Break Room Discovery

The office break room is a scientific place. Social psychology comes into play when certain people who don’t otherwise associate within the company go in there at the same time. Who sits where? Who gets the comfy chair? Who gets the microwave first? Who has to heat up their food among the drippy splatter from …

How to be happy: make cookies.

Don’t buy them at the store. That doesn’t make you work for your happiness. And everyone knows that happiness you work for is far more valuable than free happiness. Also, I’d like to extend this challenge: when you make the cookies, mash up the butter with a fork. It takes a bit out of you. …

Small Talk for Big Meals

Don’t you just love the things people talk about over a meal? It seems like maybe food opens people up to conversation more than anything else. You sit down with some company you enjoy, and some calories to consume, and you just start talking. One of my favorite conversation starters at dinner is the old…well, …