Tag Archives: accidents

Dystychiphobia Awareness

Posted on December 4, 2021 by swabby429

I felt compelled to look up the meaning of the word dystychiphobia because my calendar noted that today is “Dystychiphobia Awareness Day”. It turns out that some of my friends and myself may have some undiagnosed form of this condition. … Continue reading →

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Safe And Sound

Posted on August 18, 2020 by swabby429

It was a very near miss one August afternoon in 1999 near Worthington in southern Minnesota. I remember it vividly because it was such a close brush with serious injury or death. I was behind the wheel of my 1986 … Continue reading →

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Unlucky?

Posted on April 7, 2020 by swabby429

I have just enough residual, socially conditioned superstition to believe that today is a good day to ponder lucklessness. I have this niggling feeling because today is the seventh. The month is the fourth month–four being one of my lucky … Continue reading →

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