Celebrating 31 & Being an “Intellectual”

This is a recap-ish of the latest podcast episode. You can listen to the episode below before or after you read. That’s because I tend to expand on topics from the pod as well as straight-up write about things that we did not discuss. The choice is yours in how you want to proceed! Good afternoon, my friends! Actually, I’m not sure what time it is where you are, but I did start writing this blog post around 5 PM, so my greeting applies to myself…somehow. Give me a break; I’m old now—thirty-one! Yes, my birthday was a few weeks ago. I have no knowledge to share other than that it is very true that as you get older, your metabolism slows, making it difficult to fit into the custom suits that you’ve commissioned years ago, and that your alcohol tolerance decreases; you will definitely notice both of those things happening to you. I’ve always been a bit of a lightweight, but I swear, I’ve imbibed more at previous birthday celebrations. This time, I was already feeling it after only having…