Part 1 of 2. Tony gets really mad at Chinese food. William can’t remember the name of a TV show. Honestly, I slept through most of this episode, so I’m not sure. Enjoy!
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Who Would Win in a Battle of Wits: Team Good Tony and William, or Team Bad Tony and William? –Dave of Id
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I think the new WalMart is using the same parking lot the old WalMart (was on the west side); the new one built on the south side of the parking lot. I think the Panda Express location Tony is referring to is within the former footprint of the old WalMart.
I didn’t know Tony didn’t like Panda Express, so I guess the dislike isn’t that famous. I was surprised to hear you didn’t like them. I agree, I think it’s not particularly authentic Chinese food, but I do think it’s adequate sustenance. I do not care for their lo-mein either. I get half fried rice and half vegetables as my side.
If you order the “bigger plate” it comes with 3 entrees; the first two are within the regular “plate” clamshell, but the third is packed in a little Chinese carryout box (the subliminal message there is that you’re SO gluttonous, your food doesn’t fit within one take-out container). In January, my husband, my dad and I were tiling our backsplash allllll day, so we had skipped lunch, and were finally eating dinner at about 8:30 at night and were all STARVING, so we each ordered the bigger plate. I felt a little gluttonous as the third entree was packed into a take out box, but I ate the whole thing, and was still under on calories for the day. So there Panda Express.
Tony’s right, I would rather not work within 10′ of my parents. They’re wonderful people, but I like the freedom to be pleased (and annoyed) with the people I work with, and not have the family history weighing in on my judgement of any particular situation. I did serve on a board of directors with my mom. I thought we worked well together toward the overall purpose of serving the organization, but there were occasions where our family history came into play, i.e. she was more likely to ask me to coordinate X or Y for the whole group (ex: our lunch order) 1) because she knew I was capable of doing it 2) because of our proximity to each other. She was careful to be evenhanded across the board with doling out glamorous tasks so there wasn’t favoritism, but much less thought went into assigning the mundane work. Interestingly, I think she was comfortable handing me mundane tasks because I am capable in many facets. If left to work together in a business setting long term, this could end up being detrimental because people could view my mundane contributions as all I’m capable of doing, which could limit my growth/opportunities.
My ceremony was in Davenport, it was very moving. Just a really upbeat day, possibly unusually so if you think how immigration in general tends to be viewed. But everyone there genuinely enthused about there being new Americans, especially the judge. He mentioned how important it was to vote, and when I met him afterwards I said that’s why I finally did it, hoping to vote (gah, missed it by like 3 weeks). I may have read him incorrectly, but it felt like he knew why I was keen to vote.
I wish now I’d stopped there and filled out the forms for passport and all of the rest of it. I ended up doing it doing it in my own time, what a chew 🙂 Ah well, kids were tired and cranky at that point.
Hadn’t heard of that the 20 types of intelligence thing, I need to look that up.
Also, everyone read The Ends of the World (Peter Brannen). Amazing non-fiction about the major extinctions on Earth, and an unashamed look at how we’re now doing the same sorts of things in our contemporary environment. Couldn’t put it down, didn’t touch a game for 2 weeks!
Well, if you look, you’ll likely run into a very popular list of 9 types of intelligence by Gardner, but there has been quite a bit of discussion about that list in terms of how valid it is or is not, if there are more or fewer types than 9, if these types are really THE types, or even if it makes sense to talk about types of intelligence at all. I tend to come down on the side of, “There are more than nine,” and by “more than” it seems to me that we’re looking at closer to 18-or-20, but that’s not really something that’s been fleshed out by “the professionals”. Or by me for that matter. It’s mostly a hunch, for now.
So if you do look into it further, I’d be interested in your thoughts.
One way I look at it that makes me think there are more than 9 types is… as someone coming from a sociological perspective, I tend to see intelligence as a function of competency in varied relationships. In the popular list of 9 intelligences, one is “interpersonal”, the rest focus (more-or-less) on individual, psychological traits. But there are easily at least 9 distinct competencies within the category of “interpersonal”, perhaps more. It seems like a drastic oversimplification to lump them all into one category. That’s the basis for my reasoning in essentially doubling the popular number.
How have I never considered the morality of the battle of the wits in Princess Bride before? Inconceivable! I mean, he goes to length to not hurt the other two, but still.