by: Guy and Rodd

1.  You ever feel like the odd man out?  Yeah, me nether.

2.  First recognizing that you have fixed ideas is pretty powerful.  That takes an amazing amount of selflessness on your part.  But to actually see other points of views, and decide which is for the greater good, now that’s awe-inspiring.  Not many people have this ability.  And please understand, this is an ability.

3.  I feel bad for people who have either a phobia about touching other people, or they just don’t like to be touched.  I love hugs, the bigger the better!!  That is, of course, unless I don’t like that person, then not so much.

4. I swear to God this was a news story on Yahoo.  The headline:  “Los Angeles Students Get iPad for Classroom, Play Video Games Instead.”  Duh!!!  That’s just good stuff.  They seriously didn’t see this coming???  One week after distributing the hi-tech tool to kids, someone hacked it and discovered how to disable the security restrictions blocking games, Facebook, etc…  These kids at least are thinking outside the box.

5.  I love a really nice full radio voice.  But seriously, there are people who walk this earth who think they are “on-the-air” ALL THE TIME.  Also, I have a hard time with DJs who sound like they’re trying to having a “radio voice” as oppose to just speaking naturally.

6.  Seen on Yahoo Health, “8 Comfort Foods that Burn Fat”  The article listed pumpkin pie, hot chocolate, oatmeal, chicken soup, pot roast, roasted veggies, potatoes, and chili.  You could actually make a 4-5 course meal with all these items.  I wonder if you did, would you lose weight?  Yet another experiment I could get behind.

They also go on to say that hot cocoa can possibly ward off dementia in elderly people.

7. New Pearl Jam?  New Stone Temple Pilots?  I’m in!

8. I attended a family party last weekend.  Several of my cousins I grew up with were there.  I always love seeing them and catching up.  It use to be tradition that my cousin Michael would pick up Syd Rose and carry her around on his shoulders. Well since she wasn’t there because SHE IS IN OREGON, he decided we should take a picture of me on his shoulders.  I was scared to death he was going to hurt his back.  We sent the photo immediately via text message to Syd who got it while hanging out with friends in Portland.  She loved it!  I posted it on Facebook, however, I did not post the photo of Michael after he put me down.

9. I pity the child whose parents put the fear of the world in their heads.

10. I use to dress up for Halloween when we would take Sydney Rose out door-to-door.  One year we were Madeline and Miss Clavelle; another time she was a vampire, I was her victim, and yet another time we were Indians, she was Pocahontas.  It was more important to me that Sydney Rose embraced the goofiness, than me retaining my dignity.

My dignity has been through the wringer.  And somehow, I just get goofier as I get older.

11. Speaking of losing my dignity, I once walked out of the restroom at work (not City Hall) years ago, with my skirt tucked up in my panty hose.  Main reason I no longer wear them!  Panty hose that is, not skirts! (Yeah, I don’t have a photo for that one).

12. “The guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat.” – Jean-Paul Sartre

Thanks for listening!