Optimistic Skeptic Pillows

"Today on Zoom she was like, 'I really think everything's going to be okay,' and I'm like, 'I always knew she was a conspiracy theorist!'"

'Maybe you just can't have hope and change at the same TIME.'

"Of course this'll be a great year. The data, sales projections, customer surveys, and my mom all think so."

Road Forks in the Road: No Way and Yes Way.

'Oh for heaven's sake, you're a cow. Just eat grass and be happy.'

"I feel like that I've been given a unique oppurtunity to speak out on issues."

Science Museum. Why are you skeptical about the things scientists say? Because they claim the universe is expanding but when I visited my childhood hometown, everything was smaller.

Optimist

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Six Thinking Hats

"This year I resolve to embrace change."

"I think I can". (train)

"Using worst case scenario as a baseline, I consider this data quite encouraging."

'Don't believe everything you read in the papers!' (Vicar to lady reading the war cry).

'Actually, my mom was the first to notice he'd lost that new boyfriend smell!'

'The good news is that from now on I belong to a very rare species. There aren't many personnel managers who create their own pink slip.'

'We had no contingency plan for things going right.'

"Well, so much for my lucky hat! I've worn it to five interviews and not ONE callback!"

"Don't you worry about me. I always land on my feet."

Always expect the best

Sunday 10 and 2: The Usual Superstitions.

"I know it looks fine, but let's get an engineer's report and a termite inspection just to be on the safe side."

"I just think things will work out for the best, and by the best I mean me."

'Wow, that is a really big goal!'

Pollyanna, the Hamster

"Today stocks rose on the news that 'down' is a temporary state of mind."

Doug reasoned that things could be worse...but just how much worse...he wasn't sure??

"Oh, don't mind us... We just want to make sure it's really dead."

'Well, looking on the bright side, there's only 10 of them.'

"His face may be in the gutter, but his bum's looking up at the stars."

"Look on the bright side, you never know what's round the corner."

Library. Story Hour. This fact-checking site says no cow has ever jumped over the moon.

Ahhh, spring baseball.

'Every day son, I feel on top of the World!'

"I've tried to keep one in the past, but it always flew away when my husband came home. So I thought I'd try this method!"