28 degrees this morning 45:18 minutes walking (Looking for another “earthquake app”)
Friday already, definitely noticed the “short week”.
Reading “Contagious”. It is a really interesting book about how fads take off, why some seemingly useless videos are watched literally millions of time etc.
I’m thinking about basing aToastmasters speech on the concept, primarily because I will learn it myself if I try to tell someone what I learned!
Sometimes, when I really want to remember something, I can set down and write down what I learned as if I was telling someone, I actually will remember it of a lot longer.
I am amazed at the scarcity of Diet Gold Peak” tea. They are almost impossible to find. I have a feeling it is an ‘artificial way to raise demand for it, but I don’t know if they could really plan something like that. There is plenty of Gold Peak “Sweet Tea”, but little “Diet sweet tea”.
No big deal, I can actually get it, it just is puzzling why there isn’t more available. I looked on the internet and found other people with the same problem.
Either a massive failure to predict demand, or a brilliant marketing campaign! I used to be able to buy a “six pack” of it at Target, but now I can only find individual bottles, if I can find it. Of course, it is much more than I normally pay for anything like that, but I limit myself to one or two per day, and then normally just when I am “in the field”.
I have learned the possible danger of artificial sweetener and limit my use of that anyway. I am considering maybe going ahead with the regular “sweet tea”, since I limit my intake anyway.
Speaking of tea of course makes me think of coffee, and Starbucks. For some reason, in the area where my field work is, there is no Starbucks. I have a huge area and I have yet to see a Starbucks.
I’m sure there is a Starbucks someplace, but…. My work “in the field” frequently requires me to find a place where I can update the computer records. I can do it in my car, but that isn’t really convenient and, I feel, is hard on the car. (Either that, or I wait until I get home.) A Starbucks would be perfect as my “second place” to update my records.
McDonalds works well, Taco Bell and Braums are also good, and there is a mall where I can work, but there is something about a Starbucks! Panara Bread is also good and has good coffee.
I kind of feel like a traitor when I say this, but both McDonalds and Taco Bell have outstanding coffee, as long as it is fresh.
McDonalds will almost always brew a fresh pot if I ask if it is fresh (if they don’t I don’t buy it) and Taco Bell makes each cup fresh. Panara Bread marks the time the coffee is made, although for some reason I rarely go to Panara Bread, probably because I don’t each much bread!
Some restaurants brew separate coffee cups also (TGIFridays is one), but it is horrible coffee. Some restaurants keep it in a “coffee warmer”, which, quite frankly does not work. Even a coffee shop (The Red Cup) did this, which amazed me, although the coffee was very good, no coffee is good lukewarm (unless it is ice coffee).
Another week of winter is gone!
That’s it for now, Friday, January 23, 2015.
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