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Dear Future Self

The other day I was strolling through Target picking a gift bag, gift tissue, etc. I encountered a product called Letters To My Future Self by Lea Redmond . I thought instantly of the How I Met Your Mother episode that tackles the Dear Future Self letters that the characters wrote themselves. I would have never thought of that had I not seen the episode. I know that seems silly but I didn't learn that from a teacher or would dream of that on my own. I've thought about time capsules, but never a letter to my future self. I was inspired by the potential for this product, since it states right on the cover "Write Now. Read Later. Treasure Forever." A paper time capsule. So I picked it up right away. I didn't even pay attention on how much I paid for it, either. This self-experiment is gonna pay dividends! However, I'm a little stuck with which letter to write first, and how far out to post-date it. So many questions! You'd think for a writer this wo...

Ted Mosby of Seattle

Dating, to me, is an exercise in futility. Dating in the Seattle area is exponentially difficult with the Seattle Freeze plus the overall passive-aggressive culture that is widely accepted. Makes sense to me, as math is hard (see what I did there?) It left me wondering though, what is the rule of probability of finding a woman, that's the "one"? And why is it that I want to be Barney Stinson, but let's be honest, I AM the Ted Mosby of Seattle? I was even gifted thee book - The Bro Code which I have read so I'm read -y to deploy those articles. I did the math and it's ... bleak. World population : 7.4B USA population : 318.9M Washington State population : 7.06M Western Washington population: 5.2M Seattle Metro Area (Seattle Tacoma Bellevue) population : 3.61M Now, it's time to get granular with this: 29% of that population is in the age range of 30 to 49 : 1.046M 50% of that population is female : 523,450 48% of that population is u...