What I've Learned...

With apologies to Esquire, here's a few random thoughts that I've been mulling over for the past few days...

• Playing football on XBox is not a substitute for real exercise. Unfortunately, I usually remind myself of this fact after coming home from work and playing for three hours, by which time it's already too dark to go running.
• Jalapeños. Yum. Ouch. But yum.
• Just when you think you might have women figured out, they go and do something that blows it all up again.
• Despite the rep for being less-complicated, guys are usually just as hard to figure out as women.
• Movies are better as a shared experience. But the movie theater is not your damn living room, so stop acting like it.
• As long as people keep making music, I'll keep buying it. I don't think I'll ever reach a point when I say, "That's it. I own enough music."
• Being drunk and stoned at the same time is never a good mix.
• I will patronize any establishment that makes good cheese enchiladas.
• Live music is a pretty powerful thing, regardless of whether it's performed in an outdoor amphitheater for thousands of fans or in a living room for one person.
• Not much can top a good nap. Unless it involves scantily-clad women and hot fudge.
• Becoming comfortable with yourself is a huge step towards adulthood. Since I embraced my nerdhood, I've been a lot more content with my life.
• I'm a firm believer in the whole "laughter is the best medicine" thing. If you meet somebody who makes you laugh, keep them close.
• A wise man once said to me, "Pizza is like sex. Even when it's bad, it's good." Actually, he used to say that a lot.
• You could have the greatest job in the world, and you'd still find something to complain about.
• If it's worth fighting for, fight. Otherwise, you'll be 80 years old, looking back on a long list of regrets.
• The hardest-rocking band in the world features a grown man in a schoolboy uniform, proving once again that growing up is overrated.
• Sometimes I wish I knew everything. But then life would probably be really boring.