleep through the night, especially if I have an issue with a job I'm working on. I wake up at 2 a.m. and think how the problem can be solved. By the time I get up in the morning I very often have it all worked out. So is the lack of sleep insuring my mental health? What's bad for my body is good for my brain?
I think about church stuff all the time too. Driving into town today I turned off the radio and chewed on Sunday's sermon. I also thought through our continued development as an organization, and what steps should be taken in the months ahead to develop a biblical infrastructure. I thought about my sermon more on the way home. Was that good for me?
And is this study reliable? It asked about 2,000 men in middle age if they were inclined to ruminate over life's issues, and then re-interviewed them 30 years later to see if their thinking was addled.
Think about the variables involved here. Who's to say what constitutes thinking vs. overthinking? And three decades later what may have seemed to someone like reasonable mental processing at the time can, in retrospect look like stewing. Or visa versa.
So am I overthinking or just thinking?
And if I'm overthinking, should I stop? Maybe obsessing over things is the best thing I can do.
On the other hand, my chances for developing Alzheimer's are slim based on family history, if I remember correctly. So the short term health risks of stressing over things probably outweigh whatever advantages it gives me for avoiding dementia.
Assuming what I'm doing is stressing. It may just be responsible thinking - giving serious matters due diligence. Anything less would be negligence.
And is the level of stress I feel any valid indication of whether or not it's overthinking? Feelings are a notoriously bad guage of anything.

What do you think?