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Countless thoughts. Moist sand. Never numb.

Staring Contest. I blink. Who loses?

Yawning is fine. Yawning audibly is rude. -David Saunders

I couldn’t help but think how interesting those statements were when I was a sophomore in high school. Mr. Saunders was a stickler for manners, respect, honor, and dignity. As I’m sitting in Tresidder at Stanford University working on some projects, a nice and polite woman sits next to me to do some work on her laptop during a break from the conference she is attending. Later, another attendee of said conference (I rarely have an opportunity to use “said” in that way so I thought I’d give it a try. It wasn’t what I thought it would be.) sits next to her to discuss a few things and get a breather from the all-day event. Three times in 10 minutes he yawns annoyingly audibly with no concern for those around him. I got annoyed, but I didn’t let it get to me. It just gave me another topic to write about. Thanks for the inspiration, Patrick C. Too bad you didn’t have Mr. Saunders as your English teacher. You would have learned a thing or two about prose, stanzas, and manners.

If you’ve been a victim of Audible Yawning, please call our toll-free hotline at 866-U-YAWNED for counseling.

If you don’t know David Saunders, he’s a great guy to know. One of my most inspirational teachers in my life. And now he’s inspiring more people as he helps build an orphanage in Kenya through the Red Rhino Orphanage Project. And be sure to check out his RROP Journal as well.