NOTES:
– I am all for automating things, but I really like the conductor messages on the train, and the occasional narrative quip.
– Prunes / Raisins – The word for plumb in French is prune, and the word for grape in French is raisin.
Why do those words have different meanins? Royals.
Also funny language thing: Want to see a Brit blush? Ask them what fanny pack means?
– I didn’t go go Corgi Con, but Buzzfeed did!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/corgicon-fall-2015#.idvZb3yMW
And, http://www.sfgate.com/aboutsfgate/slideshow/Corgi-Con-118477.php – look how cute!
– No one likes when something small happens, and they snap. Here’s why it happens.
Amygdala Hijack – Goleman uses the term to describe emotional responses from people which are immediate and overwhelming, and out of measure with the actual stimulus because it has triggered a much more significant emotional threat.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amygdala_hijack
https://www.umass.edu/fambiz/articles/values_culture/primal_leadership.html