Chocolate Variety is the Sweetness of Life or the Loss of Self-Esteem?

I've become a jaded chocolate consumer over the years, and it has gotten expensive. Once I was on my own, I indulged myself in eating things that used to be treats frequently--I'm lucky not be very...

Fruit as Part of a Healthy Diet for Lazy Non-Fruit Lovers

If I'm honest about myself, my best work is done when I'm officially an employee and at work, doing a job that I'm paid for. When I'm by myself at home, I'm lazy, and that includes being lazy about...

Creativity in Your Post-Student Lifestyle

I'm a long-term member of sites such as Writing.com and Author's Den, having published my college novellas and stories there back when I was genuinely inspired to write, and back when I had a vague...

Has Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Declined in Quality?

I used to consider it a gourmet-brand--more expensive, but worth the extra money. I purchased a pint of the brownie-cheesecake explosion last month expecting it to be wonderful, and it was just...

Waiting Tables a Good Job for Introverts?

Waiting tables is a job my friends and family assumed I wouldn't want, since I grew up being the kind of girl who reads novels in her room after school--an introvert, not a social butterfly. As an...