Things that deserve the stink-eye:

how teens load the dishwasher (on the rare occasion they actually load the dishwasher).

#allinonepocket
#lazymuch?
#wow

Things that are most likely the devil:

Pshaw. Yeah right Old Dutch. Well played, well played. Chips in our house never make it to the next day let alone the expiry date. Ditto everyone else's house I'm pretty sure. And you evil-corporation-whose-sole-purpose-is-to-keep-the-masses-addicted-to-mmm-deep-fried-salty-snacks know it.

On a loosely related note, I once drove by a potato chip factory in Prince Edward Island. Um yeah. And I am not embarrassed to say I remember it better than Anne of Green Gable's House. You know something? I bet heaven smells like chips. *hangs head in shame*


#completelygivenup
#vowstochange
#untiligethungryagain

Thought-Leaders

I don't know if you've noticed this but I like to think. And I like to think that other people like to think too.

Yet, to be honest, it wasn’t always this way. It’s true that as far back as I can recall I have been lost in my thoughts. And that was my preferred hang out. Quite comfortable. Quite safe. Quite inside my own box.

For many of those early years, I was so stuck in my own head there was no one but myself to expand my thinking. In other words, my thinking was like a hamster on a wheel: exercising, but getting nowhere.

This is why I am sometimes prone to narrow thinking. And because I’m aware of that, it’s also why narrow thinking makes me claustrophobic. I need to give my head a shake every now and again. We all do. But do we?

Imagine life’s challenges without the influence of great thinkers and their wisdom. This is why I believe we need thought-leaders. Thought-leaders with credentials. Think about this. When I reflect on those first influences who planted seeds that actually grew into thoughts, I realize something about myself with complete clarity: I used to be an idiot. (And I still have a way to go.) In fact, considering those early thought-leaders, it’s a wonder I can think at all: 
1. The Swedish Chef. 
2. My cousin who liked to boil frogs. 
3. A kid at school who made stink-bombs. 
4. Pac-Man. 
5.Gilligan.

Other than the Swedish Chef, a tad feeble. (And I'm surprised I didn't become a terrorist.) But that was then and this is now and that’s my message: it’s never too late to be influenced by great thinkers and even become one yourself. I am in awe of all the people who make me think now. Every day. My hamster has finally left the building.

So...I’m wondering if you’re wondering too. Who are the thought-leaders in your life?

Things one should never outgrow:

walking in the rain.

#watchwhereyouaregoing

Wordfuse (Oxymoron Edition)

There's an elderly couple who live down the street. They're probably around 80. Minimum. Almost every day I see them walking to or from the local coffee shop. Even in the winter, her big, wide coat is unzipped. He always wears the same plaid jacket. Sometimes they hold hands. But usually they are arguing. She will be ten steps ahead barking at him to hurry up. He will attempt to mess with her by navigating off the street in some random wayward direction which must be a regular game for them because she periodically stops, turns and shoots a withering look at him. Or shouts. That's his cue to freeze. Then he corrects his steering and continues toddling behind her.

They might be insane. And even though they're kind of cute, possibly even somewhat adorable, they scare the crap out of me.

Things that deserve the stink-eye:

This is why I don't go golfing much.

#howisthisevenpossible?
#spendingthedaywithMac

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Nothing says classy like eating your can of Vienna Sausage (Saucisse Viennoise), then finishing your last smoke followed by shoving your empty cigarette package in the can and throwing it out your truck window so that on the first weekend in May a volunteer, attempting with a group of other volunteers to beautify the community, can pick up your Top-Chef-immunity-challenge-type-garbage and throw in the trash for you. Nope. Nothing says classy like that.

#fancynameforcannedwieners
#dryheave
#iamfeelingalittlebitter
#maybesomeonestolealimo?
#ieatweirdstufftoo
#butidonothuckitoutthewindow

Things that are most likely the devil:

stepping on Lego.

#nowonderthisisameme

Wordfuse (A little late Edition)

It's that socially awkward aha moment when you suddenly get the joke, but it's also the moment when you realize that everyone else got it, like 30 minutes ago. And they're all staring at you. Ahaaaaawkward.

#dorkhappens
#everyoneknowsatleastonepersonlikethis

Things that deserve the stink-eye:

when the in-laws drop off death-by-chocolate because they don't want all that too-tempting, artery-clogging food in their own home and they know that we, collectively, have the willpower of a lemming. And by we, I mean me. (I am the lemming.)

#midnightsnack
#thisdessertcomeswithdiabetes
#sigh