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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • The analogy I always liked was:

    Success is like a carnival dart game.

    If you’re poor you probably don’t even get a chance to play. Maybe once with some help from friends and family. But even then, the odds are still not good.

    If you’re middle class you can afford a throw or two, significantly increasing the odds of success.

    If you’re rich you can afford to throw as many darts as you want until you succeed.













  • I went through a brief period in college when I was taking a full load and working 30 hours a week. I needed to carefully plan my sleep schedule. I was taking sleeping pills to go to sleep right away and caffeine pills to get going, with coffee/soda throughout the day. Was it healthy? Absolutely not.

    On the plus side, I developed a new drink at the cafe I was working at, The Opener; for those 5am shifts.

    • walk by coffee pots, start all of the machines.
    • walk to espresso machine, pull an espresso shot into a regular coffee mug.
    • set down all of my ‘stuff’
    • at this point espresso has finished
    • take espresso mug back to coffee makers. At this point they are hot and flowing. Replace coffee pot with my mug.
    • Once mug is topped off with coffee, replace coffee pot.
    • Sip drink while turning on the lights and computers