Banks are kinda getting like the old cellphone plans that nickle and dimed you for every little thing. I expect that someday one of these banks is gonna get smart and charge like one monthly fee for everything. Of course that will probably be the day I stop using banks, but that's just me.

I am a professional cook, because I get paid to cook. As a professional cook, I can tell you that "foodie" has a rather negative connotation in the restaurant world. Foodies tend to be the guest who wants to take a well thought out dish on a restaurant's menu and redo it the way it "should be". The term "home cook" is one I've never used. Typically I use terms like "grandmother" and "mom". My daughter will call her (hopefully) favourite home cook "dad".

Writer's block is creative thirst. It's your body telling you to replenish, and believing that you'll never run out inspiration is like believing you'll never need a glass of water.