I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
Yesterday, the New York City Department of Transportation repaired 7,601 potholes in 14 hours. Fourteen. Hours. That is not a statistic. That is a cry for help. I have questions. So many questions. For instance, how are there 7,601 potholes just waiting? Are they breeding at night? Is […]
What makes you laugh? I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes me laugh lately. And, not the polite, socially acceptable chuckle you deploy in meetings when someone says “let’s circle back,” but the real laugh. The slightly unhinged, slightly inappropriate, possibly-should-be-checked-by-a-professional kind of laugh. The kind that […]
I would like it noted for the record, for the courts, for future archaeologists sifting through the digital ashes, that I have been worried about Skynet for years. This is not new anxiety. This is vintage, well-aged, oak-barrel-stored concern. So when a new research paper casually suggests that […]
The flowers have begun their soft, optimistic uprising. Little buds peeking out of the ground like, “Is it safe? Are we doing this? Is this… joy?” And for a fleeting, glorious moment, it was. Coats were abandoned. Ankles were exposed. Someone possibly you, possibly me said something reckless […]
I would like to begin by saying that I do not endorse eating your coworkers. Let’s just get that out of the way. However. When I read that a female shark in a Seoul aquarium ate a male shark after he repeatedly bumped into her, I felt something […]
There was a time not long ago ( like Tuesday) when I believed animals had a certain moral code. A quiet agreement, if you will. You stay in your lane, I’ll stay in mine, and nobody touches the ribeye. And then somewhere in Oklahoma, a dog said absolutely […]
There are moments in life when you read a headline and think, this is it, this is my pivot. “In China, a rush to ‘raise lobsters’ quickly leads to second thoughts.” Reader, I was ready. I pictured a serene coastal existence. Me, in oversized boots, gazing thoughtfully at […]
Somewhere between loyalty and footwear confusion lies the modern workplace dilemma. What do you do when your boss makes an odd request or gives you a truly questionable gift? Enter Marco Rubio, recently spotted in what appeared to be shoes auditioning for a different foot. Not just slightly […]
There are weeks when the world feels like it’s unraveling at the seams and then, like a fuzzy, lumbering gift from the universe, bigfoot re-enters the group chat. Not since the Minerva Monster sightings have Ohio residents been quite this collectively side-eyeing the woods. And now, just as […]
There are days when the world feels like it’s gently wobbling off its axis and then there are days when a 6-foot, 17,000-pound meteor casually tears across the sky at 44,000 mph over Ohio like it’s late for a meeting. And no one told me. Apparently, according to […]
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