Surely you know someone who always seems to agree. It doesn’t matter what is being discussed, that person is right in the thick of it, nodding their head in concurrence. Here’s something fun to try the next time such a person comes to you with a question. I’ll run you through a conversation I had with just such a person earlier today.
agreeable: “John, I’ve got a…
It all started with an infection. My doctor gave me antibiotics, but I didn’t tolerate them very well, so I ate yogurt. An easy to prepare lunch for work was born. It’s easy to pack and it’s easy to eat. Very little energy is necessary to complete either task. This is why I still eat yogurt for lunch. It isn’t because I’m on some diet. It certainly isn’t because…
1. Always choose fruit flavoring that is dark in color and full in flavor – preferably sweet, not bitter.
2. Don’t give the “live and active cultures” any extra time to culture.
3. Cold is good, warm is a trip to the ER.
4. Yogurt and fried foods don’t mix.
5. Pick an appropriate beverage to wash it down; preferably something not overly sweet. And for heaven’s…
About fifteen minutes ago the sax music got more cheerful. About ten minutes ago it became apparent that the sax man was no longer alone. I peered out my third floor window and I saw something that was only slightly less unlikely than a man panhandling: two people from another department getting married. It turns out the basket was for wedding gifts, not donations for the sax man.
Riding into work…
My office is in the very back of our office complex. My office window does not face any of the other buildings. There is one, mostly deserted sidewalk, between my office and Tampa Bay.
Can someone tell me why there is a man with an empty wicker basket, playing saxophone outside my office window?
He’s really quite good; but since there is an empty training suite below me, many of my…
Yogurt is the most disgusting substance that I purposefully put in my mouth on a routine basis. It beats out things like cottage cheese and brie because, as Nancy Reagan says, I, “just say no.” Pre-mixed yogurt isn’t too bad. You remove the cover and you see a substance that looks a little bit like pudding. Pudding is good! Contrast this with the look and feel of the fruit on the…
Here’s an experiment that you can try at home. Take half a pound of cooked spaghetti. Next, run the water in your kitchen sink and start the garbage disposal. Now feed as much of the cooked spaghetti into the disposal as you can at one time. With practice you should be able to feed almost all of it down the disposal at one time. If you have standard residential plumbing this should cause…
Take your typical emotion. Now tie in a child. Many times that emotion multiplies when a child is involved. Take the issue of involuntary institutionalization due to mental illness. Imagine someone who suffers from an illness which leads them to go after people with a knife in anger. There is little question that this person needs to be put away, as a matter of public safety. Now imagine that this…
O.K. mister, hold it right there! I want you to give me all of your carbs! Everybody just stay calm and no one will get hurt. HEY! Keep your hands away from those bun-less burgers! I said I want CARBS! I’m running out of energy here so hurry it up! You people and your weird diets, you wanna lose weight? I’ve got a diet for ya. We’ll call it the “lube job” diet. Just…