When English speakers order a burrito at a local restaurant, should they pronounce Burrito as "Burrrrrrito" and roll their R like Speedy Gonzales or should they pronounce it "Berido" like all other non-Spanish speakers of the world? Perhaps it's prudent for people to pass on pronouncing properly. Possibly? There are a number of reasons why I don't use foreign accents for single words unless I'm in that country, and I can roll my R's. Read more...

Two Unbreakable Laws 

I spent a lot of my high school and college years underwater.  And the way I got there was by jumping into it from really high cliffs and bridges.  So, I feel like I have authority to speak about this unbreakable law with confidence. Here you go. If you jump off something, then you'll go downwards every single time.  It's called gravity. You can't avoid it or get around it. Okay, so then here's another unbreakable law that's just as true as gravity and you can't avoid it.  God has established this law just like he did gravity. The cool thing about this unbreakable law is that you have some say in it. It can either really suck or be really great.  Read on...

Cool Trick I Learned Today

Necessity is the mother of all invention

Thought I'd pass this cool trick I just learned today.  Actually, I'm making a list of cool tips and tricks to make life easier, so if you have one, pass it on in a sentence or two. Thanks.

We're up in Port Angeles, Washington visiting relatives and I went to a nearby Starbucks to get a morning coffee for my hot wife and I.  I asked for a plug to stop up the sipping hole in the lid so that it wouldn't spill while driving back to the house, but they told me they were all out.  So, the Starbucks lady grabbed a straw, cut it in half, then doubled the half straw over and wedged it into the lid hole.  Voila! Hole stopped.

Things That Bring Discomfort to Us All

Just as there are certain Universal Simple Pleasures in life that we all enjoy as in my last article, there are also Simple Universal Misfortunes or Unpleasures that we all unenjoy as in my list below.  Feel free to add to the list of your favorite unfavorite things.  The death of a pet, your home burning down or a broken spine are not the kinds of things I'm talking about.  You'll see, read on...

Simple Pleasures of a Man

 What this man likes

Life is full of simple pleasures and so many people take them for granted.  Below is a list of some of the things that bring me pleasure in life.  Now don’t forget, I’m a man and so my list is, most likely, very different from what would be found on a woman’s.  Am I the only man who enjoys these things?  Do women enjoy them more?  Feel free to add your own onto the end. Keep it PG-13 or under Read more...