My life as a cautionary tale.
I've always been fascinated by history and genealogy, so it's been somewhat ironic that I know so little about my family history. It was one of the reasons I decided to get a DNA test. I considered Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com, but Ancestry had a sale, so I opted to go with its service. (I may …
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When I was thirteen and the old man asked me to prep the barbecue grill, I thought to myself how hard can it be? Well, I was about to find out.
You know, I wouldn't say I have terrible luck, but it definitely trends toward being consistently on the poor side. I don't feel like the universe has it in for me, but it's definitely toying with me and being annoying. It's like that time back in 1996 when a guy I knew, who had won …
Wow, it's been over a year since the Houseguest started renting a room. How time flies! In celebration, I thought I'd look back and share one of our earlier misunderstandings.
So the Persian New Year known as Nowruz is almost here. Are you excited? Yeah, I didn't have it on my calendar either, but the Houseguest brought it to my attention because she's half Parsi, and she asked me to help her mark it with a simple fire ceremony. It was going to involve open flames …
Being a single guy and cooking for yourself is tough -- at least if you're me. I tend to end up eating a whole bunch of the same thing by myself because of poor shopping habits, bad planning, unfortunate circumstances, or a combination of all the above. Take, for example, asparagus. See, asparagus is kind …
Women frequently say (to men anyway) that size doesn't matter. But size matters. It always does. My quest The other day, the Houseguest was on the line, calling me from Trader Joe's where she was doing her big food shop. In spite of our last unfortunate experience co-shopping at Trader Joe's, she had invited me …
Ask a man who has been in a relationship for awhile if women influence men positively. You'll probably get a guy who secretly yearns for his days of freedom as a carefree bachelor able to do whatever it is that crosses his mind -- even if it's just sitting around in his underwear eating Doritos. But …
Spoiler alert. This post is about to get nasty. Delicate souls should stop reading now because no good will come of it. Trust me, you won't be enlightened, just horrified. Now you Schizer fans, well, pull up a chair and make yourselves comfy. *For those of you using the interwebz for investigative purposes and not familiar with what …
So the Houseguest likes to shop at Trader Joe's, a store that she has a love affair with. Yeah, I guess it's a pretty good store, but since it's outside of the two-mile shopping radius I've established around my house, I just don't go there even though it's an easy ten-minute drive from home. I …