My normal friends loved having a token author. Just like every WoW raiding party needs at least one healer, every gaggle needs at least one artist. They enjoyed introducing me to people at bars. “This...

The rushing relief was like the first drag of a cigarette. Btw, if you don’t smoke too much, the final drag off a cigarette is a powerful nerve tonic. Highly recommended. I’ve smoked five or...

Students want female teachers to be warm and nurturing. When they aren’t, they get marked down across the board for being ‘bitches.” What’s a bitch? A woman who acts like a confident guy. Women are...

We always imagine some future self that won’t ever get pissed off — that’ll always go to bed on time, always brush our teeth, always enjoy mind-blowing sex with our spouse on Tuesday night. And...

Think about what goes on in your head when something happens that you don’t like. Part of you will always feel the slightest impulse to grab a tree branch and start swinging.

There’s no future version of you or me that always knows just what to do, or what matters most. We think we know what’ll make us happy or fulfilled. We’re so smug about it sometimes.

Hate has a way of going after its own kind, in the end. It attacks its very bones. That’s because a hateful person needs an audience, and a victim. Without one or the other, it...

Life is full of chances we don’t want to take, vacations we don’t want to go on, parties we don’t want to attend, and dinners we want to skip. Sometimes you have to force yourself...