Aaron Riveroll | Photographer

Superhero Rule #1: While driving on the freeway, drive in the far right lane. Or if you are daring, the far left. But for more practical purposes, the far right.

Why, you may be asking? Well, if you see a damsel in distress and you are driving in the middle lane, you won’t be able to pull over in time to help her…and by the time you pull off the freeway, back track, flip around yet again, and get to her, another superhero may have beat you to the punch.

This happened to me yesterday while driving home… a cute girl had pulled her spunky red Jetta off the freeway and she was digging in her trunk, for what I can only assume was her spare tire, and I could not get over fast enough because I was in the #3 lane. Thinking to myself, “I should help her!” I pulled off the freeway, but had to drive north to another exit and then drive back south. By the time I got to her, another dude was helping. Now, I’m glad she had a nice guy pull over and help her…that’s the point, right? I just wish I could have been that nice guy. Changing tires is my speciality. Well, maybe not…but I have changed a few in my time. And I am a nice guy, after all.

Rule #2 should be “Always wear your underwear on the outside of your pants…unless of course you are going out in public, then you should reverse that and wear your underwear on the inside.” Now, there are always amendments to the rule…like, if you are wearing blue spandex with bright red and yellow underwear, then by all means wear it on the outside, you trend-setter, you!

I’m so looking forward to the 3-day weekend. Yesterday was killer! I have no idea why, but EVERY SINGLE FILE (and that is not an exaggeration) that I touched had problems that required running around, calling around, and basically going the distance to get fixed. I hit the bed hard and early yesterday. I’m going to need the extra day just to recover from the Friday from hell.

And on that note, I’m off to enjoy my three-day weekend. More later.

I was sitting in my favorite sandwich shop the other day, The Deli Stop in Kearny Mesa, and this beautiful girl walks in. I noticed her, but continued to eat my sandwich and read the paper. These days, I’m doing lunch solo, which is fine by me. It looked as if she was going solo as well, as I noticed her holding a book as she ordered her sandwich. She sat at the table next to me and began to read her book. This would have been the perfect moment to go up to her and say something cool, something memorable, and something impressive. The problem is you don’t know each other. And if you did get the balls to say something, what do you say? Again, I will say it…many missed opportunities in life that way. I ended up missing my chance because some of her friends came and sat with her. Again, these types of things work best one on one and it’s very rare that you have those odds in your favor. Most of the time, girls are with their friends, so you miss out on the chance. And what are the chances we will be in that deli at the same time ever again? I mean, they do make good sandwiches, but come on…

Which is why I thought this site was cool. YOLO means “You Only Live Once,” and really advocates the whole “Carpe Diem” idea. I first heard about it while watching Average Joe: Adam Returns. Yeah, I know…I will admit to watching reality t.v. But the girl that lost out, a very cute Rachel Goetz, used this phrase in how she approached the whole concept of reality t.v. and dating. So I thought it was kind of cool. The only thing left for me to do now is grow a pair and talk to the next cute girl I see sitting alone in a sandwich shop. We’ll see if that ever happens.