Why Do People Ask for the Agenda?

Why do people call their spouse as they are traveling home from work and ask them what their agenda is for the evening?  Or ask their spouse (who happens to be a teacher) what their agenda is every morning during the summer?  Let me tell you once and for all... the agenda is the "NO AGENDA" Agenda.  Got it?  Some of us live our entire professional lives by agendas.  Do you think we want or need an agenda every evening?  What's YOUR agenda?  Do you really need to have someone give you an agenda every second of the day?  You need to come up with an agenda for yourself so you can stop asking me for MY agenda.  You want to know what's on my agenda?  I will tell you what's on my agenda - telling you that I don't have an agenda.  That's what's on my agenda.

Why Do People Make Their Babies Look Like Food?

Why do people dress their babies up to look like food for Halloween?  I have seen babies looking like tacos, sushi, spaghetti, sub sandwiches, you name it.  Sometimes its not even food.  I saw a baby dressed up like a marijuana leaf.  Really? Are you serious? That baby is going to be mad at their parents when they grow up and look at that picture.  Not only are they dumb costumes, but the babies look severely uncomfortable in them.  So nice that people are entertained at their baby's expense!

What's With the Public Birthday Parties?

Why do people have to celebrate birthdays in public?  Have you ever been sitting at a restaurant sharing a nice meal with your family or friends, and all of a sudden the staff breaks out in the Happy Birthday song?  You have now been forced to become part of a birthday celebration of a complete stranger.  You have to interrupt your relaxing evening in order to share in the glee of someone's birthday that you have never met.  In my opinion, if you want to celebrate your birthday, do it at a private party in a private home and invite people that can decide yes or no if they want to attend your party.  People should not be forced to be a "guest" at public birthday parties.  That's all.

Train Commuters

There are two types of Train Commuters.  One type of Train Commuter is the Independent Thinker.  He or she spends his or her time on the train reading the newspaper, drinking coffee, and working on a laptop.  The other type of Train Commuter is the Group Thinker.  He or she spends his or her time on the train talking to other Group Thinkers, trying to figure how they are going to think about issues.  The issues are usually unimportant, such as discussing their minor health problems or gossiping about other people's lives.  If something happens either on the train, in someone else's life, or even out in the Great Big World, the Group Thinkers all come up with the same deduction.  That deduction is seldom based on logical information.  When speaking with a Train Commuter Group Thinker outside of the Commuter Circle, the Group Thinker will often times begin a sentence with,"a woman on the train said..." or "some women on the train ..."  Hmmm... the Group Thinkers often times work for the Independent Thinkers.  Wonder why?

I need to fix my face.

I have been told on more than one occasion to "fix my face".  I must have one of those faces that communicates what I'm thinking.  Sometimes when people are speaking either to me or near me, I can't believe that certain things are actually coming out of their mouths.  I'm sure everyone has felt the same way, it's just that they don't actually show it in their expressions.  Maybe that's not so bad.  It certainly does save a lot of time and energy that you don't have to tell people that what they are saying is simply ridiculous.

Fuzzy Math

I understand that not everyone is good at math.  Maybe a famous writer might need an accountant because his or her forte' is writing, not numbers.  Maybe an artist isn't so hot at math.  Math is a left brained function and creativity is a right brained function.  I get it.  Creative people get business managers and accountants, or at least a mathematically inclined family member to help with their finances.  But of course I am sure that no matter how abstract and creative they are, they can at least subtract 1 from 180.  (That equals 179 right?)  So how is it possible that a CFO that is in charge of ALOT of money and who probably makes a good dollar, cannot subtract 1 from 180?  Shouldn't a CFO (business manager) have decent math skills?  Shouldn't someone in charge of MILLIONS of dollars have simple, common sense number sense?  Mind-boggling! (oh yea, and stop giving me that deer-caught-in-the-headlights-look!)