Random Thoughts

[Silver]

Seriously, auto correct......

How does semi-jogging in any way resemble semi-final?

[Mr.Obvious]

Pears are just failed apples.
There, I said it.

And for that matter, Why can't we compare Apples and oranges? One is clearly superior to the other.

[*Deidre*]

I just learned how to make spanish fried eggs from watching Barefoot Contessa. Imma thinkin' they can't be healthy. 

[Joods]

Something interesting happened to me at the supermarket today.  In particular, as I had finished gathering my golden delicious apples, I entered a t-intersection and was about to turn left when I noticed a gentleman who was moving back and forth perusing the vegetables in a manner that suggested that he was unaware of me (in other words, I came out of no where).  Thus, I proceeded slowly and was careful to make my way past him without bumping into him; however, while I was in the process of cautiously passing the gentleman, I became oblivious to my surroundings, and as a result, a different gentleman seemingly came out of nowhere (just like I had come out of nowhere) and waited for me  to pass so that he could enter the intersection.  Hence, in an instant, I found myself mirroring the behavior that I was trying to avoid, which enabled me to appreciate and understand the perspective of the first gentleman while simultaneously relating to and harmonizing the povs of both gentlemen.

You need to read this entire thing in an accent tag because that would just be so fucking fabulous. And I need to hear it. 
You know, for research purposes only, of course.

[The Valkyrie]

Pears are just failed apples.
There, I said it.

And for that matter, Why can't we compare Apples and oranges? One is clearly superior to the other.

My phone keeps replacing "I'll" with "I'Lloyd"

Stupid fucking thing.

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

Something interesting happened to me at the supermarket today.  In particular, as I had finished gathering my golden delicious apples, I entered a t-intersection and was about to turn left when I noticed a gentleman who was moving back and forth perusing the vegetables in a manner that suggested that he was unaware of me (in other words, I came out of no where).  Thus, I proceeded slowly and was careful to make my way past him without bumping into him; however, while I was in the process of cautiously passing the gentleman, I became oblivious to my surroundings, and as a result, a different gentleman seemingly came out of nowhere (just like I had come out of nowhere) and waited for me  to pass so that he could enter the intersection.  Hence, in an instant, I found myself mirroring the behavior that I was trying to avoid, which enabled me to appreciate and understand the perspective of the first gentleman while simultaneously relating to and harmonizing the povs of both gentlemen.

You need to read this entire thing in an accent tag because that would just be so fucking fabulous. And I need to hear it. 
You know, for research purposes only, of course.

You are very generous, Nymphadora.  With that said, I've recorded the passage quoted above just for you; it is embedded in hide-tags. 

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[Joods]

You need to read this entire thing in an accent tag because that would just be so fucking fabulous. And I need to hear it. 
You know, for research purposes only, of course.

You are very generous, Nymphadora.  With that said, I've recorded the passage quoted above just for you; it is embedded in hide-tags. 

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[Silver]

Leonardo Dicaprio is six feet tall. I don't know why I thought he was shorter.

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

I was just Browsing mediate.com and came across this article.  Here's a brief passage:

THE STAGE PLAY

If mediation were a stage play, the parties would be the main actors. The mediator would be the stage manager, and the lawyers would be the supporting actors. But now the supporting actors play a bigger role in this stage play. Or a main actor(party) declares "I don't want to be in front of .....I'll be in my dressing room, stage manager, come see me." In the dressing room the actor(party) says, "Here's what I want. Go on stage and deal with that thing out there." Now the stage manager has the role of star actor and has to deliver the lines on stage (to the other party.) But of course there are mediators that love the role change to star actor. But making sure to be neutral and unbiased. Seems easy since original lines(ideas) will not come from the mediator. It's the parties words and ideas that are delivered by the mediator.

Upon reflection, while I was interning at my county court house,  a particular mediation session stood out to me.  In particular, during the session break of this mediation session, the mediator shared some of her wisdom with me, which, to the best of my recollection, went as follows: the art of mediation is guiding the parties toward understanding and reconciliation without the parties being aware of it.  Thus, during the mediation, it is the mediator's hope that his or her efforts to facilitate a dialog between the parties will promote the safety and self-determination that is requisite for the parties to own their conflict and to engineer and own their resolution.

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

"Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it." General Omar N. Bradley

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." General Dwight D. Eisenhower