Facts of Life - Part 1

1) The best comebacks always pop into your head at the exact point when the insulter is too far away to hear them. Your brain actually withholds such witty comebacks from you to further infuriate you and prolong the effect of the insult, so that your comeback will feel that more justified.

2) The more expensive the restaurant, the less food they give you. It's Restaurant Week (aka month) in NYC and I've been trying out some very fancy places, but they give you the tiniest portions. Yes, my entree of hand-rolled pasta looks delicious...as an appetizer. Perhaps this is the supersized American mindset thinking in me, but I feel as though the restaurants are taunting you for paying so much money for a plate that's covered more by parsley garnish than actual food.

3) Gchat was invented so that people could talk to their friends while at work without getting caught. Even when hidden in another tab, the word "Facebook" is far too eye-catching. You constantly fear the chiming sound that will report to the entire office that you are clearly Facebooking instead of working. The geniuses at Google managed to salvage the disaster that was Google+ (seriously, they have got to stop pushing that) with Gchat, since it will forever trump Facebook Chat. At least in all work-related scenarios.