Looks More Like a Puma

I didn’t used to be a yogurt eater. Not from any particular dislike, it just wasn’t one of those foods that I would say, “You know what sounds good right now - friggin’ yogurt.” But now, (hang on, that actually does sound pretty good…

…mmm: strawberry!)

But now, I do like yogurt and eat it on a regular basis. What’s so spectacular about that? Well, it is a curious case, because I happen to know the reason I changed my mind about yogurt - and that reason is Burn Notice.

Burn Notice (if you didn’t know) is a tv show about a spy in forced retirement who uses his mad spy skillz to help out people in distress. Also he eats a lot of yogurt. And since he is clearly an awesome dude, and he eats yogurt, I was subconsciously propelled into the yogurt eating habit.

Scary, huh?

Well it’s not all bad news. At least in this case, I was completely aware of what was going on, and while my attitude towards yogurt was shifted unconsciously, my behavior was changed consciously both because of yogurt’s new appeal and my deliberate recognition that yogurt is generally a good thing.

So what’s the moral? I don’t know, I just thought it was an interesting story. Feel free to draw your own conclusion. Or select one of the suggested ones below.

Suggested Conclusions:

• TV is an evil mind-control device.
• Yogurt is tastey*.
• If you need to motivate yourself to do something, find a tv show about a spy who does that and then you will be motivated to do the thing that you’re trying to motivate yourself to do.
• I am a weak-minded fool.

*@Bequavious ‘e’ for ‘Emphasis!’