What the Heck is a Snooker Table?

I had dinner last night with a good friend and we had the most splendid time. The thing I enjoyed most about our time together was our great conversation. Topics of conversation for the evening were as follows:

 

• Gang bangers in the 8th grade in KCK (yes, they do start young)
• Dating in the year 2012 (lots of “interesting” people out there)
• My soul food luncheon at work (and it was YUMMY!)
• Our friends and family
• Snooker Tables (I had no idea what Snooker was…do you know?)

All in all, there was great discussion, good Merlot, and good company. Although if you go to Outback Steakhouse, the Wood-Fire Grilled Tuscan Ribeye rub is really salty so I would recommend you order something different unless you want to drink 5 gallons of water when you get home, which means you will be in the bathroom all night. Not a good thing.

 

What I noticed about the dinner talk was that the conversation evolved around us and what is happening in both of our worlds instead of talking about people we have never even met. We did not talk about the Kardashians, the 8 best free-agent quarterbacks, or the asking price for Michael Jordan’s home. We talked about what mattered to us.

 

I think too many people focus on the lives of people they will never meet. I have a friend who does not know that much about her neighbors or co-workers, but she can tell you everything about the reality stars on The Housewives of Beverly Hills. I am sure you all know someone who can tell you the batting average of every player on the Royals roster or the stats of every football player that ever lived. But think about it, does it really matter?? How much of that time could be spent doing something really important and significant to better out lives and those closest to you?

 

Today on MSN, the news headlines were:

 

Snooki is pregnant (why is this important I must ask?).
Justin Bieber turns 18 (he still looks like he is 12).
Rush Limbaugh calls college student a “slut.”

 

For me personally, I am on a media cleansing diet. I am cutting back on the useless information that I take into my brain. My brain is small and can only handle so much information, so I might as well make it useful information.

 

I am not saying that we need to completely disengage about what is going on in the world, maybe just be a little more selective about what we take in.

 

I have turned into a media/electronic junkie, so cutting back on information intake might make me a little crazy for a while, but I feel it a worthwhile endeavor to take more ownership of my time.

 

So for me, I am turning off the TV Monday-Thursday. Not that I watch a lot anyway, but I am going to turn it off and do something productive (the gym perhaps). I am also going to turn my phone off more often. Since becoming a cell phone user umpteen years ago, I have not once gotten a call that is a life/death situation and requires immediate response….not once.

 

Now, about that Snooker Table…

 

Here’s to getting off the comfort couch and living life ~ Lisa