Take the Plunge!

We went to the park today to see the chickens. When we got there, they were all sleeping in their coop. Upon hearing Troy’s quite loud voice, they all started to come out to see us. Several of them jumped down from the upper level of the “housing unit,” but one stopped at the edge of the roof and wouldn’t jump. She kept walking back and forth, looking down indecisively. She was trying to calculate the height of the house to ground, look for a soft spot of dirt, figure out if she was going to break her twiggy leg…you know, the usual things that go through a chicken’s mind. It looked like she was scared to take the plunge. So, I told her, “Don’t think about it. Just jump! If you think about it, you’ll chicken out!”

Side Effects

I was watching a migraine medicine commercial at lunch today, and one of the side effects is headaches. Now, I'm not the sharpest toothpick in the crayon box, but a headache medicine that causes headaches seems like an ineffective treatment.

Braces

I got braces for my teeth on Halloween day when I was in the seventh grade. To commemorate the occasion, I had the dentist put orange and black bands around the metal fasteners attached to my teeth. It would be the first of many color changes over the next two years. Red and green for Christmas. Red, white, and blue for the 4th of July. Brown and orange for Thanksgiving.

But my go to color combination for all other occasions was blue and white. I don’t know why, but that was always my favorite. Fascinating that years later I would marry a woman from Greece, whose flag is blue and white.

X-Ray Superpowers

I went to the dentist today, and they did x-rays on my teeth. When my hygienist walked back in to remove my lead blanket, I asked her if I was going to get superpowers now. She laughed and eagerly said, “Wouldn’t that be so cool!” We then spent the next hour talking about the pros and cons of superpowers while she cleaned my teeth. She wanted something practical and functional, like an elastic, retractable third arm. I took the side of having a clone to boss around, so I could make it do all of the things I find unpleasant. I asked her if I didn’t like my superpower, could I come back and trade it in for another one. She said she didn’t think it worked like that.

Upside and Downside to a clone would be the shared consciousness. On the one hand, we could communicate without speech. On the other hand, I would be aware of everything he’s experiencing, so I could never really unplug or relax while he’s working. I also feel like it would be distracting to be in the middle of an activity and at the same time be consciously aware of another activity. The only alternative I could come up with is if we did a sync at the end of the day instead of having real-time feedback.