Neil Pasricha's Blog, page 355
August 29, 2010
#429 Baby toes
We took a trip last weekend.
My friends Mike and Jes had a baby so we jumped in a car and headed down the highway to visit the three-month old pile of diapers, flab, and giggly charm.
She was a stunner, too — cute and cuddly, silent and smiling, she was passed around like a hot potato for a few hours on Saturday afternoon. Now, I have no idea how to hold a baby so when someone passed me the potato I held her up by the armpits about two feet above my head. She gave me a patient smile and a...
August 26, 2010
#430 Eating ridiculous things for breakfast
Cold pizza is just the beginning.
Now, make no mistake here: breakfast has a lot going for it already. Yeah, we're talking fresh brewed coffee, sizzling bacon, and hot, fluffy pancakes. Nothing wrong with waking up groggy and heating up the dirty frying pan, flipping down the toaster, or getting that coffee machine dripping. But there's also something sinful about eating things that have no business being in your mouth before noon:
• Cake. What's up, last night's birthday? We were all stuffed ...
August 25, 2010
#431 When those fake flowers turn out to be real
Can you spot a fake?
While flipping magazines at the dentist office or sitting casually at a restaurant table I'll mindlessly start staring at the flower bouquet and start wondering if they're real.
I always think they're fake at first but then my eyebrows furrow and I stare in deeper looking for clues. What's that, a torn leaf at the back? Wait a minute, is that dirt outside the vase? My eyes widen as I lean in to rub a leaf or two, touch a petal, or take a big sniff.
Sure, it's risky going in ...
August 24, 2010
August 23, 2010
#433 Being next
Suddenly the shuffling crowds parts and you're at the front of the line. Suddenly your boss quits and nobody else can do her job. Suddenly you're on deck during a late inning tie game. Suddenly your sister's finished opening her Christmas present.
Suddenly you're next.
AWESOME!
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August 22, 2010
#434 Pizza soulmates
Toppings are tough.
The other day I was watching movies with my friend Shiv when our stomachs started rumbling and we decided to dial for dinner. I got up and grabbed a stack of crinkly takeout menus from the junk drawer and we flipped through all the fancys ones before settling on pizza.
Of course, before I picked up the phone we entered into one of those classic Pre-Order Topping Chats.
Most of us know from experience that those chats don't always end well. Brother, it can get heated with the ...
August 19, 2010
#435 Food ogling
Check out that sexy plastic tray.
Welcome to the crowded food court, workplace lunch room, or high school cafeteria. Thin napkins and ketchup smears cover tables as wailing babies and french fry fumes fill the air. It's time for lunch so your stomach's grumbling and all you can think about is how hungry you are.
That's when it happens.
A smoking babe struts by and all you notice are her enchiladas. A hot guy cruises over and all you see is his taco salad. Just then someone runs over your foot...
August 18, 2010
#436 When the subway doors stop right in front of you
Come on in.
When you're first in the car it's time for some smoooooth sitting. Yes, you've got your pick of the seats before anyone else gets in there. Do you want the chipped orange plastic one in the corner with the Coke spilled on it or the stained yellow one in front smeared with smudgy newspapers?
Decisions, decisions.
Now, when the subway door stops in front of you it sort of feels like you own the train. After it screeches to a slow stop make sure you smile thinly, check your pocket...
August 17, 2010
#437 Seeing a plane from another plane
Hello out there.
Staring out your airplane window and spotting another plane cruising calmly through the clouds feels a bit mysterious and magical. The open skies are suddenly traffic lanes from The Jetsons and you get to take a brain step back at how far we've come…
While our ancestors were painting ocean caves, sleeping in treetops, and crossing ice bridges into new worlds, I bet they never guessed in just a few years we'd be zooming across the planet through the sky staring at other people f...
August 16, 2010
#438 Your Almost Name
It's what your parents were going to call you but didn't.
Flipping through baby books, chatting at bedtime, you better believe your folks had alternate identities in mind before you borned out. They thought about nicknames, shortforms, and tributes. They thought about spelling, rhyming, and meanings. Basically, they thought and hoped and wished all kinds of things for you even before you made it here.
Sometimes when you find out your Almost Name it feels — like putting on ...
