I don’t like myself. This is not something I ever thought I’d feel compelled to write, or even to think. When I was in second grade and some teacher or consultant or vice-principal[...]

GREEN SCREEN: WHITE TEXT: “The Following PREVIEW Has Been Approved For APPROPRIATE AUDIENCES” 00:00:00 Jeesh! Another one? I didn’t pay thirteen dollars to watch commercials. I’m r[...]

These eyes, looking up at me from the curb. They’re about to leave me, these eyes. Not forever, or at least, I don’t think. But then again, I don’t know for sure. Their owner could[...]

It has become cool to call yourself a nerd; to say that you once struggled to make sense of the complexities of human interaction and/or listened to a lot of wrist-cutting music in[...]

I don’t like Tim Tebow. Because I don’t watch much football, my dislike of Tim Tebow is based on specious evidence, namely that I occasionally watched Tebow play in college, and th[...]

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, it became clear that sexual misconduct between priests and young boys was and had been widespread in the Catholic Church. On November 5th of t[...]

Long brown hair, Pale blue eyes. California sunsets, Kansas City skies.   The books of Richard Russo, Music by Arcade Fire. The ears on baby monkeys, The movie Princess Bride.[...]

Hey there, Bicycle Guy. I want you to know something. I totally respect your commitment to the environment, to exercise, and to personal freedom. I think the world would be a bette[...]

One rainy Twickinshire afternoon, the members of the English band Noah & The Whale found the same email in each of their inboxes. What’s up, guys? We’ve decided that the world’[...]

One of the subplots running well below the main storyline of the 2012 Presidential Election is this: Rick Perry might be an imbecile. The problem with this isn’t Rick Perry’s stupi[...]