When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously said, believe them. However, when people try to tell you who you are, don’t believe them. But when they keep calling you “cutie pie” even though you don’t really know them, forget Maya and believe nothing but your own pie. You see, life is like a pie contest. You are the chef of your integrity pie and the assumptions made by those that misunderstand who you are and what you stand for reveal a great deal about their pie and absolutely … [Read more...]
Chewbacca Hummus
When I first saw Star Wars, I didn't really understand it. I was around 9, keeping myself busy with learning how to write my name in Kanji, so I figured I was just too little to understand it. A decade later, I watched it again with a grown-up mind, and I remember I loved it, but I also remember I still didn't really understand it. Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, wants to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall ewoks? Instead of looking for an answer, I decided to create a food … [Read more...]