I also need to prepare myself for the inevitability of utter boredom: Very often, single people don’t do shit. They do nothing, all night long. They sit in a recliner and watch TV. I’ve probably...

But-when you really think about it-that emotional support only applies to the experience of living in public. We don’t have ways to quantify ideas like “amazing” or “successful” or “lovable” without the feedback of an...

…he was forty bushels beyond bamboozled.

…his lazy eye drifting around the room like a child looking for the bathroom.

I care about strangers when they’re abstractions, but I feel almost nothing when they’re literally in front of me.