Today, I attended an internal workshop called, "Maintain Your Brain." I thought it was going to be about fixing my brain which apparently has lost the ability to hold any piece of information (except baseball scores) for more than 2.3 seconds.
The session was well attended with my fellow colleagues, all of who obviously thought there was something wrong with our minds.
For some reason this got me thinking about the Evil Dogbert and how he could take advantage of something like this... He would throw one of these sessions. People would attend in droves (because, let's face it, everybody's memory stinks these days) and then he would "remind" everyone that there is a $25 fee. If anyone said they didn't remember anything about a required fee, he'd just say, "You really need this class, huh?"
When your brain is screwed up and you get no sleep and lunch consists of Liquorice-flavored Altoids, this is what happens... I'm sorry for sharing...
Monday, August 29, 2005
Monday, August 22, 2005
Caffeine
About six months ago, I switched. I went from Diet Pepsi to Pepsi One. This was not an easy switch for me because I am a die-hard. However, Pepsi One was just WAY better.
This weekend, we were up in the mountains and I couldn't find a Pepsi One anywhere. Had to settle for Diet Pepsi.
I forgot how wussy Diet Pepsi was. I thought it was just the flavor, but then I saw this site. And I realized it was the caffeine. Apparently Mountain Dew has as much caffeine as Pepsi One! Holy cow! (By the way, if you go to the tab that says "Death by caffeine" you can determine exactly how many of your favorite drink it would take to kill you. (Good to know before your next all-nighter).
Anyway, drink up!
This weekend, we were up in the mountains and I couldn't find a Pepsi One anywhere. Had to settle for Diet Pepsi.
I forgot how wussy Diet Pepsi was. I thought it was just the flavor, but then I saw this site. And I realized it was the caffeine. Apparently Mountain Dew has as much caffeine as Pepsi One! Holy cow! (By the way, if you go to the tab that says "Death by caffeine" you can determine exactly how many of your favorite drink it would take to kill you. (Good to know before your next all-nighter).
Anyway, drink up!
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
The first day ... again
Yesterday was the second first day of kindergarten for our house.
Andy started his academic career with little trepidation. He got a little overwhelmed (and shy) with all the people (every kid had at least two parents in tow). He had been pretty excited about the big day, but was getting more nervous as the morning continued.
The parents were asked to stick around for the first 30 minutes to go through some activities with the kids. Andy was getting more and more freaked out.
But then, one of the activities involved taken a specific number of food items and putting them in a snack bag ... five pretzels, two cookies, etc.
Andy saw the items and at the end of the row -- right next to each other -- were M&Ms and marshmallows. Andy's fav. His face filled with a huge smile and I realized he was going to be just fine.
Andy started his academic career with little trepidation. He got a little overwhelmed (and shy) with all the people (every kid had at least two parents in tow). He had been pretty excited about the big day, but was getting more nervous as the morning continued.
The parents were asked to stick around for the first 30 minutes to go through some activities with the kids. Andy was getting more and more freaked out.
But then, one of the activities involved taken a specific number of food items and putting them in a snack bag ... five pretzels, two cookies, etc.
Andy saw the items and at the end of the row -- right next to each other -- were M&Ms and marshmallows. Andy's fav. His face filled with a huge smile and I realized he was going to be just fine.
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