One would wonder if honesty is always the best policy. Well, we like to think that it is, but now it has also gotten us into a lot of trouble with the neighbors. It all started a couple weeks ago, when our daughter had a sleepover party to celebrate the end of the semester. Several…

Although my cousin Kate is 30 years old, she still gets cash from Granny every year for her birthday. Granny has held this tradition for years, regardless of the state of the economy and has been sending a good amount from when Kate was six years old. All Kate does is to send her a…

In college there was a guy named Steve who lived right next to campus. He didn’t own a car, didn’t have a job, and didn‘t go to school. All Steve did was sell weed to the college students. Steve had lived in the same house for over 20 years, because weed is an inelastic market…

I always think I can handle all my problems without any help. This is one of my character flaws, I have come to realize. A few months ago I finally started going to therapy, and I admit that it was long overdue. I was so fixated on doing everyone alone, it hurt me in the…

My local cannabis shop has started a new program they call Loyalty Rewards. At first I was hesitant about this idea, mostly because it costs 25 dollars per month to be a member. I thought it was just a scam, a way to take more of my money, so I passed. It took a while,…

During the long, hot summers of my youth I would often hang around the local ice cream shop. This town was so small they didn’t even have a Dairy Queen, they had the cheap knockoff version called Tastee Freeze. It was pretty much the same as DQ, selling ice cream treats, as well as burgers…

I have been spending a lot of time with my Uncle Rico the last few months. I knew him back when I was a kid, but things are a lot different now. I am a college grad, I have a family of my own, and I can relate to Rico in ways I never could…

Being a single dad with a teenage daughter is quite a challenge. I am not complaining, I love Jenny and being her dad is the best thing that ever happened to me… but it’s still difficult at times. I have never been a teenage girl before, so I can only imagine how hard it is…