This is the second post of the morning, the first one being here.

It was, I’m afraid, a new milestone in Senior Moments. It wasn’t particularly worse than some of the ones I’ve had, but it was definitely a milestone, being an amalgamation of White Bear Problem, ohnosecond and WordPress.

I’m not sure if I’ve covered the White Bear Problem before – it’s where a researcher says “Whatever you do, don’t think of a white bear.” And you do. It may be Ursa Maritimus, a Panserbjørne or just Pipaluk, but it’s there, a bright white, big-bottomed ursine twerking its way across your imagination. (I admit that Baloo the Bear from the 1960s Jungle Book plays a part in my imaginary visions of bears.)

I wrote a haibun on the subject. So far it has been shown to three unappreciative editors and is currently waiting deep in the bowels of my computer for me to get back to it and make major improvements. I’ve tried to polish it each time it has come back but it clearly needs something more radical. I tend to work on three rejections being a sign that a major rework is necessary.

Anywhere, there I was with a completed blog post on broccoli soup. It needed photos but it was getting late so I thought I’d park it and leave it for morning. So I scrolled down, looking for the “Save Draft” button and thinking “Do not press ‘Publish.'”

Guess what I did? That’s right, I scrolled down, saw the pink button and as I got to the “Publish” part of my thought, I pressed the button despite telling myself not to.

Then I said “Oh, no!”

Fortunately I was able to move it round and put it back in drafts before completing it this morning.

Definitely a new milestone, plus an opportunity to mention Pipaluk and The Jungle Book, which are both happy memories from childhood.  It also, of course, gives me a subject to write about. Now all I need is some photographs.

I’ll put some of my new head razor here, as I’ve just been using it whilst sitting at my desk. I really am remarkably well-groomed at the moment. Julia looked at my head and went to get some moisturiser to rub in. It had been standing on the bathroom windowsill and was very cold, particularly as I wasn’t expecting it.

Five cutting elements and an LED display  – what is the world coming to?