Author: Ralph

Back in the 1990s many of us ordered pizza with no additional charges from the restaurant. You always expected to leave a tip for the driver, but I only remember rare instances where there was a separate “delivery fee” tacked onto the total after taxes. This all changed in the early 2000s as major pizza […]

I am a cookie fanatic when my self-control gives way to desires and sugar cravings. I can eat a box of oreos in a single day so I don’t even buy them anymore. Why bring food in your home that defeats your self-control in the first place? However, cookies get the best of me when […]

I’m excited to visit my buddy Greg next week. He moved out west after we graduated from college and I haven’t seen him since. When he invited me to stay with him at his apartment for a week and turn it into a mini-vacation, I couldn’t say no. I had never traveled farther west than […]

This year I will be spending much of the holidays at my parent’s house up north. They have several spare bedrooms in the finished basement and always invite my siblings and I to stay for a few days for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I generally like seeing and spending time with my parents, […]

When I started smoking cannabis in the late 1990s, there was still a major stigma around the plant. I had to hide it from my parents even after I graduated from undergraduate college. Only a handful of my college friends used the plant in the first place, which is a far cry from the 2020s […]

I used to be a craft beer fanatic. It was learned from all of my friends in my 20s who were obsessed with getting unique beer from all over the country. We weren’t worried about getting beer with the highest alcohol percentage, as it was more about the flavor and the unique effects that each […]

I am amazed how long it has taken for cannabis to finally gain the yes in this country. Marijuanna has absolutely been used as a medicinal fix since ancient times. The psychoactive effects were often a portion of religious events & rituals. It was used to treat depression, stress, anxiety, nausea, inflammation & as an […]

Before I visited the dispensary for the 1st time, I wanted to understand the products I might find there. I didn’t want to walk in with no idea of what to ask for & end up buying something I wouldn’t enjoy. I knew that the mental & physical effects, mouth taste & experience are influenced […]

In the last couple of years, I’ve struggled with stiffness in my fingers. So at first, I wasn’t exactly sure what was causing the pain & stiffness, then I thought that I’d overworked my hands due to typing on the keyboard for days in a row. So my task has me working at my PC […]

My workload is actually handled on my laptop, allowing me to work from home. I enjoy that I can set my own hours, complete my task from someplace & not need to worry about traffic or parking. The pitfall is that my workload is project based. I don’t put in typical hours. I work to […]