Out of the Wilderness

Hip hop hooray!!! Finally was able to identify the song from the Olive Garden commercial. All the credit is due to a faithful reader, and a fellow Seminole. She said, and I quote, “It’s on one of my spotify playlists, so when I heard it, I knew it. thankyouthankyouverymuch.”

My friend’s subtle tip of the hat to the King is not a secret clue, because it’s not Elvis. So if you’re still wondering what song is in the new Olive Garden commercial, wait no more! It’s Sufjan Stevens “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” Commence to downloading.

The post coming in at #7 this week is a combo package… you’re welcome! And if you like watching The Bachelorette or The Bachelor, you’re especially welcome. Did you know that Americans are spending roughly $1.65 billion on tattoos each year? So it’s not surprising that contestants on the dating reality show have tattoos. The next posts are pictures of Brad Womack’s back tattoo, and Ashley Hebert’s wrist tattoo.

#7: Brad Womack’s Tattoo and Ashley Hebert’s Tattoo

More about these posts: Both went live in 2011, Brad in January and Ashley in June. Ashley is now married to J.P. Rosenbaum and Brad is reportedly dating AshLee Frazier (also a contestant on the show at one point).

It’s not wacky for Olive Garden to use good music in their new commercial. In fact, it’s smart. So I’ve uppercase Googled, I’ve lowercase googled, I’ve even asked Jeeves, but can’t find any information about what song it is or who sings it. If anyone out there has the answer, speak up! Otherwise, I’ll just wait up to 4 business days for Olive Garden to respond to my email. You know that’s Monday, right? Sigh. I guess I can distract myself with some never-ending breadsticks.

When you’re here, you’re family…
-Out of the Wilderness

“I woke up in the nick of time. Had I slept any later, I would’ve had to speak at the National Milk Association Convention. It’s an event I like to attend, but as a fan, not a speaker.”

Waking up from a dream, the above quote is what I jotted down to remember all that was in my head. Now if you thought THAT dream was strange, imagine my surprise later that day when I got an email from the NMA asking to be the keynote speaker at this year’s annual gala! OK, totally not true. Turns out there isn’t such thing as the National Milk Association so even if I wanted to speak there, I couldn’t. Plus, how does sleeping late add up to being a speaker at the convention? Needless to say, my dream left me with more questions than answers. Was it an extension of my public speaking fears? My love of milk? Do I have a fear of sleeping late and missing important events? Does it have anything to do with the book I’m reading, written by professional speaker Jon Acuff?

I’ll consider all it’s meanings as I drink a glass of cold skim milk. Yum.

So how in the world are we supposed to really know if the person we like,  likes us back? Well, we could always ask the person. But that comes with a heavy dose of potential embarrassment, so another way to find out is to look at the signs. It’ll take more effort on your part, but you will side-step a majority of the scenarios that leave you embarrassed in front of this person.

#8 Post of the Year: 10 Ways To Find Out If He Likes You

More about the post: This post was originally made public back in October 2011 but continues to be a fan favorite. I’d like to think it’s because of my originality, wit, and magnetic charm that comes through in my writing, but I know it’s because people all over the world simply want answers. And when you don’t get all the answers you want, you say “We want more! We want more!” You know, like that girl from the Sprint commercial? Not the one that says “Kindergarten?”… the other one.