AMA? what is this, 2015? at BAT, we YAMA/MAYA

You Ask Me Anything, Me Ask You Anything is BACK

Hello and frankly, if we’re being perfectly honest, thank god it’s friday (TGIF, home of the all NEW Holiday Combos that are Here to Bring the Cheer including the NEW! Cheesy Pull-Apart Bread and the NEW Truffle Tot-Chos for a frankly unbeatable $3.79 you can’t even get a coffee for that cheap anymore and let’s face it, nothing’s gonna zing you up and fuel your day like 5 handmade tots with truffle aioli, parmasean-romano, and parsley, Serves…)

It’s time for YAMA/MAYA

One of our most time honored traditions here at BAT is of course, the YAMA/MAYA. Old hat timers will remember when this cool as shit new thing launched in March of 2023:

You Ask Me Anything + Me Ask You Anything

A two-way street! As outlined in the title:

• You can ask me anything and I will answer as best as legally possible

• I will ask you something and you can, if its in your practice, respond! You can even then ask a follow up question if you want.

This, according to leading experts in the space, is a conversation.

And y'all can ask each other questions too. I don't care. All I know is we'll all tell our grandkids, even though they didn't ask to know, that we were here for this, the world's first YAMA-MAYA.

So let's party - got anything u want to ask me? Hit me with, if not your best shot, at least one you feel is commensurate with your ability.

And now, it’s back.

“is there, like, a topic?”

Of course you goose! Besides the great deals at TGIFridays, which - in full transparency, is NOT a sponsor of BAT yet but might just become one after seeing this spec ad campaign I’m running for them, today is gonna start with me asking you some questions (MAYA).

You can then reply and YAMA.

So here are some questions I have for you to answer

1. marry, fuck, or kill: 2022, 2023, 2024

2. The year is ending how’s that feel? was it a good year or no lol

3. whats the one thing you are gonna be gifting people this year or that you really want to get gifted idk

4. how long did you keep up the ‘santa is real’ charade with your children?

5. how’s this whole season thing been for you as a BAT reader be honest I can take it

6. thoughts on the tgifridays joke? It’s good but is it good enough for the space it’s getting in this piece? Here’s me with three friends having fun at our local TGIFridays

Ok so basically how this works is you add a comment and - if you want - answer one of the questions i asked, AND THEN you ask me a question if you want to.

some topics you can ask me about:

1. Alex, are you doing ok?

2. Alex, seriously brother is everything good this post is a trainwreck?

3. I am struggling with a writing thing - help.

4. I am struggling with a non-writing thing - help.

5. How do I get the amazing deals at TGIFridays?

6. How are you feeling about this whole season thing Alex?

7. Why are you trying to get us to ask you about the season thing? If you want to talk about it just talk about it geez la weez

Great! This should be fun and not at all a giant mess in Aisle BAT.