The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I've always felt out of place when stepping into a Wal-Mart. At times, especially if it's late, the place has presented me with the vibe of a drunken trailer party. There's a 97-year old greeter at the door waving like the queen and trying to say hello. As I walk about the store, mullets, overalls and buckteeth appear to be back in style. I hear more southern accents within the first five minutes than I'd heard over the previous year combined. Yes, right as I walk into a Wal-Mart, I typically feel more out of place than a nun at an orgy. For the first time in a while, a good friend of mine and I decided to take a late-night stroll in Wal-Mart. Neither of us care for the store, so we wanted to go late-night people-watching and have fun observing and poking fun at some items in the place. After walking around for approximately three hours, I have to say, Wal-Mart is a "different" kind of place. Like guns? Bow and arrows? Axes? Machetes which cost $6.88? Then...

I joined a site a while back upon moving to the area, as I had lived in Nebraska for 26 years and didn't know anyone around here. I was seeking friendships at first, but having lived here for 4 years and working at home, I'm now open to other things. On the site, people can answer a variety of questions, pertaining to: Dating, sex, lifestyle, ethics and "others" (whatever that means). I earned degrees in psychology, so naturally, I find it interesting to study/learn about people. There are thousands of questions and some of them, especially pertaining to sex, are very strange. One asks if you're serious about someone and they admit to liking to pee on their partner when fooling around, how would it effect your feelings/the relationship on a whole. No, I'm not making this up. I may be very creative, but not even I would think of that. I had to laugh at that question, because part of me thinks it can't be serious. It sounds like it could take place in a ...

Have you or someone you know ever said, “I feel nauseous”? I know what is trying to be expressed with that statement - I feel sick; I feel nausea. However, to say one feels “nauseous” is basically to say he or she feels they make another person (or people) sick. [1] Whenever someone tells me they feel “nauseous,” I simply ask them why and add, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I feel fine right now. You didn’t do anything.” When people utter this line, what they should be saying is, “I feel nauseated”. That means that I feel sick or nausea. When someone tells me that they feel nauseated, I know exactly what they’re talking about. All the time, I hear people say they feel sick (nauseated). Rarely has a person ever come up to me and said, “I feel like I’m making you sick” (nausea). Perhaps that will occur one of these days, but I’m thinking that’s not going to happen. There are scenarios where both can occur simultaneously. If I witness someone throwing up, he or she can l...

Have you or someone you know ever said, “I feel nauseous”? I know what is trying to be expressed with that statement - I feel sick; I feel nausea. However, to say one feels “nauseous” is basically to say he or she feels they make another person (or people) sick. Whenever someone tells me they feel “nauseous,” I simply ask them why and add, “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I feel fine right now. You didn’t do anything.” When people utter this line, what they should be saying is, “I feel nauseated”. That means that I feel sick or nausea. When someone tells me that they feel nauseated, I know exactly what they’re talking about. All the time, I hear people say they feel sick (nauseated). Rarely has a person ever come up to me and said, “I feel like I’m making you sick” (nausea). Perhaps that will occur one of these days, but I’m thinking that’s not going to happen. There are scenarios where both can occur simultaneously. If I witness someone throwing up, he or she can look ...