{"id":1163,"date":"2017-01-24T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=1163"},"modified":"2017-01-24T16:13:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:13:40","slug":"mysteries-of-the-human-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/?p=1163","title":{"rendered":"Mysteries of the Human Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026Or \u201cWhat the Hell Does This<\/em> Have to Do With That<\/em>?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Example the first:<\/em><\/p>\n

It started several years ago as I was buying gas. While the pump was running, as was my habit, I got back in the car and got out my \u201cgas & oil\u201d record keeping book. (Yes, I\u2019m one of those people.) As I turned to the current page & started to record the gas purchase, I happened to think of Steve Ott<\/a>. As far as I can figure out, there was absolutely no reason whatsoever for it. He just popped into my mind. I didn\u2019t really think of anything about<\/em> him, just\u2026thought of him. Just that he is.<\/p>\n

Jump forward to the next time I bought gas. Same point in the process. Open the book, flip to the page, and I thought, \u201cOh, yeah. The last time I did this, I thought of Steve Ott.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s all it took. From then on, every single time I recorded a gasoline purchase, I thought of Steve Ott. For no. reason. whatsoever. But it happened every time.<\/p>\n

At least it did for a few years. Then, for some reason, as I was thinking of Ott, I happened to think of Brenden Dillon<\/a>. Again, for absolutely no reason, and there\u2019s no connection between them besides the fact that they each played for the Stars at the time they became part of my gas-buying routine. But there he was.<\/p>\n

For the next few times, then, I thought, \u201cOh, yeah. I used to think of Steve Ott when I bought gas. Now I think of Brenden Dillon.\u201d Same thought\u2014or non-thought\u2014process though. I didn\u2019t think anything about him, just thought of him. And so it became Dillon who was connected to buying gas. Get out the record book, think of Dillon. [sigh]<\/p>\n

\"Steve<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a while now and the last couple of times I\u2019ve bought gas, I\u2019ve simply thought about the fact that I used<\/em> to think about Dillon & Ott. I don\u2019t think I think of any current or former Stars players now.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little bit of a let down, to be honest. But that\u2019s okay. Now when I \u2018select all\u2019 email, I think of Tyler Seguin<\/a>. ?<\/p>\n

(NO IT DOESN\u2019T MAKE ANY SENSE.)<\/p>\n

(THAT\u2019S THE POINT.) #mystery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026Or \u201cWhat the Hell Does This Have to Do With That?\u201d Example the first: It started several years ago as I was buying gas. While the pump was running, as was my habit, I got back in the car and got out my \u201cgas & oil\u201d record keeping book. (Yes, I\u2019m one of those people.) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1163"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1171,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1163\/revisions\/1171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originalorknot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}