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Train of Thoughts

June 18, 2024 12 Comments

By Dart Humeston

I googled how to stop obsessive thoughts, but Google suggested how to stop snoring, so I jumped down that rabbit hole which led to raising rabbits and then how a giant rabbit came to represent Easter. This propelled me to search for the origin of the word Easter, which is apparently rooted in the Germanic word for dawn.

That immediately called to mind the leggy woman I worked with years ago named Dawn and the saying about waking up at the crack of dawn, leading to me seeing the sunrise and realizing I should’ve been looking for ways to treat insomnia.

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  1. Laura Besley says

    June 18, 2024 at 9:39 am

    Very clever!

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  2. Jim Harrington says

    June 18, 2024 at 10:57 am

    Well done, Dart.

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  3. Shoshauna says

    June 18, 2024 at 11:56 am

    Enjoyed this, Dart, very relatable.

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  4. Deborah Sale-Butler says

    June 18, 2024 at 6:57 pm

    Funny and so true.

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    • Joana Figueiredo says

      June 21, 2024 at 5:56 am

      Unfortunately, this is incredibly relatable and also the reason I can’t really watch movies.

      Last time I felt the need to know the actor’s birthdays I ended up reading about funeral rites in ancient Greece, so…

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  5. Ed Kratz says

    June 19, 2024 at 9:25 am

    Very well done.

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  6. Bud says

    June 19, 2024 at 10:31 am

    It’s such a funny story because most of us have been there!

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  7. David Higham says

    June 19, 2024 at 10:53 am

    I laughed out loud. Thank you.

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  8. Pamela Cartlidge says

    June 22, 2024 at 4:18 am

    Loved it. I often go off piste when googling something.

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  9. marie says

    June 27, 2024 at 5:51 pm

    nice!

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  10. Lisa H. Owens says

    July 3, 2024 at 10:52 am

    Oh, yes. The old Google Rabbithole, a place we are all familiar with. I loved it! Well done.

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  11. jaxson-dan says

    December 2, 2024 at 8:24 pm

    Loved the stream of association.

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