You Know Not!

I read about a man today that I think more people should know about, but I am hard pressed to know how to classify him. He’s an author, he’s a magician, and he’s a marketing guru. And he rolls all that up into a neat little package, and calls it “motivational speaker.” His name is Andy Cohen.

I would enjoy hearing one of his talks, becasue he uses magic in his speeches! That’s something that sets him apart from other motivational speakers. He is available for conferences or seminars, and his talks focus on building better communicators, leaders and teams.

I suppose that since I don’t “work” for anyone but myself, and my training budget doesn’t allow for Andy himself to come talk to me, I better put his book on my reading list. Follow the Other Hand looks like a must read!

We’ve been watching Star-Trek TNG around here the past few nights. I really enjoy introducing the kids to shows I used to like. And yeah, Patrick Stewart still gives me a little thrill. My girls are a little reticent to watch it, but the boys are eating it up like candy! Hehehe, it’s a new generation of Trekkies!

Okay, this is my last whine for the day about soap operas. If I choose to whine again, it will be about something else. Deal? Deal. Okay, answer me this. Why is it when someone in a soap opera has a headache, they never reach for an aspirin like we do? Instead they get some exotic headache treatment, or they go to the doctor who tells them they have a rare medical condition and must endure brain surgery while wearing pear earrings and impeccable blush. As. If.

They never discuss stuff that the rest of us deal with, stull like grocery budgets and the cost/benefit analysis of term life insurance versus regular life insurance. No, it’s always the weather in Puerto Vallarta, or the gardener’s tight pants. Or their amnesia and how it was the result of some horrible life changing event, except their makeup is still perfect. Think about it! Have you ever see Marlena Brady with a smudge on her face? Or without ear-rings? You Know Not!

have you ever noticed that on soaps all the furniture is glamorous? I mean it all absolutely matches as if it just came of the Powell furniture showroom floor. And the rooms, they are huge.

I had a conversation once with a friend, and we were talking about how people do their rooms, and how in big rooms, you always see the furniture in the middle of the rooms, but in small rooms, it’s back against the walls. When people studied it, they found that the furniture pieces were actually about the same distance apart, and it’s our concept of personal space that determines the distance, and not the size of the room. Interesting, huh?