People ask me for advice now and then, which has resulted in some Taranisms like, “There’s a reason that people don’t make cheese cake with Cheese Whiz.”

I’m not big on giving people answers, as you can see, but I like to provoke thought on certain paths. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.

Sometimes people just want someone to support their decision, which I never really understood. If you’re making a decision and you’re confident it’s the right decision, get to it with vigor!

If you’re not confident, support can be false confidence. My job as a friend is not to tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. So many times, people are disappointed because I don’t say what they want to hear, and wander off into the wilderness of their lives only to come back bearded – which is very weird for the women – complaining that they’re having some sort of problem because they didn’t listen.

It’s weird. I don’t understand these things. I can’t tell you what you should do. I hardly know what I should do. I don’t know what you can do, what you are willing to do, how far you are willing to go. I can advise based on what I do know, but usually that’s pretty limited.

There are times I do stare out and wonder what happened to people who did get directions.