Larry David’s existence has made us all better, and we all need to give him his flowers right now.

This is the last season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and I have to say that I am actively grieving. I am really going to miss this show. Which is funny because, I had no idea what "Curb" was about when it first aired. I would ask my friends who were trying to turn me on to "The Sopranos" and "The Wire" how did this old white guy get a television show about running around LA and going out to lunch, and who would always seem to end up in an argument that he started? “Larry David isn’t a TV show,” I argued, “He’s a menace!”

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“Nah, bro, he famous because he invented 'Seinfeld,'” My friend Troy told me, taking a long pull of the blunt I had just passed him. “Slim [David] made all the money off of 'Seinfeld,' and now he just go out to lunch and f**k with people all the time.”

“Wow, that is a pretty good story,” I responded before watching and becoming a fan.

I unlocked a level of pettiness that Larry would be sure to respect and appreciate.

For the past 24 years, I have watched Larry David go out to lunch and use a mix of comedy and forced interactions to make the world a safer place for all of us – well maybe not all of us, but those of us who enjoy the humor wrapped up in everyday life. And as we enjoy the 12th and final season, I would like to share some classic lessons from "Curb" through the form of practices, that if applied right, will deliver infinite joy while raising the quality of your life as well.

Larry's gifts to us:

In the episode, Jeff (Jeff Garlin) and Larry are in a lengthy food line at a party when he notices a woman smoothly skip the entire line and make her way to the front where she pretends to know a guy who is about to be served. Larry eyes her as she starts to have a conversation, and quickly identifies her as a person who's trying to pull off........

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