Some rights reserved by I Feel Toast Being originally from Jersey, I have some Jerseyisms in my speech that will probably never go away. One of those Jerseyisms is the word “tell.” This is also a Vegas expression. There are few things I enjoy more than watching and listening to people. When I speak in Vegas, I love spending time in the casinos. I don’t spend money in the casinos but I do spend time there. You’ll often see people at the gambling tables wearing dark sunglasses and hats. They’re not doing this because they’re trying to be fashion icons. They’re doing this to hide their “tells.” Tells are things that give us away. They’re clues. And we’re giving them away all the time. Women tend to pick up on tells quicker than men. Not trying to be sexist here, but let’s face it…women just tend to see things coming …
Adults are Just Kids with Long Hairy Legs
There are few things I enjoy more than people watching. I can sit for hours and watch people. When you watch people you learn a lot about them. Like how some people are very comfortable in their own skin and how others try hard to be something they’re not. Isn’t if funny how we sometimes think we have to act a certain way? I’m writing this in a kid’s indoor amusement park. It’s a place that Karin and I sometimes bring the kids and today my son is here for a classmate’s birthday party. I’m sitting in the large dining room catching up on some email and watching people. It’s pretty funny. You see the parents that are trying to look like they have it all together and you see the parents that are relaxed and having a lot of fun. I think that we parents can learn a lot …