Category: Two for Tuesday
Every Couple needs a Secret Language
Every couple, gay or straight, whether married or in a LTR, needs their own secret language. I’m not talking Lovey-Dovey baby talk but some simple words, phrases and even gestures that seem straightforward to circumstantial eavesdroppers, but have a clandestine meaning to you and your partner. Think of these as your safe words for non-sexual situations. One common... Read more »
Mitch Tribisky, your table is waiting
Hello Mitch, or do you prefer Mitchell? Either way, welcome to Chicago where the backup quarterback is the favorite, until he isn’t. I know you got off to a rough start with the neurotic Bears fan base. We want a starter under center that can be the franchise quarterback, but we don’t really want to... Read more »
The Delorean Paradox
I’m going to define a new thing — or maybe take credit for something someone else has already thought of — called the Delorean Paradox. The Delorean Paradox is when someone says something that can only be proven with a time machine. Anywhere in a Delorean #80sDreamVacation pic.twitter.com/zMRrMJwHoi — Gretel Armstrong (@SugarGretel) April 30, 2017... Read more »
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When History repeats itself, it's an opportunity to take the other path
Like most people, I periodically clean out the friends list on the ole Book of Faces, removing people who don’t interact with me, log in very often or not make one of the Bucket Criteria. In general I’m unfriending people that don’t fit one of the criteria for being a friend/connection on FB. I discovered... Read more »
The Stages of Facebook Unfriending
So the day comes and you find out that someone unfriended you on the Social Media Merry-go-Round that is Facebook. Maybe you figured it out because you watch your friend’s list count. Or maybe Facebook’s On This Day reminder pointed out someone you hadn’t thought of in a while. Or perhaps you have some software... Read more »
Why I hate small talk
I really hate small talk. It’s usually superficial observations or comments on what is perfectly obvious. I get that it serves a purpose in social situations like conversation openers, silence breakers and even a way to begin the process of bonding. There are two ways to think of Small Talk. One way is to accept... Read more »
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I found the perfect stylist, or why I hate haircuts
Two of the things that I hate the most in the world sometimes occur simultaneously: getting my hair cut and making small talk. For the majority of my life, I hated getting haircuts. Probably because I didn’t like the way I looked with a fresh haircut, or maybe I just didn’t like the way I... Read more »
Winter Marathon Training Blues
I am training for the March Madness Half Marathon to be held on the Ides of March in Cary, IL. I’m using a custom training program designed with the help of Runner’s World’s Smart Coach app, found on their website. I KNOW it’s only a HALF marathon, which is just a baby marathon but The... Read more »
My Secret Winter Marathon Training program
On the morning of New Year’s Eve I signed up for the March Madness Half Marathon in exotic Cary, IL on March 15th. Online registration opened at 6am that day — so I cannot even claim NYE drunken shenanigans — and this race always sells out quickly. I told myself if I were up at... Read more »
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Being neutral in a Friend Cold War isn't always the right thing to do
Have you ever had two friends who had some type of blowout and now won’t speak to one another? Maybe it’s over something really stupid, like liking Coldplay or maybe it is a friendship breaker, liking balking on reimbursing someone for Coldplay Concert Tickets. Either way you might be caught in the middle. Sure all... Read more »
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I am a Chicago native who grew up in Humboldt Park and now lives in Portage Park. If Nikola Tesla and Ernest Hemingway had a love child, I'm the Polish version of him with a little Dave Barry thrown in for spice. I went to two colleges for undergrad: I started at NMSU as a pre-engineering major and finished at UIC with a degree in communications which was as close to Journalism as they offered. I was editor of a student newspaper at UIC in the early days of the internet. I have successfully run 22 marathons and may be reached at therunninggod@gmail.com, on twitter @MysteriesOLife or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/MysteriesOfLifeblog
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