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# When a Pounding Headache Fades
- URL: https://www.jamesreeves.co/bear/
- Published: 2020-11-30T23:14:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-15T03:49:34.000Z
- Author: James A. Reeves
- Tags: Notebook

Light snowfall here in Ohio, and the weather report was mixed with grim coronavirus forecasts. I want to believe things are moving in a better direction, that these days of anxiety and pain might produce a better world.

Tonight I realized I hadn’t thought about the president in days, and the effect is like the relief when a pounding headache fades. I’m not sure if this is due to a healthier media diet on my part or if he’s temporarily disappeared to sulk in some gold-plated room, only to return in worse form. Pointing this out, however, raises [the white bear problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic%5Fprocess%5Ftheory?ref=jamesreeves.co).