My date with a sovereign citizen
The fact that my online date looked like a cross between Italian mafia and a 1970s porn star caught me off guard.
Coffee With Strangers is a series of stories about connecting with others and working toward being a better human. I’ve spent a lot of my life sitting on bar stools, talking to strangers, giving out free hugs and generally turning my life into one big social experiment. Read about my journey toward self awareness and self improvement and away from a boatload of anxiety. I invite you to participate in some of my social experiments if you’re able. Magic happens when people come together and celebrate their similarities AND their differences. True understanding can never happen if we stick with what we know.
Taking social risks
Many things I do are cause for great consternation among my family members. For example going to Europe by myself for several months, voluntarily giving up owning a car for several years and online dating. I have always loved people, and I have never been afraid of taking social risks or interacting with people I…
Strangers on the street
Tonight, as I walked up the street in my neighborhood, I was stopped by a slight woman who said she wanted to ask me a question. She thanked me for stopping when she knew I was clearly on my way somewhere. She told me her name was Shannon and that she needed some Pampers. She…
How I spent election day
There is nothing like the feeling of being part of something that is bigger than yourself. That is how I feel when I participate in the campaigning and election process for the position of President of the United States of America (or as it has affectionately been dubbed: POTUS). Four years ago on election day,…
The Dress
We’ve all been there… coming off a painful breakup and using retail therapy to ease our aching heart. The problem was that, at the time of my retail therapy, the stress of the breakup had caused me to lose a rather large (and unsustainable) amount of weight. But all I could think about as I…
Gift giving guide for men
So, I’d like to present some simple rules to follow for giving a gift to your mate. PERFUME: Many men have some weird notion that women love perfume. Many do, but generally not just any perfume. You can’t just give Red Door to someone who wears Chanel #5. Every perfume is different and, furthermore, smells…