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These cookies have a huge following. I learned about them from a friend who was kind enough to share one of her Brown Butter Chunk Cookies.  They are soft, chewy, and rich.  The company has over 80 artisan flavors, using only premium ingredients.  They are currently having a 2-for-1 sale for some of their flavors.  $8.50 ($12.50 regularly) for 2 packs.

My mother the Grammar Cop constantly corrected me when I was growing up whenever I began a sentence with a conjunction.  I recently read an article that said never beginning a sentence with a conjunction is not a rule.  I was shaken to my core.  Could the Grammar Cop have been wrong?  If you don’t believe me, here is the actual quote used –

“Starting sentences with a conjunction is perfectly OK in a grammatical sense, and it may even improve your writing”.  If you are curious and itching to start your sentences with a conjunction whenever you want, read the in-depth article here.  The author does admit, however, that it’s usually best not to start a sentence with a conjunction, but allowable in certain circumstances.

I’m finding that over the past five years, tipping norms have been changing fast and furiously.  I think COVID made all of us reevaluate our tipping to be fairer to those who braved the pandemic to deliver our groceries, pharmacy orders and take out deliveries.  Since then, there has been “tipflation”!

Recent tipping studies done by Bankrate in 2024 show that Americans tip less than I would have expected.  Here are two of the most common tipping situations:

Sit-down restaurants:  Tipping experts say we should tip between 15% – 20%.  Studies show that 60% of Americans tip 15% or less for an average meal, and only 25% of those surveyed report tipping 20% or more.

Take-out deliveries:  According to Bankrate’s survey, only 50% of people who order food delivery directly through restaurants or through apps like DoorDash or Uber Eats, tip their driver.  When I order take-out delivery, I’m so happy that I don’t have to cook, or go pick it up, that I always tip.  Here is a bit of inside knowledge I read about recently.  Delivery drivers can often choose the orders they deliver and can see on the receipt how much the customer has tipped.  Guess which orders get chosen first?

Dan Pink is worried about what the years of using tech devices might have done to our attention spans, and he wants to help us fix the problem.  “Life was not made to be lived in 15 second increments”.  Watch this 4.5-minute video and you’ll love him as much as I do.

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