I'm writing this a bit prematurely as it's been more like 11 months, but whatever, close enough. For pretty much my entire life (with maybe the exception of my infancy) I've been a pretty lanky guy. Now, I've gone in and out of really "caring" about this. Most of the time I'd tell myself things like…
Growing up in Georgia, polo-style shirts were quite popular. It got pretty hot and muggy there in the summers, so polo shirts offered a way to stay cool and still look pretty sharp. At least when I was in college, they were the unofficial uniform of preppy frat guys (along with khaki shorts, boat shoes,…
Breakups aren't particularly enjoyable for either party involved. Whether you've just gotten dumped or had to let someone go, the thought of a change in relationship status is seldom an easy pill to swallow. While people cope with breakups in different ways, I'll argue that the best way to deal with things (at least in…
It's 2016, so I thought I would write about a TV show that started 57 years ago. Also because New Year's Day brings a Twilight Zone marathon with it. The Twilight Zone was a TV series that ran from the late '50s to the mid '60s, and has a fairly unusual format for a television…
It's odd that in our day of modern conveniences it seems that stress is at an all time high. People stress about anything and everything these days, and often look to binge-eating, binge-drinking, binge-watching Netflix, and other substance abuse to counteract the stress. The problem with substance abuse is that oftentimes you are just making…
A man meets a woman. He talks to her for a bit, they exchange a few laughs, and go their separate ways. When the man's friend asks him if he will pursue a relationship with this woman, he replies, "no, she is too fat for me." Is this man a bad person? A woman meets…
Frames of reference are all around us. They exist in ways we often aren't entirely aware of, or at least don't care to notice. One of my favorite examples involves former U.S. President Gerald Ford. Before he was president, Ford was an Eagle Scout, played on the University of Michigan football team, and served in…
About two years ago I decided to purchase an Invicta Pro Diver 8926, something of a legend in the "affordable watch" community. And it's easy to see why. It was less than $100 when I bought it and it still is (as of the date of this article). For an automatic self-winding watch, that's a…
If you've never seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, then you should. It's just a bizarre movie full of random lines that you will be quoting for the rest of your life. One of my favorite parts in the movie happens towards the end, when King Arthur and his brave knights come across…
And no, I'm not Mormon. The key word is "avoid", not "cut out completely." I had a Coke today, in fact. But in recent years, I seem to have drifted away from caffeine. That's weird, too, because we live in an age where there is a Starbucks on every corner, energy sodas, energy shots, and…