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How to Buy Something Ridiculous While Keeping Your Dignity Intact

April 15, 2024 by Scott Meyer

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How to Deal With Your Character Flaws

July 17, 2023 by Scott Meyer

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How to Find Humor in a Terrible Situation

November 14, 2022 by Scott Meyer

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How to Be Patient

February 16, 2022 by Scott Meyer

At my old office job, there was a honcho from corporate who would come in every now and then to settle someone’s hash. I found it easy to remember his last name because it rhymed with plow. All I had to do was sing the Mr. Plow jingle from the Simpsons using his name instead of plow, and I was golden.

I told that to my immediate supervisor. We shared a small laugh, then she got deadly serious and said, “Yeah, stop doing that.”

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February 16, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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How to Explain What the Deal Is with "The Avengers"

February 11, 2022 by Scott Meyer

To be fair, two years before Super Friends launched, DC did address somewhat grittier subject matter.

Image Source: Wikipedia

My favorite thing about that cover is that Green Lantern is being such a jerk about it. I’m amazed he didn’t use his ring to make a giant green hand pointing at Speedy with the words “Dope Fiend.”

Also, you’d think Speedy would have been on amphetamines. Just saying.

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February 11, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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How to Address an Ongoing Argument

January 17, 2022 by Scott Meyer

Of course, the problem with the stun setting is that whoever you stun falls down, and could easily break a bone, suffer serious neck or back injuries, receive a concussion, or “accidentally” die in any number of ways.

I figure the Starfleet equivalent of Internal Affairs would be bugging Kirk on a weekly basis.

Starfleet Inquisitor: I’m here to talk about that Klingon you killed.

Kirk: I stunned him.

Starfleet Inquisitor: In the back, and then he fell three hundred feet.

Kirk: It’s not my fault he was standing on the edge of a cliff.

Starfleet Inquisitor: We have reason to believe you stunned him, then dragged him to the cliff and rolled him off.

Kirk: (stuns the Starfleet Inquisitor.)

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January 17, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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How to Tackle a Project That Seems Impossible

January 12, 2022 by Scott Meyer

I was the receptionist at an office where everyone had to fill out a specific form every day. Almost nobody did it. The person in charge made it my responsibility to make sure everyone filled out their form.

Of course, I was the lowest person on the totem pole in that office, so I couldn’t use fear of punishment to make them fill out the form. Instead, I had to rely on charm and their respect for me and my opinion of them.

I’d bet that you can predict how well that worked.

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January 12, 2022 /Scott Meyer
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How to Explain Yourself

January 10, 2022 by Scott Meyer

A mutual friend once asked Ric how someone gets through my shell to know “the real Meyer.” Ric told them that there is no shell, and what they thought was a shell was “the real Meyer.” Ric told me that later, and I found it funny. He also told me that the person he was talking to looked horrified at that idea, which I found hilarious.

Which, now that I think about it, might be part of the problem.

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