What I Learned This Week - 11/30/12

1.  Author Robert Fulghum refers to his internal thoughts as ,"The Committee". I had forgotten how much I loved that concept.
2. Whenever I see an "End Construction" sign, my Committee groans, "Great, another protest".
3. A new fad has hit Pro Poker players - Botox - so that facial "tells" cannot be detected. I believe they are all secretly Star Trek Deep Space Nine fans and want to look like Odo. 
4. My daughter Jayne's, "Oooooo I'm shakin' my hiney" dance makes me laugh every time.
5. Although inside jokes are annoying to outsiders, they are usually the best and get funnier with age.
6. Whenever I see a computer desktop with tons of icons placed about, my inner Committee member, Jeff Bridges, yells, "Greetings Programs!".
7. No matter how little my oldest has seen of a movie, if there is an emotional moment, she's crying. Yes, I point and laugh.
8. According to my oldest, if my musical taste was a color, it would be green-salmon-blue...ish.
9. Thanks to a first aid refresher course, the phrase "Oh BURN!" has been replaced in my household with, "apply cool water to burned area".
10. You can use most car suction cup mounting systems (IE: GPS, phone, GoPro, etc.) to pull out minor car fender dents.
11. I actually met someone who didn't know there was a mouse on every page of the book, "Goodnight Moon". Yes, he has read it more than ten times.
12. Nascar driver, Jimmie Johnson (as well as many other well known Nascar and F1 drivers) is a triathlete. 
13. My daughter Leah makes amazing banana bread.
14. I'm loving this mild Colorado fall - with temps in the 60's. I secretly wish we'd have snow/rain every day. 
15. Actress Halle Berry has six toes on her right foot. My Committee does a Nigel Tufnel impression, "these go to eleven".
16. Popeye's nemesis changed from Bluto to Brutus in the 60's due to a potential copyright infringement. Popeye actually started as a bit character in the comic strip "Thimble theatre" in 1919. I have no idea what to do with this information.
17. It takes me about a week after a haircut to learn I don't need to use as much shampoo as I did pre-haircut.
18. The bird that is on trademark logo of Twitter actually has a name...Larry. Named after basketball hall of famer Larry Bird. In my head, I picture Larry from VeggieTales.
19. My friend's dog will only give me a hug and be glommed onto me if I ring their doorbell and enter the house. If I enter their house any other way, he has no idea who I am.
20. The new Scott Plasma Time Trial bike looks ridiculously fast just sitting on the display of my local tri shop. Sadly, I know the inevitable way to screw up the speed of that bike it to put me on it.
21. I will never understand why automakers tease us with stunning concept cars that will never see the production line and only give us the items on par with the Nissan Cube.
22. A coffee shop has a sign, "If you are on the phone at the counter, we will pretend that you don't exist". I'm adopting this policy for meetings.
23. I am strongly considering adding "Duck Dynasty" to my DVR. I don't like the word "ointment" either.
24. The new 787 has the best warning signs on the exterior of a plan. I've never seen "you'll lose a hand" signs in my life.