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Everyone knows that the female species tends to cry a lot… it might be during a chick flick… or listening to a testimony in church… or perhaps even during the middle of an argument… the simple fact is most girls…

Why do songs sound better on the radio? No I’m not talking about sound quality… I just mean MORE ENJOYABLE to listen to. It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve heard a song on the ipod or listened to it…

As an obnoxious teenager I once spilled a Big Gulp in the middle of the grocery store… it splattered everywhere and for a brief moment I was dumbfounded and had no idea what to do next. Then my friend suggested…

I don’t get the whole Mormon movie genre… never really have. It seems like every month or two another cheesy Mormon movie is being released… and almost all of these movies are really pathetic. Now days there are even billboards…

Oh how I LOVE buffalo wings!… I have since the mid 90’s when I served my mission in and around Buffalo, New York. Wings in Buffalo are much like Philly Cheesesteaks in Philadelphia or fry sauce in Salt Lake City……

I remember as a 5th grader I was teased at school by some kids who thought my JC Penney corduroy jeans were not in style… I went home and asked my parents for some Levi’s 501 jeans… so I could…

Have you ever been to Paradise Bakery & Cafe? MY THEORY: they should change the name to ESTROGEN BAKERY & CAFE! What is it about this place that attracts females young and old? Remember Cafe Rio back in it’s hey…

Junk email can be very frustrating! NO… I am not talking about SPAM… thankfully SPAM has become less of a problem lately…. most people now days use Gmail or MSN or Yahoo… and those email programs seem to do a…

Psychology in the world of sales and marketing is very real. Much of my career thus far has been spent crafting marketing and advertising strategies for various different companies. One thing I can tell you… PEOPLE WANT TO FEEL LIKE…

Yesterday was a glorious day. Sunday reclaimed itself as the best day of the week. For over a year, Sunday had been running in the middle-of-the-pack… certainly better than Monday, but far behind Friday and Saturday. So why has Sunday…

The Christmas lights may be down, all of your mediocre gifts may have been returned, and your New Years Resolution might already been broken… but the holidays aren’t over just yet… It’s my long standing belief (theory) that the holiday…

Growing up I always associated NEW YEARS EVE as the one evening it was alright to BREAK THE RULES. The whole evening had sort of a FORBIDDEN FACTOR to it… as a young kid (9 or 10 years old) I…

One of the great things about the holiday season is excess free time available. It’s nice to have a week between Christmas and New Years with nothing truly important to accomplish. Typically this unfettered week long spout of idleness begins…

WARNING… DON’T LET YOUR KIDS READ THIS POST! I am not quite sure when I figured out the whole Santa Claus thing… I think it was a gradual process… perhaps taking 7-8 years altogether. Sometime around age 5 or 6…

Oh how I LOVE A GOOD SANDWICH… now comes another sandwich-related theory… call it the TUNA MELT THEORY. Here’s the story: Back when we first started to date, Laura would often make me tuna melt sandwiches for lunch. She used…

Some things in life get easier with practice and experience… My theory: Hanging up Christmas lights IS NOT one of those things. Each and every year as I seemingly devote more time and energy into the process, I find it…

So what is ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY THEORY? No… it has nothing to do with President Kennedy or the moon landings. The BCS (Bowl Championship Series) is the ULTIMATE CONSPIRACY THEORY. For those of you who don’t know… the BCS is the…

For everyone there’s always something that subtly kicks off the Christmas season… something that occurs every year and when it happens you know… CHRISTMAS SEASON HAS ARRIVED. For me… I know the season is officially here when I get the…

A couple of weeks ago I came home around 10:00pm after a long day at work followed by a tedious evening at school. While washing up and preparing for bed I noticed an ENORMOUS pimple on my nose… much more…

If you’re in an Elders Quorum Presidency… How do you motivate everyone to do their home teaching? Seriously… this is what Elders Quorum Presidencies deal with 90% of the time. We don’t have to worry about delivering dinners or finding…