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Things I’ll Never Say at a BBQ

(For Star Wars nerds.) Summer means BBQs which means getting corn-on-the-cob stuck between my teeth and coming down with salmonella poisoning from all the meat and salads left on the patio for hours. It means watching flies land on the watermelon, and ice-cream bars melting down my forearms. But no matter how much I loveContinue reading “Things I’ll Never Say at a BBQ”

Top 5 Reasons to Not Eat Avocados

I’m basically an all-food eating machine. But there are some items of “food” I must refuse–on totally valid grounds. For instance, I don’t eat mayonnaise because it’s icky. I refuse to eat squid because it’s icky. In fact, most foods I don’t eat are just plain icky. Take the avocado–please (ba-dum-dum). Besides not knowing whichContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons to Not Eat Avocados”

Questions that Keep Me Up at Night

Some nights I can’t sleep. After I stop counting sheep, calculating how many more hours of sleep I could get if I fell asleep immediately, and consider getting up to read (which I don’t because I’m too tired), I start pondering the important questions of life. Not questions like, “If you weren’t scared, what wouldContinue reading “Questions that Keep Me Up at Night”