Lessons learned from the movie Karate Kid part III

Yeah, I just finished watching it from start to finish (with commercials)....deal with it!

This is what I learned.

Just like a bonsai tree chooses to grow its own way when its root is strong, we can only chose to grow our own way when our roots are strong.

It is ok to lose to an opponent, it is not ok to lose to fear.

For a person with no forgiveness in their heart, living is a worse punishment than death.

Better to do nothing on a full stomach than an empty one.

You should never tuck your shirt in without wearing a belt.

In the 1980s, a first semester's tuition of community college can buy you a deposit and two months rent on a really crappy, run down storefront by railroad tracks.

Oftentimes, as much as we want to solve others problems for them, the only real way is for the person to find their own solution and their own path.

Mr. Myagi may be the most wise man to have ever live. He has such balance in his life. He also proves that you too can kick the butts of people more than half your age with limited range of motion, even to the point that they can't land a finger on you.

1980s Dance/Love music sucks on 99% of all occasions.

Never, never never never never never wear a gold chain on the outside of a round neck shirt like Snake did.

Getting into the chemical dump business pays the bills...dang.

I want to take Karate Lessons!!!

Strange Things Are Afoot at the Circle K

For all of you readers out there from the Midwest, the line above was the first time I had ever heard of Circle K food mart. It comes from that cinematic masterpiece "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" I can't go into or see a Circle K w/o thinking about that movie, and I am always looking for something strange in them so I can say that line...tonight I did indeed find something strange.

So I'm coming home from St. Louis tonight, and I really have to make a "pit stop". I pull into a circle k and I head to the bathroom. I was immediately taken back by what I saw. For some reason, the toilet paper rolls were mounted very high. So high in fact that a midget would have to come off the seat to get the roll flowing. As I saw this, I tried my best to figure out why it would be mounted so high. I then got to thinking the opposite; why is most toilet paper mounted so low? I got to thinking how the higher mount position would have certain advantages, such as being able to use leverage to get a power sheet out quickly. Also, it allows for a longer piece if you use the toilet paper to the floor and tear rule. Curious, I hung out in the store until I could have the chance to ask the girl working behind the counter the reasoning behind the high mount position. She said she really didn't know and she didn't even recall them being that high. I suggested that she should check it out so we both walked back to where the bathrooms were to investigate further. She was stunned by how high they were, and she checked and verified that the women's bathroom was mounted high too. I guess it goes to show you that you don't tend to notice things if you see them everyday, even if they may be a bit odd. (not that conducting an interview for dantheblog.com with a stranger working at a Circle K regarding the height of the toilet paper in the bathroom is odd...yes I did specify that I wrote for dantheblog.com as if I had a press pass)

This is an actual picture of the toilet paper mount! Any theories to any advantages this provides?