What happened when I ate by myself in a restaurant

Eating by yourself in public. Is there nothing scarier? Doing anything alone is something that scares a lot of people. I know that when I was younger, I'd refuse to do near anything by myself. I couldn't go out to eat, couldn't go to the movies, shopping had to always be done with a buddy.…

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Why New Year’s Resolutions are Absolute Crap

It's coming up to the New Year, which means a lot of you are making New Year's Resolutions. I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions. That's not to say I don't believe in goals and trying to better your life. I just don't believe in waiting for the New Year to try living a better…

Can we Stop Calling all Good Food ‘Crack’?

Photo cred: Calum Lewis through Unsplash I have a pet peeve I need to share and get off my chest. I have a lot of pet peeves. I'm basically a grumpy old man in a Karl Lagerfeld sweater. Here's one of my latest, something nearly every woman on Pinterest is guilty of doing: calling a…

The Festival That Changed my Life: a(n) (Almost) Year in Review

Well, It's nearing from when I decided to make some key (read: HUGE!) changes in my life that I knew would eventually lead me in the right direction. I knew that once I made those changes, I could finally see things a little clearer and work towards what I really wanted, but I never knew…