Padron peppers, nature’s game of surprise – We had these at Thomas Keller’s restaurant ad hoc last year. I somehow missed the bit about “one out of every five is really hot” and took a giant bite of what turned out to be the hot one. YOWZA. Won’t make that mistake again!

Cool at 13, Adrift at 23 – NYTimes.com – Interesting. (No, I’m not brave enough to post that on my FB wall. Too many formerly popular high school kids still on there.)

As part of a training course I’m on at work, we were encouraged to take the Myers-Briggs personality test. I’d never done it before so I was really curious to see what my results would be. Turns out I’m an ESTJ.

ESTJ: Practical, realistic, matter-of-fact. Decisive, quickly move to implement decisions. Organize projects and people to get things done, focus on getting results in the most efficient way possible. Take care of routine details. Have a clear set of logical standards, systematically follow them and want others to also. Forceful in implementing their plans.

Yep, that sounds about right. I was one of only a couple clear extroverts in the room, and my “J” rating was probably the highest as well. (That’s the one where you prefer to have the world structured and scheduled rather than all loosey-goosey and play-it-by-ear.) I had some good conversations with others who were very different and we talked about how we could work together more productively in the future. Very useful.

And if you’re wondering, he hasn’t taken the test but I predict Mr Snook is probably INTP.