I'm about to go to bed so I only skimmed through the first 10-11 paragraphs, but how is your dad calling you, and what you used to do before, and how comfy your flight was, relevant to the story? Maybe it was, and hey, it's your story, but my thought was "Damn, he got off on a tangent, on a tangent!"

The comfiness of the flight is the reason for taking the photo that was then used in court.

Yes, it is relevant.

"I'll allow it."

If you read a little further, they were important details because the author used them as evidence in court to show he had his bag with him on the trip.

I'm very happy for your successful kickstarter and your relationship with an LoL team is quite cool, but it doesn't exactly appear really naturally in your post.

Obviously I am longwinded. I was trying to give backstory as to why I left my IT career to make hot sauce. I had a successful (record breaking) crowdfunding campaign that gave me the confidence to change my entire life.

found your reddit AMA after reading this story, super cool. Just ordered a hot sauce sampler <3