Don't Be Against Something, Be FOR Something

I'm against being against things. The reason is simple: it's less effort to be against something; which makes it easier, but ultimately counter-productive. What does this mean? Take relationships, for example. Suppose a woman states that she does not want to date a man who is abusive, which is a perfectly logical thing to want…

Knowing When to Give Up: My Gumbo Adventure

There are all too many motivational anecdotes about never giving up, and that's good and all, but I think there need to be more motivational anecdotes about knowing when to give up. This is one of them. On Saturday I made a goal: that I was going to attempt to cook shrimp gumbo. If you've never had…

Zach is on YouTube!

I've been wanting to make a YouTube presence for quite some time, and I finally got off my ass and did it! I'm starting off with a series of videos called "Deep Thoughts", where I sit on my couch wearing my finest (only) suit and swill brandy whilst giving my humorous answers to many of…