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Cake day: September 2nd, 2026

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  • “Sometimes, if you slow down, you can see beauty in the world around you.”

    Well put. And you know it’s funny people are have gotten so conditioned to the Amazon experience that it bled into all aspects of life. My friend told me a funny story about the place we would get breakfast at in Ireland. He comes in, and the girls at the counter are chatting about something, the owner comes out and has a chat with him, they catch up and he mentions yeah I’m getting some breakfast. The funny part is the owner say oh wait a few minutes the girls are having a chat. Completely different lifestyle. I enjoyed my time there, should probably go visit next year.

    I love me a Irish breakfast and the best fish and chips any day, but … I also miss Abrakebabra and Teo’s lol








  • I don’t know how much of this is a reflection of the change in how much technology we’re forced to use or being able to see what differences in the world there are.

    I can’t blame young generations for wanting to exclude themselves and put in the least amount of effort. It’s like, I went to Ireland, I go to nice tiny restaurant and my friend and I chat with a few gals who were much younger there. It’s interesting, they were on college break, and they always travel. They told us where there favorite places to go are and where they’ve been. And I thought, wow most friends I grew up with have never left the state they were born in. And quite frankly, they have very little interest in traveling so nothing to compare to.

    I bring up these two points, because it seems like technology has filled that void of exploration and seeing the world in person. So you can sit there and watch videos or shorts of a different place you want to see but never end up going there.

    It also seems like at this point, having a smart phone is shoved down your throat. It surprised me that retail workers have to have smartphones now. So it’s easy to doom scroll now. And the aspect of not traveling or seeing new things or meeting new people stunts mental growth.