January 28, 2026
In a fascinating study on how people use visual cues to decide how much to eat, researchers set up two conditions. In the first, participants ate […]
August 13, 2025
I was in a restaurant the other day that had a long counter, and it’s possible that people were leaving trash in a spot where there […]
August 6, 2025
My mother passed away in August of 2022, and among the things I received from this amazing woman were many books. My mother had these very […]
July 23, 2025
One of my favorite stories about Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, who was inspiring in so many ways, is that he dropped out of high […]
May 7, 2025
I got a fortune from a fortune cookie from lunch the other day that said “The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets […]
April 30, 2025
I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning about how the executives and board members of companies that make food products, or […]
January 15, 2025
One of the legendary stories in our family is my older brother Robbie coming home from his first day of elementary school and my mother asked […]
December 18, 2024
The comedian George Carlin, who was one of my favorites, had a routine where he asked why people sometimes check the same pocket twice for keys […]
November 27, 2024
When I was growing up, I had a great Uncle named Sam. He was both my great Uncle and also great as an uncle, who was […]
