No, I am not referring to the best in a certain field. I’m talking about Tina Turner’s 1989 smash hit, Simply the Best.
You can scrap these personality tests, and every other.
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Since I shared my Hallmark holiday movie pitch from this year, I thought it would be fun to post my submission from last year (it did NOT win).
Great career, albeit at the expense of meaningful relationships, check! Lavishly furnished downtown apartment, although by swindling the less fortunate, check! Gorgeous fiance, but with a heart even darker than his own, check! Life had been going according to plan for Mr. Scourge until one fateful Christmas Eve.
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Every year, we hold a school wide competition around the holidays:
Who doesn’t love a good Hallmark holiday movie? You are a screenwriter for the Hallmark Network. The holiday season is just around the corner. The company executives want you to pitch them your best Hallmark Holiday Movie idea.
This year, I decided to share my submission on the blog (and it won…no big deal).
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All of these are legitimate choices, but they are all wrong.
Love Actually contains the most ridiculous scene in Christmas movie history.
Through the help of his Guardian Angel, Clarence, George Bailey, the protagonist from It’s a Wonderful Life, ultimately sees how his actions positively impacted the lives of the Bedford Falls residents. After evaluating his life, he concludes that “no man is a failure who has friends.” But, is his method of evaluation the best? If not, what is?
There are a thousand areas where educators can direct their attention. It is hard to know where you will get the most return on your energy investment. Be careful not to dedicate your valuable time to something that might come across as impactful, but ultimately has little to no benefit on student learning.
Happy Gilmore’s Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) is a highly unlikeable character. The man is trying to steal a sweet grandmother’s home. As much as you grow to hate Shooter over the course of the movie, in this scene he is absolutely correct.
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Grandpa Joe (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory) and Jenny Gump (Forrest Gump) receive an appropriate amount of outrage for their numerous character flaws. However, Frozen’s Elsa somehow escapes criticism. It is time someone shine a light on the horrific human being that she is.
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Within five minutes of going anywhere with my dad, he is eyebrow ridge deep in a conversation with some stranger. Said stranger may or may not be a willing participant in this dialogue. If unwilling, does that just make it a logue? Or maybe an undialogue (nondialogue?), since there are still two people, but only one is talking? Regardless, I am amazed that my dad and I are related, because outside of the school day (nights and weekends), I don’t want to talk with anyone, except my family, but sometimes not even my family.
What exemplifies this most is my grocery shopping routine.
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They say the worst question you can ask is if a woman is pregnant. I disagree. The worst question you can ask someone is, “Is he picking you up after school today?”
Let me explain…
I love oldies music. I love the stories that they tell.
When I say oldies I mean Bobby Darin, The Everly Brothers, Herman’s Hermits, Tommy James and The Shondells, Frankie Valli, The Righteous Brothers, Sam Cooke, The Crystals, Dusty Springfield, etc. Today, some oldies channels play 80s music. The 80s definitely have their place, but oldies to me, mean music from the 50s and 60s.
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Minimalistic design is incredibly popular. Sleek lines, hidden functionality, and a prioritization of the essential are trademark components of this less is more approach. Marie Kondo has taught us a lot in the past few years regarding the necessity to remove to enhance.
Coffee remains incredibly popular. Everyone has their favorite bean, their favorite drink, AND their favorite method for brewing said cup. This is where the cognitive dissonance occurs.
I like house shows. A cabin, a beach cottage, a farmhouse, a yurt, a castle, a whatever. Architecture and design are extremely interesting. While watching, you either enjoy affirming the choices made by the homeowner or are repulsed by the horrific aesthetic. “Hey Indiana Jones, just because it’s old doesn’t mean it looks good. There is a reason that credenza ended up at the flea market.”
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It can be frustrating when you just miss catching a light. If only you left 3 seconds earlier you would be happily passing through that yellow and excited to be arriving at your destination one minute earlier.
But, you took too long to cue up that new Pink ditty (I don’t know if people still listen to Pink or if anyone calls songs ditty) and now here you are stuck first in line behind a fresh red.
Which leads us to the type of person you are. Do you eye that stoplight like a hawk, waiting for the second when it switches to green? For reference we will call these people Light Hawks (kind of like Lincoln Hawk from Over the Top, but not really. I just wanted to reference my favorite arm-wrestling movie). Or, knowing that you are at the head of the convoy, with no chance of missing the upcoming light, do you nonchalantly fiddle with your tuning settings to get the most out of Pink’s trademark vocal grit (come on guys Pink is still cool)? For reference we will call these people Knob Fiddlers.
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