A Chinese man died in an internet café. Reportedly, he collapsed after gaming for 3 days straight days without food or water. That story hurts my heart. I don’t understand much of the Asian culture, or this new phenomenon of gaming addiction. But one thing is universally clear: Addiction leads to death. Addiction – Damage …
I threw away my wife’s trophy. She ran in a 5k and received one of those flimsy medals for her efforts. I dangled it before her and asked, “Want to hang onto your participation trophy?” “Nope,” she said. I chucked it. Awards – Cleaning Our lives get cluttered with confusing awards. We did some essential …
Spirit Airlines sucks. If you haven’t had the misfortune of flying this horrible air-service – then save yourself the trouble and don’t. However, if you want a memorable story to share with your family and friends – then be my guest, and jump right aboard. Perspective – Bad I heard horror stories of how bad …
Dead bugs are gross. And when it’s a school project, it’s even worse. I had to make a “dissection box.” I don’t know what you call it, but I was in elementary school, and the assignment was to capture a bunch of insects and pin them to a board. It was gross. I was terrified. …
I hate Philadelphia. I’ve visited multiple times and lived there for a month. It’s not a nice place and I hate it. There are positive aspects to the city: The tourism sites are outstanding. The many museums are incredible and historical artifacts bring a tear to my heart. There’s a feeling of awe and pride …
As an adult, making friends is hard. It suddenly seems like everyone is too busy to add more friends to their life – like somehow a new person, means a new commitment, and extra effort. Like we’re all sucked for time and energy, and the last thing we want is spend energy on someone we …
You should always be kind. You never know who you’ll help. There’s a bike trail in Florida where everyone is rude. No one says hi to each other or waves. The daily troubles of the world have followed these people to the path, where they continue to fight and scratch their way along. It’s a …
Your gift isn’t special. Newsflash: No one else is better than you. Everyone is exactly equal. No one has any special gift or talent that you can’t get too. So stop lying to yourself, thinking you can’t be successful. Because you can. And I’ll show you how. Your Gift – Books Growing up, I looked …
The media lies. Everything you see is a lie. TV, movies, the internet is full of liars. Everyone is trying to sell you something. They’re trying to make money off you, preying off an insecurity, and hoping you’ll throw money away to fix the problem – the same “fake problem” they’ve convinced you, you have. …
False advertising is ruining our lives. As humans, we spend an inordinate amount of time lying to each other. We pretend life is amazing, that we’re successful, important, and happy. We want others to think we are living “the good life,” while others are missing out. We want to be loved. And still, we constantly …