The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I don't have the numbers to back this up, but I have to believe that 99.6781284% of people past the age of 6 years, 4 months, 13 days and 27 minutes have changed their mind at least once (margin of error +/- .0000000394861%). I can't remember the first time I did such a thing. Perhaps it was when I wanted to play chess, but then changed my mind and wanted to play strip poker. This was when I was a week old and still in the hospital. What can I say? I've always liked nurses (no, not just the male ones). So yes, even I have changed my mind a time or forty-six. Most of these changes occurred during my teenage and young adult years, when other "parts" of me were changing as well. I still love to pull a Johnny 5 from "Short Circuit" and feed my brain input on a very regular basis, which makes it possible that my mind can change again. However, with so much more information lodged inside my noggin than when I was in middle and high school, it'll be a muc...

Of course, there's flip-flopping in politics, but there are plenty of people outside of politics who flip-flop regularly as well. Know anyone like this? It gets a tad annoying, doesn't it? One day, they may complain about someone they're dating. The next day, they absolutely hate the person they're dating. The third day, they're in love with this same person. Fourth day, they're not sure if things are going to work. Fifth day, things are good again, but not great. Sixth day, he or she mentions that there's definitely a mutual attraction on a physical level, but they're not sure if that's all it is. Seventh day, they break up. Eighth day, they're boyfriend and girlfriend again. Ever know anyone like that? Flip-flopping happens sometimes. We have the right to change our minds about something or our viewpoints as we learn about and experience new things. But if anything is done in excess, it can get to be quite irritating, just like in the examp...