Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"Chuck, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"

After the traveling we've put Chuck through recently, he's probably happy spending his days underneath the sofa inside the bottom cover.  He ventures out when necessary... 

I think when you have buffalo grazing near the road and are about to eat at a restaurant that serves "Mountain Oysters", which I naively assumed to be large oysters prior to being corrected, it's safe to assume you're in Kansas or somewhere in the mid-states.  The sad thing is that these animals are pretty much free to do as they wish in comparison to the folks living inside the facility in the background of the picture.  


Buffalo
                                               
Metropolitan menu

For those of you wondering whether we went for the Mountain Oysters, the answer is no.  I definitely took the recommendation (see note in menu) for this meal choice and opted for the Mushrooms along with good ol' mid-west food; steaks.


Filet Mignon

KC Strip

What were we doing in Kansas you might ask?  Thoughtful Uncle Sam decided we would benefit from a few weeks of daily class time to be "better leaders."  During the process, I found out my personality type by taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality questionnaire. 
Interestingly, my personality type (INFJ) is shared by only 1-3% of the world's population.  Now I know why I feel like most people just don't understand me!  The goal by taking this assessment is to function in varied settings with different personality types and leave your comfort zone (i.e. your type indicator) and strive to take some of the character traits of another type indicator.  Imagine, if we all took the test, perhaps the world would be that much better.  Having sad that, I'll challenge my family --- you know who you are --- to take it and share their results with me.  Who knows, we may share in a 5 hour long conversation, because we now understand one another.  In all, I got a lot of good tools in my pocket and was happy to get away in one week's time.  Waldo, however, has a few more weeks to go...   

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