My mother gave me a cookbook called “The Best 30-Minute Recipe” a while ago in an attempt to get me to learn how to cook. I was just flipping through it when I noticed this entry in the table of contents:

Let’s be honest: bacon does make vegetables taste better. Meat haters are missing out.

(That said, I <3 vegetables.)

In 2003, I composed the following “Senior Traits” to be placed next to my picture in my senior year high school yearbook.