Comments on: A Chip in Jeopardy http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289255 TDavid Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:28:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289255 Wow, Kent, was that when Richard was kissing all the girls or the later Feud with the also rans hosting? Wow, Kent, was that when Richard was kissing all the girls or the later Feud with the also rans hosting?

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289254 Sterling Camden Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:22:56 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289254 Amazing, Kent. I can imagine your surprise on seeing her face on the screen. Amazing, Kent. I can imagine your surprise on seeing her face on the screen.

]]> By: Kent Newsome http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289253 Kent Newsome Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:17:17 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289253 OK, I haven't tried out for a game show, but I have one bizare game show experience. Around 1985, I was asleep on my couch with the TV on. I had this dream about a girl I knew in high school, who I hadn't seen or heard from in years. When I woke up, I noticed that Family Feud was on. And lo and behold, there she was with the rest of her family. I guess I saw or heard part of it before I feel asleep and it made me dream about her. OK, I haven’t tried out for a game show, but I have one bizare game show experience. Around 1985, I was asleep on my couch with the TV on. I had this dream about a girl I knew in high school, who I hadn’t seen or heard from in years. When I woke up, I noticed that Family Feud was on. And lo and behold, there she was with the rest of her family. I guess I saw or heard part of it before I feel asleep and it made me dream about her.

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289252 Sterling Camden Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:57:32 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289252 I was never attracted to that show, for the same reason I never watched The Apprentice or Survivor: they popularize the myth that survival of the fittest requires the elimination of the weak. IMHO, the history of humanity demonstrates that compassion and mutual promotion serve survival of the species far better -- and that same principle applies to the survival of a team, a corporation, or a community. I'd love to get on Wheel of Fortune -- there's some "easy money", if the wheel treats you right. I guess your acquaintance maybe acquired an exaggerated opinion of his own luckiness from it, though. My Dad always said I was lucky, and I guess he was right. I've been at the right place at the right time a lot. Half of luck is knowing that it doesn't always come to the table, though. Weathering the unlucky streaks so you can be there when luck does hit. I was never attracted to that show, for the same reason I never watched The Apprentice or Survivor: they popularize the myth that survival of the fittest requires the elimination of the weak. IMHO, the history of humanity demonstrates that compassion and mutual promotion serve survival of the species far better — and that same principle applies to the survival of a team, a corporation, or a community.

I’d love to get on Wheel of Fortune — there’s some “easy money”, if the wheel treats you right. I guess your acquaintance maybe acquired an exaggerated opinion of his own luckiness from it, though. My Dad always said I was lucky, and I guess he was right. I’ve been at the right place at the right time a lot. Half of luck is knowing that it doesn’t always come to the table, though. Weathering the unlucky streaks so you can be there when luck does hit.

]]> By: TDavid http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289246 TDavid Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:35:42 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289246 Millionaire too, eh? Cool! Think I would have liked to go up against that bitchy hostess in "You're the weakest link. Goodbye!" If only just to flip her the bird on the way out. I'm surprised nobody did that ... maybe they did but it just never made it to the show (they could have blurred out the finger, which is stupid because we all know what that means). Millionaire too, eh? Cool! Think I would have liked to go up against that bitchy hostess in “You’re the weakest link. Goodbye!” If only just to flip her the bird on the way out. I’m surprised nobody did that … maybe they did but it just never made it to the show (they could have blurred out the finger, which is stupid because we all know what that means).

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289245 Sterling Camden Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:31:44 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060824/3704/#comment-289245 Hey, TD - thanks for reading, and thanks for the link. Nice post. I worry, too, about my older boys (from my first marriage) who never wanted to work jobs going through high school. I've been working steady since a paper route at age 12, and yet I was still clueless on so many things for far too long. I wonder how difficult life's lessons will be for my sons from having to learn them late rather than early. BTW, I also tried out for Millionaire back when it was hosted by Regis. Their test was way easier. Just one problem: they didn't want the smartest people. They wouldn't reveal their criteria, but I think they were looking for the slightly above average Joe/Jill, and I over-qualified. At least that's what I tell myself. They only picked three people out of a group of maybe 400, so I didn't feel quite so bad about that one. Hey, TD - thanks for reading, and thanks for the link. Nice post. I worry, too, about my older boys (from my first marriage) who never wanted to work jobs going through high school. I’ve been working steady since a paper route at age 12, and yet I was still clueless on so many things for far too long. I wonder how difficult life’s lessons will be for my sons from having to learn them late rather than early.

BTW, I also tried out for Millionaire back when it was hosted by Regis. Their test was way easier. Just one problem: they didn’t want the smartest people. They wouldn’t reveal their criteria, but I think they were looking for the slightly above average Joe/Jill, and I over-qualified. At least that’s what I tell myself. They only picked three people out of a group of maybe 400, so I didn’t feel quite so bad about that one.

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