-that cooking is 70% having the right ingredients, 20% having the right motivation, and 10% not burning things

-that every public bathroom should be equipped with toilet seat covers, automatic everything, and garbage can by the exit so I can use a paper towel to open the door

-that everyone in America should watch the TED videos about suburbianism and environmental design

-that at some point in my adult life I should be able to stop wearing my retainer without worrying about crooked teeth

-in being able to walk to the places I need to go

-that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat the administrative assistants

-that my blanket knows more about me than any person does

-in gut instincts

-that I should not have to brake on the highway for other people’s “curiosity slowing”

-that Advil fixes most ailments

-that most of my friends are housed in my bookshelf

-that popping your joints doesn’t really give you arthritis

-in the power of well-timed chocolate consumption

-that fall weather should last longer

-that most of Freudian Psychology is a load of BS

-in laughter

-that the more time I spend asking myself “why” the more often I find that the answer is “love”