1000 Awesome Things

Forget speeding up, forget slowing down, forget twisting your neck in twelve different directions. Nope, now’s your chance to calmly merge without any worries and enjoy a smooth and relaxing drive home. AWESOME! Photo from: here

Plastic wrap is trouble. When you’re peeling a new sheet from the flimsy cardboard box I’ve got just two words for you: watch out. We both know that plastic wrap loves blowing in the wind and get all stuck to its bad self. Next thing you know you’re trying to frantically unpeel it, but unfortunately [...]

Thanks for taking the fall, little guy. AWESOME! Photo from: here

Thanks, surprise full-length mirror. Without stopping our struts we’re able to sneak secret glances in your silvery buildings, glossy storefronts, or silent lakes. We stare superfast so strangers don’t think we’re mistaking the sidewalk for a runway. Of course, we manage to look long enough to see our shirts hanging just right and our hair [...]

We took a trip last weekend. My friends Mike and Jes had a baby so we jumped in a car and headed down the highway to visit the three-month old pile of diapers, flab, and giggly charm. She was a stunner, too — cute and cuddly, silent and smiling, she was passed around like a [...]

Cold pizza is just the beginning. Now, make no mistake here: breakfast has a lot going for it already. Yeah, we’re talking fresh brewed coffee, sizzling bacon, and hot, fluffy pancakes. Nothing wrong with waking up groggy and heating up the dirty frying pan, flipping down the toaster, or getting that coffee machine dripping. But [...]

Can you spot a fake? While flipping magazines at the dentist office or sitting casually at a restaurant table I’ll mindlessly start staring at the flower bouquet and start wondering if they’re real. I always think they’re fake at first but then my eyebrows furrow and I stare in deeper looking for clues. What’s that, [...]

It’s like the universe knew you were coming. AWESOME! Photo from: here

Suddenly the shuffling crowds parts and you’re at the front of the line. Suddenly your boss quits and nobody else can do her job. Suddenly you’re on deck during a late inning tie game. Suddenly your sister’s finished opening her Christmas present. Suddenly you’re next. AWESOME! Read more awesome things here or here Photo from: [...]

Toppings are tough. The other day I was watching movies with my friend Shiv when our stomachs started rumbling and we decided to dial for dinner. I got up and grabbed a stack of crinkly takeout menus from the junk drawer and we flipped through all the fancy ones before settling on pizza. Of course, [...]