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A WikiHow contributor posted a useful tip today on how to confront someone who is giving you the cold shoulder. I was enjoying the article, which started out with good solid advice. "Make sure you're not just being paranoid." Good point. Now I'm paranoid about being paranoid.
The article continued with calm and sympathetic advice on how to resolve the issue peacefully using empathy and understanding. But I was feeling aggitated, and I couldn't quite figure out why. Until I realized, HE was there. Cold Shoulder Man himself, standing there in his black and white mime hoodie, giving me the freaking silent treatment, just like they said he would in the WikiHow tip.
So, I asked him. "What are you lookin' at?"
Of course he said nothing.
"Ohhhh, I see! Okay, now I get it. You're here to make a point. Well, I hear you loud and clear, mister." And then I threw in, "Do I know you? Didn't we date in college?"
I took a deep breath, and set out to the work at hand. I practiced confronting him using the 9 Step Program outlined in the WikiHow tip. It took a while, but finally I felt closure. I patted myself on the back, as instructed in Step 9, and thanked Jeebus that I was not just being paranoid.
I thoroughly enjoyed this Flickr group - Stick Figures in Peril. The world is a dangerous place, and we owe a lot to these stick figures.
Try looking at this photo without having Puff the Magic Dragon stuck in your head for the rest of the day.
In this series, we will celebrate one of the most brilliant and inventive of mankind's accomplishments. Food. On a stick!
Today: Chocolate Covered Strawberries on a Stick - This food on a stick is not your run of the mill State Fair fare. Gourmet in both taste and presentation, chocolate covered strawberries on a stick also have natural endorphine boosting qualities. The only draw back to this food on a stick is that, while you can eat it with only one hand, you will need to use the other to catch the juices and chocolate drippings as you eat. This gives it a slight disadvantage over other food on a stick mainstays.
