What I Learned This Week - 11/9/12

1.  I am a callous person. I find it hard to be remorseful of individuals that ignore warnings of obvious danger; then complain and demand assistance when the danger comes to fruition.
2. Standard time matches my circadian rhythm.
3. Not so much a fan of Standard time giving me blinding sun glare on both sides of my daily commute. On the bright side (ha), at least I can see.......for now.
4. People are jealous of my version of a "vegetarian" hot dog - Whole grain hot dog bun, whole banana minus skin, Nutella & almond butter. 
5. I get a kick out of my daughter’s friends that want to have dinner with my family for the sole reason, "they have fun at dinner".
6. There is a single word that will make my kids (and apparently many of their friends) laugh no matter how foul a mood they’re in. That word is, "doodie". Yes "duty" works as well if you say it correctly. Now, I chuckle every time I see a Ford Super Duty pick-up.
7. I have been swimming incorrectly and inefficiently for the majority of my life. 
8. There are few sounds funnier to me than that of a drool-laden wet ball being dropped from a dog’s mouth onto a child's forehead.
9. There is a certain pride and joy watching my kids discover the music of my youth.
10. I can't believe I don't miss the campaign commercials - even Will Ferrell's promise of eating toenails.
11. There is a single movie that every person in my household agrees is awesome and will sit and watch it every time it is on - "Remember the Titans". Yet none of them will watch football with me.
12. The WTC announced the discontinuation of Ironman 70.3 Laguna Phuket Thailand after this year, citing lack of opportunity of growth and competition. I think they really didn't like how people pronounced "Phuket" (instead of "Poo-cat" which is equally funny to me). I'm now in search of Ironman Phuket SCHWAG.
13. Being an engineer has its advantages when being thrown racist questions. For instance, a coworker was trying to trap me with the question, "What do you call an Iranian <or insert your favorite race here> driving a plane?". Without thought my reply was, "A pilot". Apparently, that's not the popular answer, but it is very safe. 
14. Seeing celebrities at the polling booths on Election Day cements me using the mail-in ballot forever.
15. I think the majority of people who go to a polling booth to vote, just want the sticker. The remainder wanted to be "Mayor of Polling Booth C" on Foursquare. 
16. After 40 some odd years, Volkswagen will finally have a "Herbie" paint option on the Beetle. I'm glad they stay so current with the times.
17. Yes, flinging birds yielding light sabers at storm trooper swine is as much fun as it sounds.
18. NASA is expected next week to announce a new program for manned missions to the moon and establish a space colony. I have two words, "Pick me".
19. It's interesting that in the span of a few days that I've gone from disliking people for their political views to disliking them for their personalities.
20. The Museum of Modern Art houses the oldest D-20 dice, dating back to 304-30 BC. Instead of numbers, it has the symbols for various gods or planetary objects. Apparently D&D was pretty hardcore then.