A Superstar Athlete. Imagine you're on Family Feud. The question comes up, "Name a Famous German." Who's the #1 answer going to be? That's pretty bad public relations.

The IT guy. You know why? We have no idea whether or not they're doing a good job. We have a problem. They come by. And since they are able to do slightly more to help the problem than simply restarting (even though that's their advice half the time) we give them the benefit of the doubt that they know what they're doing. They could be terrible. We simply don't know better. It's a great gig.

"Good." This is not an answer, because that reply has lost all meaning in regards to the question, "How's it going?" If things are actually going really well for you, I deem your reply of "good" to be "about the same as every other day." And if you're actually going through a rough time right now, I'm already walking past you and getting out of earshot as you're trying to think of a one-word response that accurately depicts your current emotional state, and instead you just let out a, "Good." So, here's what I'm looking for. Short, realistic answers to the question of "How's it going?" that will force people to either follow up or realize that it's a bad greeting in the first place.

What would a successful Congressman look like to his district? Someone who brings home as MANY federal dollars to the district for internal improvements as possible. Do you see the problem here?

(continuation) #10. John Tyler The Vice President of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler was the first President to enter office due to the death of an active President. And while this automatic replacement is tradition now, his assumption of this power was quite a source of contention at the time. Shortly after taking office, Tyler added to this contention by separating himself from his Whig party and refusing to support the majority legislation coming from either party. Although confident in his strict adherence to the Constitution and belief in states rights, he was unable to convince anyone else of this, and because so, was easily defeated in the next election.

Don't you think the phrase should be "the pallbearer of bad news?" I think that makes more sense.

Does this ever happen? Does the arrogance we hold over children ever become appreciated once the child is older. Here's what it comes down to. We want kids to understand that with age, comes wisdom, right? So, how do you get the child to understand this and willingly start to give you the benefit of the doubt. I have an idea. Ask the child if they're smarter now than they were last year. Then say that you've been getting smarter for the past X years. Kids are smart. They might make the connection.

"The single man does not believe in soul mates."

Does the sound of snoring actually act as white noise to the snorer? If so, then I'm not irritating my wife, I'm just being clever.

It's like a laugh track in a sitcom. Clapping is contagious. It's hard not to like a song that people are clapping to. I'm going to put constant syncopated clapping in EVERY song on my next record. Even if people hate it, they'll have no choice but to listen.