and I usually end up spending some portion of Christmas together, and it's always fun. And every year she'll tell me about an unexpected x-rated event received via her blog, or on one of her social media pages. Then I'll giggle - very loudly, because she really knows how to tell an outrageously humorous story about how it happened. This time it was all about candy canes, and I'll never look at them the same way again. (lol)
The other thing that happens is we get kicked out of the restaurant because we lose track of time by talking too much and people just wanna close up and go home.
Speaking of porn, here's a really neat recipe for breakfast or a snack.
OAT PORN WITH DRAGONFRUIT & BERRIES
Almost everyone suggests visiting youtube to get instructions, but there's so much more going on there. It was surprising to see how much money that people actually make for doing fun stuff every day, and some aren't even adults yet. I wish I could find a way to read all day on my couch, or show people's opinion on what to read next from my massive TBR pile and get millions of dollars, but that's a pretty slim market. How much do they make you ask?
Evan has over 21 million subscribers, is the 13th most subscribed, earns a little over $450,000 a month, and is just 25 years old!
Remember that tip I mentioned the other day about revving up your metabolism by standing in the cold for 15 minutes? And remember me telling you that I love the cold weather. Well, it's hard to just stand in the cold and do nothing, so I went out this morning in 25 degree weather and walked around the block - a few times. Yes, a heart will get moving, and it felt like I did a 1 hour workout. Now I just want to celebrate by eating a cheeseburger and getting my breath back.
If you've been reading this blog, you've seen how obsessed I am with pop culture and trivia, so before we end 2017, here's some cool stuff that I can tell you really wanted to hear about. (lol)
Do you ever work on crossword puzzles? Some aren't that easy to finish, but the challenge is fun. The first one was actually published in 1913 in the New York World , and they quickly became popular throughout the world. One would think that a person who creates this puzzle makes big bucks, but not really. On average, the New York Times will pay a Constructor in the range of $200 - $1000 per puzzle.
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GET PAID TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS
Yes, you can make money by taking surveys, but they have to be the right ones that won't take up all your time, or don't pay as advertised. The best ones to use?
www.mintvine.com
www.swagbucks.com
www.paidviewpoint.com
www.bzzagent.com
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Have you seen Lady Bird? It's a great movie about a senior in high school who anxiously needs to exert her independence, and we soon see that she's very much like her opinionated mother. 
Actors and authors frequently change their given names for various reasons, and it works, but have you ever wanted to change your own name to something creative or crazy?
As a kid, my dad gave me a really outlandish nickname that stuck with me until I met this guy in the Air Force that I really liked. He told me that I needed to get rid of my ridiculous nickname, and use what was on my birth certificate. So I did.
I strictly stick to interviewing now, and after years of my name being butchered (lol), I changed it up to just RO. That's pretty hard to screw up, and a lot easier to type.
