Happily Babbling Ever After: Recent Episodes
Nguyen Seymour
Nguyen babbles here because it’s a lot cheaper than at her therapist's office. It’s like a TED talk but a lot funnier.
Nguyen babbles about new year resolutions, why we are hooked on making them on Jan 1st even though most of us won't make it past February.
Nguyen babbles about Thanksgiving, the tale of turkeys walk to your table, why turkey of all the birds became the official Thanksgiving bird, and that Butterball sleeping aid.
Nguyen babbles about the transformation of airline food over the year. Once you go with peanuts, pretzels, and tap water you'll never go back to lobster, caviar and champagne. Also, pray hard when you use the plastic tableware on your flight.
Nguyen babbles about tales of the haunted tombs, and wonders why people want to hunt ghosts.
Nguyen babbles about how people honor the Dead around the world, tells the tale of New Orleans, and the ultimate bait and switch show.
Nguyen babbles about Halloween, American beloved holiday. What not to love? The candy, the costume, the creepy décor, the superstition, match-making rituals. Let's face it: Halloween is the whole package.
Nguyen babbles about her experience at a local eatery establishment that doesn't have a menu or set price, the service is terrible and the food is inedible.
Nguyen babbles about drive-thru of today, the race for order completion, order accuracy, pimped drive-thru menus, and how the food we get in our lap never matches those pictures on the menu billboard.
Nguyen babbles about history of Drive-Thru, the true symbol of America, and how comforting it feels to know people were as struggling to communicate via intercom to get their hands on a warm bag of food as we are today.
Nguyen babbles about takeout, why she's not sold on UberEats, GrubHub and how Snow White's evil stepmother could have gone about poisoning Snow White differently.
Nguyen babbles about birthday card, the answer to people's desire for more private communication via someone else's words, and why a physical card goes a long way.
Nguyen babbles about ancient greeting cards, how 3D design was really an attempt for nuns and monks to trick people into reading their books, and getting a card back in the day means you have 50/50 chance of knowing someone rich.
Nguyen babbles about origin of dine-in, what sets dine-in restaurants apart, and how taking kids to a fine dine-in establishment is also risky.
Nguyen babbles about her school nemesis 'History and PE', how well-rested she was after history classes, and meditation is in fact a make-your-to-do-list competitive sport.
Nguyen babbles about back to school, the pursuit of individual desk, and the struggle of packing lunch in a nut-free world.
Nguyen babbles about operation frog-phone, her first attempt to design apartment-distance telephone, how she feels about harvesting frog skin, and frog heaven.
Nguyen babbles about smartphone is the new cigarette, reminisces the $1-per-minute phone era and the one that caused all these smartphone addiction: Thomas Edison.
Nguyen babbles about Zoom comedy shows, virtual video conferences, and wonder why people would endure long video conference calls when they can easily get out of it.
Nguyen babbles about her cook-off, takes a closer look at funeral potatoes, fry-sauce, scone, Jell-O and dissects the anatomy of a cook-off competition.
Nguyen babbles about Staycation, how much she loves an empty row of seats on an airplane, and teaches Barbie the meaning of DIY.
Nguyen babbles about tax, a hefty fine we all pay for being productive, and discovers that income tax and sales are brothers from the same mother.
Nguyen babbles about cakes, the sacred bond between birthday and cake, and what she does to make herself feel good when eating cakes most weeks.
Nguyen babbles about weird baby gifts, and wonders at what point pretty babies turn into ugly adults.
Nguyen babbles about COVID-19 test, why she went for drive-through testing option, and her stress-eating full-on calories exotic food while waiting for her test result.
Nguyen babbles about hoarding, how hoarding sharpened her first-aid skill as well as her shopping skill, and how hoarders are the true heroes that sustain our economy.
Nguyen babbles about seeding her lawn, how she lures the new seeds in with special treatments, and pays good money for what technically is poop to spread on her lawn.
Nguyen babbles about prepping her lawn to make the new seeds feel homie, and how she's able to get her hands on elite seeds.