Sorry for the lack of posts.. I’m working on getting the Ultimate Summer League up and running.. 73 individuals have register!! I’m going with 6 teams. draft is tomorrow night..

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Tonight is free scoop night at the B-R. Get 2.5 mouth watering, brain freezing ounces of you favorite, tastebud teaser available flavor. One word… yum.. outstanding, tasteful, cold.

One faculty member gave everyone on staff roses. I think the last time I received roses was back in ’96 for Valentine’s day…. from my dad. The Director of the program took the staff out to lunch at Dali’s, a Spanish resturant. The food was excellent, although I didn’t order the grilled squid this time. It’s one thing to shock your brother and parents, quite another to shock your co-workers, though I think they’re pretty used to it by now. Perhaps they’ve even come to expect it since I’m the “creative one”, who is usually a little off the wall.. or at least a little off the beaten path.

Finally decided to pull the plug and post the draft registration for this year’s Summer Ultimate Frisbee League for Mid Missouri. I could continually micro-manage it if I wanted, but you have to know when to say that’s enough. Which is usually right before you brother, who has been a huge help, thinks about yelling at you through the compter screen via an IM client.

A friend sent me this “quiz.” If I’d just seen what the different “personality types” I probably would have picked this one anyway.

Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful and practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who’s extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expect the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

Still trying to think of a good joke for today. There are those classic dumb jokes..

What did the guy say to the hitchhiker with only one leg? – hop in.
What did the guy say to the hitchhiker without any legs? – need a lift.

Ok, so they’re not that funny, but they’ll do in a pinch.

In relation to my previous thoughts about elevator spacing. Here is a link to a short quiz about restroom etiquette. Enjoy.

I keep looking around for things post to my page and then realize that I should say stuff with my own words, make my own stories, basicly become a source, not just a collection of what other’s peoples thoughts. Where should I start?

I guess I could refer to a comment that a friend of mine, Dave A., running around the “wonderful” city of Washington, DC, working for AARP, has pondered recently, The elevator conundrum.

Dave had just stepped into an elevator that was occupied by two women in the far corners of the elevator. He chooses to stand in the middle front of the elevator. I’m assuming he’s equidistant from both ladies. His conundrum is should he step off first and buck gentlemanly conduct, letting ladies off first, or shrink to the back wall and let them out. Personally, I would have moved to one of the other corners on the front wall. Corner filling of elevators is quite popular, no one whats to occupy that center space.

I’ve actually had a little fun thinking about what kinds of indepth “research” one could do on the psychological impact of elevators on human behavior. That’s what you get for working for Missouri’s largest public research institutions. One of the things I consider was movement before and after the doors closed. If Dave had gotten onto the elevator and immediatly gone to the back, it would have been preceived as acceptable. However, if he’d waited for the doors to close and then moved, would that have been perceived acceptable. Would the reactions change if the sex of the persons involved also changed? I believe it would. Also some to consider is that the number of people in the elevator affects accepable intrusion into personal space.

Consider the human need for personal space.

“Americans have a pattern that discourages physical contact, except in moments of intimacy. When we ride on a subway or crowded elevator we will “hold ourselves in”, having been taught from early childhood to avoid bodily contact with strangers. ”

“Behavioral study indicates that individuals perceive a distance that is appropriate for different types of messages; they also establish a comfortable distance for personal interaction and nonverbally define this as their personal space. Research supports the hypothesis that the violation of this personal space can have serious adverse effects on communication. Thus, if an individual is to be mutually satisfied in a communication encounter, his/her personal space must be respected. Should an intruder invade this personal space while also trespassing within territorial boundaries he placed himself in double jeopardy and must compensate for the other’s increased anxiety. ”

We haven’t even gotten into the minute body language keys that people give in designating who will get off the elevator first. I’ve observed what happens when there are only two people on the elevator and they are getting off on the same floor. The one that makes the first movements right before the door opens will usually be the one that gets off the elevator first. If both are still, both will either stand still as the door opens waiting for the door to open or both will start towards the door.

In Dave’s conundrum case there was a third option that wasn’t taken into consideration, this is an incident that I’ve witnessed. He could have stepped to the side of the elevator and indicated with slight hand or head movement that the ladies should proceed him. Who knows what the ladies would have done, it really depends on their generation? They might have thought “what a nice boy”, they might have blushed, thanked him, giggled and run off the elevator or they might have just thanked him or they could have said “thanks, but you can go ahead.”

I can’t believe it, at last! Though it is only a Sunday show, I’m excited that the Asylum Street Spankers will be making a pit stop in Columbia, MO at Mojo’s on the 13th of April at 7:00 pm!! I’ve been a fan for about 5 years, as far as I know they’ve only appeared one other time here in Columbia, sometime last year for a fund raising event for the continuted restoration of the Missouri Theatre. They provided the soundtrack for a few silent films. I had a blast because I knew most of the words to the instrumental pieces they played, which made some of the music choices funny.

The Origins of Mardi Gras

Though New Orleans is the city most commonly associated with the Mardi Gras celebration in America, many historians believe that the festival actually originated in nearby Mobile, Alabama.

The celebration, which can be dated back to 1703 in Mobile, was originally called Boef Gras (Fat Beef). The name changed to “Fat Tuesday” as it became a widely known festival in the 1830s and 1840s.

The date of Mardi Gras depends on the date of Easter. Mardi Gras takes place the day before Ash Wednesday, which begins the 40-day season of Lent before Easter. “Fat Tuesday” is the last day to celebrate before the season of discipline and contemplation that leads up to Easter Sunday.

This year, Mardi Gras will be celebrated on March 4.

Source: www.mobilemardigras.com