Seinfeld Life Lesson: Talking About Yourself
By Sam Blend “If you can’t say anything bad about a relationship, you shouldn’t say anything at all.” These wise words have been brought to you by George Costanza. The point he’s trying to make is that if you are deeply in love with somebody, not as many people as you may think want to … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Etiquette Codes
By Sam Blend Many people think that Seinfeld is a show about nothing, but I would argue that you could call it Seinfeld: the show about etiquette. So many etiquette questions are brought up and challenged on the show, I thought I’d pick a couple and let you know what the proper behavior is for … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: How to Break Up
By Sam Blend You’re on a date. At some restaurant. When suddenly you realize that you just aren’t that into it and hope to never have to see that person again. Now you start wondering like Jerry: “What do you do at the end of a date when you know you don’t want to see … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Food Ordering Etiquette
By Sam Blend NO SOUP FOR YOU. That line is one of the most famous lines from “Seinfeld.” If you’re not careful and end up breaking one of the Soup Nazi’s rules, he yells that at you and you are thereby banned from eating his delicious soup all of your friends have been raving about. … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: The Little Intuition Man
By Sam Blend How many times a day do you question your actions? If you’re like me, you have no idea because it’s too many to count. Why do we do this? We send somebody a text and immediately doubt if it was a good idea, we put C as our answer on a test … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: The Talk Show Conversation Method
By Sam Blend So you’re walking around campus when suddenly, you see somebody that isn’t really your favorite person walking toward you. You’re probably thinking, “CRAP. (Insert name here) is headed in my direction … they definitely see me… Wait! Maybe they don’t … I think my sunglasses will throw them off … Oh, nope. … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth
By Sam Blend The situation: Jerry and Elaine are at a dinner with distant members of Jerry’s family, hosted by his elderly relative, Monya. He has not seen or spoken to these people in years, and he and Elaine are grasping for things to talk about. They are so desperate that they begin to discuss … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Male Un-bonding
By Samantha Blend In the second episode of Seinfeld, Jerry finds himself awkwardly grappling with “Male Un-bonding”. (Side note: “Male Un-bonding” is the name of the episode and is actually the only episode title of the series that doesn’t begin with the word “The”. This latest useless fact has been brought to you by yours … Read more
