On the last leg of my journey last night, the young gentlemen sitting next to me and I started up a conversation and had an enjoyable time getting to now each other. I told him about what I did and he shared with me what he did. He works at a company selling funeral supplies. It’s not something you expect to hear, so I was intrigued.

Who would want to sell caskets?

He said if you had asked him five years ago where he would be he wouldn’t have guessed he would be where he is–selling funeral caskets, but he actually likes it.  It’s a fast-paced business!!  When people need a casket, it can’t be on back order. Things have to move and quickly he told me.  There was some humor in that!

As I looked at his face, he gave me a strong feeling by his facial features that he was a republican because he resembled a well known republican.  I was dying to ask him, so I took a risk–to learn if I was correct or not.  I asked him if I could ask a personal question, and he said sure.

When I asked if he was a republican, he thought about it and then grinned and said yes, he was. He said he was open to both parties, but that he had a preference for republican policies. He was surprised at what I did.  It surprises me when I keep getting it right.  Facial profiling has merit, without question!

I explained to him that there are correlations between facial features and personality traits and that he shares features of other republicans I know. He was rather stunned and didn’t know what to think.  I don’t blame him. He can be a skeptical person by nature, and I like that!

After we chatted for a while, he said he wanted to read a book, but that he had something I might enjoy reading, and he handed me TIME magazine.  He kindly said, “I thought you’d enjoy reading this.  I thought it was a good article” as he handed it to me.

I was so touched by his kindness, and I was thrilled to read it.  It’s an interesting article and well written. I like that it talks about how our emotions influence our decisions as that is a key point I talk about frequently.  There was a lot of interesting points to the article.  They point out truth and lies by both parties and gives you responses from the President and Romney.

If you can pick up a copy of this, its well worth reading!

Thanks, Rich!! It was a real pleasure to meet you yesterday!

If you haven’t heard: The candidates for the President of the United States will be debating on TV tonight. I think it is a must watch for all Americans.

Many body language experts have come out to share with you tips for reading people.  Some tell you if either candidate is touching their nose, he may not be telling the truth. Please know this is nonsense.  How many of you rub your nose during the day because it truly itches?  It is not a reliable clue to deception ever.

Another expert talked about how hand talk is a sign of aggression.  This expert doesn’t realize when someone is passionate, they also talk with their hands, too. Hand movements can mean many things, and unless you apply context, it doesn’t tell us anything in and of itself.

Shoulder shrug does mean that someone is uncertain, so it is important to match it to what they are saying.  Does the doubt make sense?

One thing I believe we will all see a lot of tonight are social (fake) smiles because this is a forum where candidates are trying to win votes.   Which candidate will give the most social smiles?  Who will smile the most sincere and most often?

One thing to keep in mind is that both of these candidates have been coached on how to behave, and that coaching will be applied tonight.  So which candidate comes off as more authentic?  That is key!

I am sure there will be lots of clues tonight about who is telling the truth and who is lying, but the problem is people are emotionally invested in their candidate and when I point out the truth and it doesn’t agree with one’s emotional beliefs, I often become the target of their frustration, and frankly, I don’t care to become that– so it makes it hard for me to comment.

If I can find enough things to write about that are non-partisan, I will consider doing so.

I may — no promises— long into FB tonight and share thoughts live as I watch it.