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  • Save The Life of a Cabbage

    Save The Life of a Cabbage

    What are some life hacks that you practice?

    A True Life Hack

    How to make sauerkraut

    • Grow or buy the biggest cabbage you can find
      Weigh and Slice: Thinly slice your white or red cabbage and weigh it in grams. [1, 2, 3]
      Add Salt: Calculate 2% of the cabbage weight in salt (multiply total grams by 0.02) and sprinkle it over the cabbage. Do not use iodized table salt, as iodine can interfere with fermentation; use Redmond’s Real Salt or unrefined sea salt instead. [1, 2, 3, 4]
      Massage: Thoroughly massage the cabbage and salt with your hands for 10 to 20 minutes until plenty of liquid (brine) is released. [1, 2, 3]
      Pack Down: Pack the cabbage tightly into a clean glass jar, making sure the released liquid completely submerges the cabbage. Use a large outer cabbage leaf or a glass fermentation weight to keep the shreds under the brine

    Here’s my gigantic hack. Yesterday I started slaying the giant cabbage. With a slip of , a knife, I nearly chopped off my thumb. Six stitches later the cabbage sits on the kitchen table, tormenting me.

  • Thanks for the Comfort Eggnog Brain

    Thanks for the Comfort Eggnog Brain

    Do you believe in karma?

    I’m no expert in karma, I had to look it up exactly what it is and there is no exactly what it is.

    We were certainly trained to believe in karma.

    The Math

    I have devised a multiple regression equation to derive the amount of good behavior you display during a year and how it affects the loot that you receive at Christmas.

    Factors loaded into the equation

    • The report card grade of 1000 kids (I use the same 1000 kids during the entire survey)
    • The number of times you returned their shopping cart
    • The percentage of times these kids did their chores.
    • The take-home paychecks of their parents.
    •  Treats for the reindeer on Christmas Eve
    • If they ate all their vegetables
    • The times you took a dangerous sled ride with a tiger.

    I apologize in advance as I grew up with Christmas.

    I ran the numbers, and the biggest factor was the income of the parents with a slight fluctuation given the number of dangerous rides with a tiger.

    Still, I continue to return my shopping cart, help little old ladies cross the street and buy lemonade from kids at a lemonade stand.

    Return your shopping carts

    Karma is sleeping well at night.

  • Lessons in Love

    Lessons in Love

    What’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?

    Not Smart

    I once asked a girl

    I never intended to

    marry to get married

    and that wasn’t so smart.

    Cat

    I adopted a cat

    Without asking the girl

    I was dating

    We weren’t even

    living together

    She gave me the silent

    treatment for days.

    Meow

    Question from my Mother

    She asked me

    What if your girlfriend

    Got pregnant

    And I said

    With a less than

    Developed frontal cortex

    I would simply marry her

    I Sprinted

    The last four blocks

    of my evening run

    High on endorphins

    To ask out a woman

    I would eventually marry

  • Life Doesn’t Come With A Users Manual

    Life Doesn’t Come With A Users Manual

    How do you make time for self-care?

    We live our lives in one big cycle. When we were young, we had plenty of time for self-care, but we don’t even think about it. but we were young and we were indestructible.

    I’m not advocating for it, but one of the best ways to have time for self-care is to not have children. We make lots of sacrifices as parents and probably when we need to both self-care. It’s not easy to get to.

    Our daughter in Germany is really struggling with this. She is a single mother and all her spare time is with her daughter.

    She’s lucky she’s in Germany where they get ample vacation and sick time. Still it’s difficult. I can’t even imagine what single mothers in the United States have to go through.

    A critical first step is defining what is self-care. For some it could be yoga, other than bike ride, and others just sitting down and reading a book.

    It’s not as rewarding, but it worked for me is to include self-care into the daily grind. It could be as simple of riding your bike to work or going for a walk or run while your kids are playing soccer.

    One has to be creative. And it does piss me off, but it is this way. American businesses are not worker friendly for the most part.

    I was fortunate I had the resources. I was able to go for a run on my lunch break and tag team with my partner(s). Easier said than done, but you have to make it a priority.

    Sometimes in retrospect, I feel guilty for making it such a priority. It is a necessary evil in this capitalistic system we live within.

    Without being snarky man, I suggest moving to Canada.