TIME TO MAKE MY SIGNATURE CHICKEN SOUP IN MY BELOVED DUTCH OVEN
YUMMY!!!!!
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
CARS, CHICKS, AND RACING
DYLAN'S RACER
THE CHICKEN (AKA - "DERBY CHICK") - MOM'S CAR
DYLAN SMOKING THE COMPETITION! Dylan ended up with 2nd in his Den (out of 8) and somewhere between 7th and 12th in the whole Pack (41 cars total). "Derby Chick" took home 1st in the Parent's Division (out of 6). A good day of racing!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
ANOTHER SOCIAL EXPERIMENT
How many times per day do you ask (or are you asked) "how are you doing?" or "what's up?" or some other form of the the two? And of those times, how often do you get (or give) a real response other than "good" or "pretty good" or "not much" or "same ole', same ole" or some form of those very blah, generic responses?
I believe we are all PROGRAMMED to EXPECT these questions and responses as we pass people in the halls or sidewalks or wherever, in an effort to not appear rude, but with no real expectation of an ACTUAL legitimate answer. We simply ask (or answer) and keep moving with whatever we are doing. We even answer (or receive an answer) to the opposite question that was asked. EXAMPLE - "how are you?" gets a response of "not much" - anticipating one of the usual questions, you (or the other person) spout out the usual, generic response, but to the wrong question.
No real conversation is expected, just two people trying not to appear rude.
This happens every day, every minute, everywhere. And today after witnessing it yet again, I decided to run a social experiment. I was out in our hangar watching some helos take off, and one of our civilian contractors was approaching. I began walking toward him, and when we were about 10 - 12 feet apart, I mumbled some gibberish - not even real words. Sure enough, as we passed each other, he said "good, how about you?" AND NEVER EVEN SLOWED DOWN OR LOOKED BACK.
FASCINATING. I LOVE IT. I highly recommend that you try it out.
I believe we are all PROGRAMMED to EXPECT these questions and responses as we pass people in the halls or sidewalks or wherever, in an effort to not appear rude, but with no real expectation of an ACTUAL legitimate answer. We simply ask (or answer) and keep moving with whatever we are doing. We even answer (or receive an answer) to the opposite question that was asked. EXAMPLE - "how are you?" gets a response of "not much" - anticipating one of the usual questions, you (or the other person) spout out the usual, generic response, but to the wrong question.
No real conversation is expected, just two people trying not to appear rude.
This happens every day, every minute, everywhere. And today after witnessing it yet again, I decided to run a social experiment. I was out in our hangar watching some helos take off, and one of our civilian contractors was approaching. I began walking toward him, and when we were about 10 - 12 feet apart, I mumbled some gibberish - not even real words. Sure enough, as we passed each other, he said "good, how about you?" AND NEVER EVEN SLOWED DOWN OR LOOKED BACK.
FASCINATING. I LOVE IT. I highly recommend that you try it out.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
IRONY
The Sirius Star was captured by pirates in November with 25 crew members, 450 nautical miles southeast of Kenya. Yesterday five of the eight Somali pirates drowned when a wave washed over their getaway boat as they squabbled over over how to split their $3 million ransom. The ransom money had been dropped from a low flying airplane and the pirates were trying to make a quick get-a-way in their small boat with rough seas. TRAGIC ISN'T IT?Thursday, January 8, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
FOR DINNER TONIGHT I HAD...
OK, SO IT WASN'T GOURMET OR HEALTHY IN ANY WAY, BUT, THAT'S WHAT SOUNDED GOOD!
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