1. Either I am getting older, or the first week of school parents are starting to drop off 12-year-olds at Texas Tech.

2. Creating a mental anchor for someone can be hard for them to shake. And that’s kind of the point.

3. At lunch yesterday I went home, changed into workout clothes to go to the gym, sat in the recliner swiping up on my phone for an hour, put my regular clothes back on, and drove back to work. Sometimes it’s just one of those kinds of days.

4. Kids, lean in here for this little tip.

5. After too much school, and a bout of unemployment, I finally found a full-time job. My first real job. Just need to document the date that my life went in a different direction.  It was 28 March 2011.

 

1. If a cookie recipe calls for half a block of Kerrygold butter, yeah it’s gonna be good.

2. And if you think visual persuasion is not important, this video will change your mind.

3. After 37 years, I have moved from Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets to Chick-fil-A chicken strips. Seems like the end of an era. Of course, it was never the same after they took the coleslaw away anyway.

4. The direction of things is more important than the state of things.

5. Everyone with a little money wants to show they have it with a Versace bag or two. Few really have it though. Hermès bags are few and far between, after all. It’s like the difference between a Kenneth Cole watch and a Pateke Philippe. You want to buy status. And at the high end, that’s hard to do.