Is Resentment a Hobby?
The other day, my boss was mentioning something about parades and how he couldn’t really understand the desire to attend one. Standing in a crowded group for hours, cheering incessantly [...]
The Cadillac Lounge or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Slap a Stripper
There are few moments that I truly regret in my life: watching Lady in the Water, my short lived obsession with Freddie Prince Jr., and the split pants circumstance of [...]
Hello, My Name is _____ and I am an Only Child.
Granville Stanley Hall established one of the first American psychology-research labs and was a leader of the child-study movement. Although his work is publicized and promoted by a network of [...]
Workplace Survival Guide: Lesson 4 (Business, Bureaucracy, & Bitches)
When you get right down to it, there’s really no difference between politics and the workplace. There’s mudslinging and campaigning, alliances and rebellions, and false promises as high as the [...]
On the First Day of Christmas, I Returned Your Terrible Present
You made lists. You cut out magazine ads. You recorded subliminal messages. And on Christmas day, huddled in your cove of wrapping paper, you sit and stare at what you [...]
The Honesty Policy & You: How Being Honest is Honestly Stupid
The other day a friend of mine had updated their Facebook status. I don’t remember the words verbatim, but to quickly summarize, it mentioned something about being sick and the relative [...]
How to Survive in a Room of One’s Own
Change is scary. Nobody is denying that. You get used to doing something a certain way; you start to feel a deep sense of familiarity and comfort. Comfort’s nice. Comfort’s [...]
