You’re a Rockstar!

You're a rockstar!

On a walk one day, there it was, in chalk, a reminder. Sure, the reminder wasn’t meant for me, it appears it was meant for some folks doing a run, or training for a run. I didn’t care, I looked at it and said, “Yea, I am a rockstar!”

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(Picture is from Beren’s Park, Elmhurst, IL)

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Always Look

Always look at the toilet paper roll before you sit down.

Sure, I understand if you are in a public restroom and toilet paper may not be readily available, but if you are somewhere that the toilet paper is someplace simple, like under a sink, be awesome and don’t leave the toilet paper roll empty.

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(Picture is from a bathroom I once visited.)

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Unexpected Fun

It was supposed to be just brunch, but then unexpected fun showed up.

My wife and I were in Houston to visit my family, and we timed the travel between the craziness of Thanksgiving and the short time off around Christmas.

Time for Brunch

A brunch with my nephew and his girlfriend was in order, but the question was “Where to go?” My nephew suggested Piggy’s Kitchen and Bar, on West Lamar, outside the downtown Houston area. My wife and I arrived first and, while coming up to the door, I heard some sort of ruckus on the outdoor patio. Not a bad ruckus, but some loudness and what sounded like Broadway show tunes. Weird.

We entered, were offered a table inside or on the patio, and me, I wanted to be outside with the ruckus!

Look, there’s Entertainment

The Broad's Way from Houston appearing at Piggy's Kitchen and Bar.

And there they were, The Broad’s Way. Turns out The Broad’s Way is a drag queen revue that performs Broadway show tunes amid some jokes. Yup, unbeknownst to any of us it turns out that Piggy’s currently has “Brunch with The Broad’s Way” on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, from 11AM to 2PM. None of us were expecting it, and unfortunately we weren’t there until about 12:30 so we missed some of the show. We did, however, catch enough of the fun and fantastically talented members of the revue who wonderfully entertained the crown amidst gathering dollar bills from the customers, including one from yours truly.

Yup, what was going to be just your standard “catching up with family brunch” turned into unexpected fun. People were enjoying themselves, laughing, and smiling thanks to The Broad’s Way, all the while eating some great brunch from Piggy’s Kitchen and Bar.

Go With the Flow

Sure, it would have been easy to be upset or perturbed that there was some event interrupting the catching up of family, but sometimes it’s best to just go with the flow. When the unexpected does show up embrace it, enjoy it, and let it turn a normal experience into one with a story. The best stories many times come from the unexpected, and this time the story was one of unexpected fun.

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Your Time is Precious

Your time is precious.

There is only one thing in this life that is finite, and that is our time alive. Every now and then others will try to take a bit of that time, and this is especially true in the holiday season. Remember that your time is precious. Sometimes it is better to adopt the attitude of Derek Sivers, “Either ‘Hell Yeah!’ or ‘no.'”

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(Picture is from a mantle clock my Grandmother gave to me.)

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Say “Hello”

Say "Hello" to a stranger today.

It’s easy to stay in your own world, but stretch yourself and say “Hello” to a stranger. They might ignore you, and that’s okay, but you also might connect to a new person in this world. Isn’t connection sometimes what is important in this world?

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(Picture is from a dinner at Next Restaurant, Chicago, IL.)

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Ponder Life. In Red Booties.

Go ahead and take a few minutes to ponder life.

In the winter we have to put booties on our dog, Milo, to protect his feet. Red booties or not, Milo still likes to ponder life every now and then.

Go ahead and take a minute or two and ponder life. If it helps buy some red booties. It seems to help Milo.

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(Picture is of our dog, Milo.)

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Some Questions Have No Definitive Answer

What way does the bow go on a wreath? There is no definitive answer.

On one of my other websites, Entertainment Ave!, I can always tell when the Christmas holiday is coming? Why? Because I had a poll called “The Wreath-Bow Conundrum.” The post was about where the bow should go on a wreath. Simply, should the bow be on the top or bottom of a wreath? Oddly, for this, there appears to be no definitive answer, and that’s okay.

Every year around the holidays the post starts to get an uptick in views. I’m guessing it’s simply that people are beginning to decorate their houses for whatever they are celebrating, and if wreath hanging is involved, and said wreath has a bow, there is generally a discussion on if the bow should be at the top or the bottom of the wreath.

Conflicting Answers

Over the years this has fascinated me for some reason because there really seems to be no answer. If you Google “bow on a wreath” and look at the images, there is a multitude of wreath pictures all with the bows on the top. The wreath that we hung on the door the year of the post had no definitive answer, either, as there wasn’t a hook for the wreath to signify top nor bottom. As we hung the wreath, with just a little manipulation, the bow was able to hang in either direction.

We opted for the bottom of the wreath for the bow that year.

Also, whereas the Google images lean towards top placement, the poll results on Entertainment Ave! showed an overwhelming, or at least a bunch of people, prefer their bow on the bottom (60% bottom hangers to 40% top hangers), at least as of last week.

Internet searching is also no help. Some sites say the top, other sites say the bottom, but the general consensus is there is no answer as long as you think it looks okay.

Two Wreaths?

The problem, however, is if you think the bow looks good on the top of the wreath while your partner thinks the bow looks better on the bottom, or vice versa. My suggestion for this dilemma is to hang two wreaths.

With whatever holiday you are celebrating this season just remember that of all of the arguments you might get into, for the subject of bow placement, there is no answer, and that is okay. Just do what makes you feel good, even if that means hanging the wreath to make your partner happy. Really, isn’t that what the holidays are supposed to be about anyway?

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Please Dispose Your Dental Floss Picks Properly

Please dispose of your dental floss picks in the garbage.

I don’t know why I can spot them anywhere, and it’s really gross, but I see dental floss picks a lot. Look, I appreciate good oral hygiene, but be better than the other person and actually throw your dental floss pick in the garbage instead of on the ground.

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(Picture is from a parking lot.)

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