Name the most expensive personal item you’ve ever purchased (not your home or car).
Given the criteria of not being a house or car, and the addition of it being a “personal item”, I would have to say cell phone or laptop. I have also purchased appliances and lawnmowers and such, but I don’t consider them personal. I am not inordinately attached to my refrigerator. 😉
I get gut feelings sometimes. I think everyone does.
This can be about a person or a situation. My gut feelings have helped me avoid some rather unpleasant things, and been the cause of winning several hundred dollars with my last dollar at a casino, leading to a marginal net gain for the day. My gut feelings have also, at times, amounted to nothing more than amplified anxiety, so there is that to consider.
There was one particular situation where I didn’t listen to my gut, and I will live with that regret for the rest of my life because it had a very real, very severe impact on someone else.
I don’t know where gut feelings come from, and could probably write pages or talk for hours discussing the possibilities, but I’m not prepared to do that right now, I just wanted to put something out there on this topic. Maybe spark some thoughts for someone or some discussion. 🙂
Back to my drink and some random Saturday night research!
Have a great night!
How good are you at keeping secrets?
I can’t make a general statement about this because I am certainly not omniscient, and I don’t know what I don’t know. But.
I do know that there are people who love to gossip. Who can’t wait to share whatever interesting tid bit they found out, even if it’s not the whole story, and perhaps not even true. I also know that there are people who like to share all the details of their life, sometimes without regard for the interest of the audience in those details.
I heard a saying once, “Three can keep a secret if two of them are dead.”
The point is, if someone tells you anything overly personal or confidential in any way, and especially if they flat out tell you that it’s not public info or that they’ve told no one else, or very few people, you have an obligation (via the trust placed in you) to not say anything about it to anyone else. It is not your place to share because it’s not your information. There are, of course, exceptions. For example, if the person is planning to hurt themselves or others in any way, that’s a time to seriously consider breaching that trust. In fact, it’s the only time that I am aware of that a heath care provider can (and has the obligation to) breach patient confidentiality.
Everyone has their own secrets but not everyone can keep the secrets of others. How do you rate?
I know there different people out there – morning people, night owls, those comfortably in the middle. I can, and have, adapted to all of these. I’ve worked overnights. I’ve worked overnights and a mid-shift day job. I’ve worked a 9-5. I’ve worked retail, and we all know that means that your schedule is different. Every. Fucking. Week.
Anyway. I have decided that my ideal schedule is that of a night owl. I function very well when the rest of the world is sleeping; dreaming without the threat of an alarm going off. When the creepy things are said to be out and about. When people are afraid for whatever reason. And I don’t know why that invigorates me, but it does. I am more creative, more passionate. That’s just how it is.
Now, I can function otherwise. I’m not someone who is locked into a routine. I am adaptable. But, I suppose that if my ideal method of functioning is that of a “night owl”, that kinda makes me nocturnal, doesn’t it?
I’m up later than I should be working on something I probably shouldn’t be, but I want to, and I’m writing this in the downtime, so yeah.
How cool would it be if society could/ would adapt to people’s internal clocks? For example, if I were a marketing person – executive or otherwise – what if the firm i work for said, “You’re a night person? Ok cool. We’ll have daily calls set in the afternoon for you to get clarity on projects, and then you can have the night to do your thing.”
And for the early bird? “Oh, you like to be up early? Great. we’ll schedule daily calls for you late morning to early afternoon, and your day can be done by 3pm.”
How awesome would that be?
Side note. capitalization is bullshit. sometimes. i prefer not to use it other than for names, honestly. i can tell where the start of a sentence is by the period from the last sentence.
and with that, i’m done. have a great night!
Anyone who has, or has ever had, a dog has been subjected to this test, even if they don’t realize that’s what it’s called.
When you go anywhere unusual, are gone for longer than usual, or (especially) if you come home after being around other animals, your dog or dogs will sniff at your clothes, hands, face and hair with extreme interest. This includes pausing in areas where the foreign scent is strongest, pressing their nose into it to really get at it. This can go on for a minute or two, but in some cases, such as tonight, it can literally be a 20 minute ordeal.
This is the super sniff test, and is a requirement of being a dog owner.
I went to visit a friend of mine tonight and pick up some fresh venison while I was there. The meat, of course, was the primary interest, but once that was put away, it was my turn to essentially be interrogated. My friend has two dogs, one of them being a mastiff who loves attention and leaning on people.
This, of course led to lots of sniffing, some whining and a ton of reassurance from me. They don’t understand why you smell like another animal, so you have to remind them that you love them and they are your favorite. ❤️🐶
What’s something you believe everyone should know.
That it is impossible to actually know anything.
We can know things, but it’s always with a caveat. It’s what we know at that time. it’s what we have the capacity to know given our limited senses and frames of reference. It’s what we have the ability to understand.
A person can only know something with absolute certainty if they know everything. And it is impossible that a human being can know everything.
We accept and say that we know things because we know them with a high degree of certainty. But the truth is, we never really know 100%. This works, to an extent, and is necessary for us to function in any sort of efficient manner. But, because we can’t know everything, we should always keep in mind that we don’t actually know anything.
Keep an open mind and learn everything you can. You’ll never learn everything, but it’s a great experience to try to.
A Peculiar Cerebral Tangle 