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I’m at Starbucks working on my laptop and a guy comes over to me. He points to the table where he’s sitting and his expensive looking Sony Vaio.

“Excuse me, but could you watch my stuff for a moment? I’m just going over to the counter to order something.”

I hate when people do that. How aggressive does he expect me to be if somebody wants his things? I let him know exactly what he could expect from me.

“Sure, I’ll watch it but if somebody grabs it and runs off, I’m not going to chase him down. I will however let you know.”

When he came back with his stuff, he smiled and said, “My stuff’s still there!”

I recall a case years ago where a person asked somebody else to watch their things. The stuff was stolen and the person watching the things was sued. Is it no wonder we have to protect ourselves even when we’re doing somebody a favor?

I’ve always loved optical illusions, but this one by far is my favorite. Why? Some ask a question such as, “which line is longer?” By the way it’s worded, you know it’s really a trick question and that the lines are probably the same length, even though they may not quite look that way.

This one however makes you say, “no way!” I had to drop the image into a graphic program and look at the RGB values before I was convinced. Even still, I’m shocked whenever I look at the image. The brain is really amazing in its interpretations.

Enjoy!

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070717.html

I love learning new and interesting ways of doing normal, everything things. Here’s a nice list of different ways of lacing up your shoes or sneakers. Try them out and you’ll definitely get the attention of others.

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I hate Girlscout cookies.

Actually, I love them, which is exactly why I hate them. They taste good and they’re great with a large glass of milk. But lets face it. They’re not particularly good for you.

This is why I hate them. Not because of what they do to me, but because of what they do to the Girlscouts. While we try to get our kids to eat healthy and make good choices, we make them sell a food with little health benefit in order to make money. Is this right? Shouldn’t we practice what we preach?

I used to buy cookies from the Girlscouts, but no longer. I try to keep a healthy lifestyle and cookies just are not part of my diet. So as mean as I may seem to the innocent little girl at my door, I just can’t bring myself to buying something that I know is bad for me, no matter who is selling it.

I would like to see the Girlscouts offer some healthy options While there are those that are going to buy the cookies, I would be happy to order dried fruit or other creative, healthy foods. How about it Girlscouts? Are you up to the challenge? If you came by with some healthy options, you’d definitely have me sold.