They had a segment in which they showed how some businesses are doing an extreme type of team building exercise. They send them into a simulator for an airplane crash into the ocean. The co-workers must then follow a series of survival techniques which they have been taught prior to entering the simulator, and must work together to ensure that all lives on their team are saved. It is a unique bonding experience, to say the least.

And I never just treat them that way.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. Saturday, 16 May 2009. As though the steppe were not wide enough. For them all to stand alone. With that hollowness inside of them. I suppose it is natural. That they seek company in smaller versions of themselves. Lest the wind should sweep them away. They might grow tired of one another. Sunday, 18 January 2009.

Confessions of a Mediocre Mom. Lowering the bar for Moms everywhere. This could be fun, I thought. Where is it coming from? The oven is on fire! Get out of the room! .