Author Archives: friendwinner

People come to me with their happy birthday’s on this, the day of my birth. Implying that someday, and that day may never come (it definitely will come–every year–in fact), they will call upon me to say happy birthday to them. And then the cycle continues.

For how commonplace this phrase is, I always figured its origin would be lost to time… it turns out a quick search for “nice guys finish last first use” yields some very well-documented results.

“You shouldn’t talk that way in front of a lady.” We all know that one, right fellas? … You can’t say certain things in front of women. Why? To be honest, I don’t often hear any reasoning for it…

I went on quite a few dates last summer. At least enough to notice a pattern of me accidentally impressing women. “Accidentally” as in: doing stuff I thought was just basic human decency. To show you what I mean, I’ve prepared a little slideshow.

Well, it finally happened. After two long weeks of posting in a row, I missed a weekly blog post. I’m sure you were all devastated

Why do I like side quests in games? And can that answer make me better at all my IRL side quests, like grocery shopping and laundry?

This presentation will serve to establish some guidelines for me, and some expectations for you, dear reader. Ok. Next slide.

You’ve gotta catch a hundred or so crayfish to level up your fishing stat before you can reel in a swordfish or a shark.

At this point, my little baby brain is still thoroughly pleased by the novelty of being on a plane, as I’ve only flown a handful of times.