Confession of a BR Fan

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I enjoy watching "Bar Rescue" - the reality TV show where Jon Taffer walks into a bar, tells the owners that they are doing every thing wrong and then saving the bar from closing and, often times, making a difference in the lives of the people he meets - and I have to confess it to the world. This morning, after watching highlights of AEW as I went on my daily walk, I watched a short clip of Jon Taffer talking about why he wrote his book - "Don't BS Yourself" - and after watching that clip, I knew what was going to live in my ears today. Upon returning to my desk, I found it on Audible and started listening as I assemble red downtime binders for MCNL, I have it in my ears as I write this and while I'm only 11:37 in, already I have been inspired to share a quote from it. Taffer just cited a professor and business man named "Peter Goober" (WHAT A NAME, right?!?) who says that F E A R is really:
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False
Evidence
Appearing
Real
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My takeaway from hearing that is that I have transcribed it onto a sticky note that is now on my monitor where I will see it every moment that I am working, next to my "The No Garbage Trucks!" Pledge card - from David J. Pollay's EXCELLENT "The Law of the Garbage Truck" - a book that changed my perspective on how I live but I really can't get into that right now and get the red downtime binders for MCNL completed this morning - to remind myself to not let any false evidence that appears real to block me and determine my path in my life.
[snip corny animated GIF that would ruin my credibility]

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BR in ID

Alex and I watched the episode of "Bar Rescue" that was mentioned in this article: Hideaway Bar & Grill of Meridian, ID, is on “Bar Rescue” | Idaho Statesman. Basically, that article is crap. All it does is complain about the show and the premise of the show. Instead, why not actually reach out to the people in the episode and get a follow-up story. That would be an interesting story. Complaining about a series on TV is not worthy of the bytes required.