And now, from a location 1,500 miles from the Home Office in Wahoo, NE....This week, instead of the normal intro to the newsletter, I thought I'd use this space to share a short (not quite a "Top Ten" in the classic David Letterman sense) list of random things I have actually spent time thinking about recently.I wonder:.....how complicated has life gotten that we now have to specifically designate that our coffee be "hot" at the drive thru? Can't we spare the unnecessary banter and agree that "hot" simply should be the universal default for how hot water filtered through ground up coffee beans is served unless I say otherwise?.....if a middle aged guy knocked on your door wearing a red cardigan, greeted you with "Hi Neighbor!" and offered to have your kid come over to help feed his fish and ride the "Neighborhood Trolley" with him to meet his puppet friend Lady Elaine in the Land of Make Believe, would you accept his friend request on Facebook?.....have you seen what I was saying when I pointed out the affinity Millennial parents have with mega strollers?.....wouldn't every interview (including job interviews and performance reviews) be so much more interesting if you had the option to have Lil Wayne there?.....maybe I am old fashioned or just uptight, but when did meeting start times become fluid? I mean, I understand that a 5 minute grace period is standard. But when did it become okay for it to start 10 minutes or more late? Particularly if you request the call/meeting in the first place?.....if someone refers to themself as a "serial entrepreneur," isn't it likely a sign that they are probably more of a failure than a success story? But if someone else calls them a "serial entrepreneur," there's a good chance the opposite is true? And, either way, isn't it just best practice not to include any term that has a remote chance of evoking an image of Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy or Jeffrey Dahmer on your LinkedIn profile?.....if "hangry" is what you are when you are kind of peeved because you just need to eat ("hungry" + "angry"), what are you when you are kind of peeved because you are at the department of motor vehicles? Or because you are at a middle school band recital and your kid really is just not good at playing their instrument?.....how is it that my near 18 year old offspring continually "forgets" to turn off a light when he leaves a room, "accidentally" uses 95% of the family data plan within the first 5 days of the month, "can't even" replace an empty toilet paper roll, and responds "I don't know" when asked what possessed him to wear shorts to school in sub 50 degree weather, yet the state has deemed him responsible enough to safely operate a vehicle at highway speeds, and he will soon be entrusted with a right to cast a vote in an election?.....after months of emotional investment in them this summer, when does the other shoe drop and we learn that the Salmon Sisters weren't in fact named Emma or Claire, weren't even sisters at all and they never ran a business "from the boat"?.....I don't know why I continue to be hung up on this, but what if the meaning of life is just to figure out what Willis was talkin' 'bout?And just like that, we are heading into November...Have fun (and be safe!) trick or treating this week and enjoy the selections below.XOXODave