It seems like I can't relax and watch a television show or movie without my brain working overtime to find all the challenges with the plot or parts that don't make sense. But after watching the movie Venom or the weekend with friends, I learned something positive about myself and my gift for picking movies and shows apart.

And how many Russians died in World War II?! Whoa.

The article used for stats in today's podcast:

"Research Starters: Worldwide Deaths in World War II"

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/research-starters-worldwide-deaths-world-war

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Alissa and I never got along for the longest time. We are exact opposites when it comes to our personalities and what stimulates us. Alissa is a quiet, go-with-flow, indecisive, introvert that is everything I am not. In the last year, Alissa and I have learned more and more about each other and have become better friends. And even the thought of being on a podcast was extremely uncomfortable for her but we sat down to breakfast and Alissa buried that anxiety the best she could. We have a wonderful conversation to get to know each other's personality better and how we both ticked.

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I am a self-admitted attention whore. It's not as bad today as it once was. My challenge is that I want people to like me, I do actually give a shit. Part of that plan to make sure everyone likes me is I want them to find me funny. How can you not like funny people, right? Facebook is way too mainstream for me because I constantly worry who is seeing my stuff and how are they judging me. I'm sure Snapchat will give me anxiety one day but now it's extremely fun! Let's connect on Snapchat, I'm "YouNeedaLittle"!

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Hard to follow up an episode like #117 but I did with the only thing I believe I needed to talk about. My story of the lumberyard and the person who hated their job so much they did the unbelievable.

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I've been torn between telling my personal story of sexual assault and continuing to stay quiet as I have been for nearly 30 years. The sexual assault Kavanaugh stories in the news are shaking the world up and creating more tribalism. But when Trump mocked Dr. Ford, one of Kavanaugh's accusers, in front of a massive crowd of his supporters and doubting her because of her "memory," I decided I could not stay quiet any longer.

This episode is one of the hardest things I have ever done. Bare with me.

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Fred Rogers was a significant influence on my life, and he'd probably be disappointed with how a lot of us are acting in 2018. I'm becoming more and more frustrated every day with the hardcore Trump supporters and with the over the top entitled leftists. Everyone seems to be a "victim" nowadays. A lot of people are true & real victims, but others have become self-made victims. Today's episode includes "14 Signs Someone Is Always Playing The Victim."

The article referred to the episode:

14 Signs Someone Is Always Playing The Victim

https://www.lifehack.org/287448/14-signs-someone-always-playing-the-victim

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I've got nothing against charities with great marketing to get their cause out to the people, but I do have a problem with companies using those charities to sell more goods & services. I'm referring to the businesses that say; "For every product or service purchased we will donate small dollar amount to the name of the charity here." Why not just donate the money instead of attempting to guilt me into purchasing from you?

Also on the episode today, I brainstorm for the first "Kids Sales Training Conference." It's going to be huge!

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October is my birthday month, and every year on October 1st I start getting deep into my head about age and mortality. Turning 44 this has me asking, "Am I where I wanted to be 20 years ago?" There have been some factors in my life that has kept me from actually feeling my age or even being reminded of it, & I think not having kids is one of those factors.

Saw a beautiful movie yesterday I've wanted to see for a while called Black 47'. The film takes place in 1847 Ireland; an Irish Ranger returns from war to find that his mother has died in the famine and his brother is sentenced to death by the British. When his plan to emigrate to America fails, he starts a vendetta against the establishment in Ireland.

Trailer for Black 47': https://youtu.be/q1W1DLwg3lk

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A bizarre story in the news this morning about a death in a Jack in the Box drive-thru got my brain triggered again on my biggest fear, dying. Not the actual act of being dead but the moments leading up to it. To fire my wild imagination up some more I'm sharing more unusual, bizarre, and freak death stories in today's episode.

Articles referenced in the today's episode:

Bizarre Jack in the Box drive-thru accident kills a man in St. Louis:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bizarre-jack-box-drive-thru-accident-kills-man-st-louis-n914601

Fatal Freak Accidents That Befell People In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time:

https://www.ranker.com/list/deadly-freak-accidents/harrison-tenpas

London Beer Flood:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

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Did you know there is a theory that says there is a cap on the number of friends you can have an actual real social connection? Discussing the Dunbar Number theory today and if social media has any effect on the method since Facebook wasn't around when anthropologist Robin Dunbar published the approach in the 1990's.

Wikipedia's Dunbar Number description:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

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