Thursday, April 26, 2007

What's your best practical advice?

First off, I've officially started writing for AdFreak, in case any of you were waiting for a signal flare to start reading it or add it to your RSS reader. I'll probably be posting 3-5 times a week.

But there's not much meat on that bone, so we'll move on to a livelier topic:

What is the most practical advice you've ever been given? Stuff that's just all-around good to remember?

Let's see, I've got...

• On driving: "Always accelerate when changing lanes." - My sister.
• On driving (and life): "When you're steering between obstacles, don't look at the obstacles or you'll hit them. Look between them." -My mom.
• On drinking: "Never mix dairy and booze." - Myself, after an unfortunate "White Russian Night."
• On life choices: "Don't ever get divorced twice and then decide to go to grad school on student loans." -My mentor.

What have you guys got?

4 comments:

Andrea said...

Driving (and life)-- Always slow down before entering a curve (Driver's Ed teacher)

On being a mom: Spit happens (pediatrician)

On drinking -- Liquor before beer, have no fear. Beer before liquor, never sicker. (Floyd, bartender at O'Sullivans).

On life: Life isn't always all about cookies (overheard from a four-year-old talking to her two year-old brother who just learned to say the word "cookie")

Rich said...

Glad I could pass SOMETHING on to the younger generation...

Luckymom said...

Cleaning:

Don't use an ammonia spray to clean urine, it only makes the smell stronger, neutralize the odor with vinegar.

Parenting:

Non-toxic means it won't kill them if they eat it, but it doesn't mean that they won't throw-up.

On Life:

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

and

You can't get something for nothing.

Luckymom said...

Oh, I almost forgot:

You can't always get what you want!
-Rolling Stones
(We sing that one to the kids all the time!)