Research has shown that after thousands of years, bread remains the most regularly consumed food in the world. Due to its convenience, portability, nutrition and taste, bread is the most important staple food of humans. Oftentimes, though, it is th…
A few years ago, I happened to be shopping in the Nordstrom Rack located in Baltimore, MD, when a fellow approached me and sincerely said, "Excuse me sir, can I ask you a question?" Hesitantly, I responded, "Sure." I was feeling a little un…
Have you ever looked at an ice-cream cone and thought that it was a boa constrictor? Or maybe you’ve seen a dog and thought it was a pencil? Or perhaps you’ve observed a car and thought it was a tuna-bagel sandwich? Of course not! The re…
A 15th-round pick in 2010, Drew Maggi climbed the Pittsburgh Pirates' system to Double-A Altoona but was released in 2015. He bounced around the minors with five organizations. On Sept. 18, 2021, the Minnesota Twins promoted Maggi for a short period…
Hey, My name is Elon, and as you probably can guess, I am a tree. I was born a tree and will always be a tree, unless of course you humans decide to chop me down and turn me into printing paper. The nerve. I do want to let you know, though, that …
OpenAI is a research laboratory located in San Francisco, CA. Founded by Elon Musk and Sam Altman in 2015, OpenAI is a nonprofit research company that aims to direct and develop artificial intelligence (AI) in ways that benefit humanity as a whole. …
We have all observed the strange visual phenomenon of a car’s wheels appearing to spin backwards even though the car is actually moving forward! This is, of course, an optical illusion, which is often referred to as the wagon-wheel effect. The…
It is my personal belief that everyone is entitled to their favorite Dad Joke. My personal favorite goes like this: I was trying to figure out why the ball was getting bigger and bigger. Then it hit me. Whether you heard this one before or not, the…
As the summer was winding down and “going to camp” was being replaced with “going to school,” my wife told my 3-year-old daughter: “You are not going to camp anymore because now it’s the Fall, so now it’s ti…
I was sitting in my office, talking to a tenant, a male probably in his 70’s. He was wearing a t-shirt with an inspirational quote from Nelson Mandela. It read, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” Inspiring, I know…
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because egg prices were cheaper on the other side. If you didn’t laugh, that’s ok, it was meant to make you cringe. There has been a recent surge in egg prices, primarily due to a major bird flu outbr…
Section 8 of the Housing Act of 1937, often referred to as Section 8, authorizes the payment of rental housing assistance to private landlords on behalf of low-income households in the United States. In other words, certain people who have low incom…
One of the few players to go straight from college baseball to the MLB was left-handed pitcher, Jim Abbot. Through the 1990s, Abbot played for the Angels, Yankees, and the White Sox. In his tenure in the MLB, Abbot became one of the greatest pitche…
As a property manager, I receive many strange phone calls. Recently, I got a call from a tenant. She said, “Hi good afternoon, my niece just dropped off a bird that is three days old. I was wondering if I have to pay rent for the bird?”…
I was sitting in the office, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, a tenant walked in holding a giant wooden staff. I was tempted to stand up for him. I smiled and said, “So, I see you have come in carrying the Staff of Moses…
Every now and then, as humans, we do something that deserves “the walk of shame.” I was recently sitting in my office, minding my own business, when all of a sudden, I started thinking about those instant Gefen Hot Soups. Thankfully, I …
I find it sad, yet fascinating, that you can literally be on a WhatsApp chat for years, and it is entirely possible that people will only know you were on the chat once you decide to leave. If you are not familiar with WhatsApp, then just know that…
You know that moment when you go on the floor to play toys with your child, and then your child goes to do something else, and you catch yourself a few minutes later alone but fully engrossed and captivated by your child’s toys…? This …
I find it so interesting that when a pie of pizza is cut into its regular 8 slices, I can eat maybe 2 or 3 slices. However, when that same pie of pizza is cut into 16 slices – as often done for birthday parties for 10-year old’s – …
Your 2-year-old kid is in the middle of a tantrum and as such, you have a goal: make the kid laugh. You try tickling him, it doesn’t work. You try telling a joke, it doesn’t work. Instinctively, you then do what most parents do. You star…
So, there I was, when all of a sudden, I received a phone call from my wife. “You want to hear something crazy?” she asked. A bit nervous, I asked her, “What do you mean? What happened?” She told me something I will never for…
I was thinking of the following question: Who is the number one fan? Is it the spectator in the stadium who is yelling the loudest? Or maybe it’s the spectator who is wearing the most face paint? Or perhaps it’s the spectator who buys th…
I am wondering if you can relate. Every morning, when I open up my yogurt for breakfast, I find myself doing one of two things. Either I find myself wiping the exploded yogurt off my jacket on a good day, or out of my eye on a bad day. Some times I …
A tenant recently called the office complaining that when the pest control technician came to treat his unit, they moved his oven and it needed to be hooked back up so that he can cook. “I want to cook a roach,” he said. I started feelin…