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.
If you had to sum up your life philosophy in one sentence, what would it be? My life philosophy has always been pretty simple: Just do it. I’ll survive. Why not go for it? What’s the worst that can happen? But this past week, I developed a new […]
Which book’s world would be the absolute worst to live in? I’ve been thinking about a rather important literary question. If you could live inside the world of any book, which would you choose? More importantly, what book world would be your absolute nightmare? I have a few […]
Some people join a gym. Some people download a fitness app. And apparently, some people commit crimes and accidentally enter an endurance competition. A 51-year-old man in Windsor, England, recently led police on what officers dubbed the “Great Windsor Triathlon.” The itinerary? Steal a bicycle, ride it, abandon […]
Well, we fell back. And apparently, so did my mood. It’s barely afternoon and already looks like someone turned off the sun and forgot to pay the electric bill. The days are getting shorter, the skies are getting gloomier, and I’m beginning to feel less like a functioning […]
There is apparently some government investigation called Operation Ghostbusters. I don’t know much about it, but I do know that the name has now taken on a whole new life in my head. I was lying on an ultrasound table recently, when the technician’s Spotify playlist decided to […]
Somewhere in Florida, a woman was heading home from a Halloween party at 4 a.m. dressed as a banana when she witnessed a car crash. Naturally, she did the responsible thing and called the police. And just like that, she became an internet sensation. A banana hero, if […]
Have you ever had a sloth in your life? Not the actual animal (although, honestly, look at those faces), but a person who moves through life at a pace that suggests they have absolutely nowhere to be until approximately 2047? Sloths are adorable. Those little faces! Those long […]
Apparently, 2026 is the year of Nessie. The Loch Ness Monster, Scotland’s most famous alleged resident and the ultimate queen of hide-and-seek, has reportedly racked up 15 on-site sightings so far this year. That’s more than double the six recorded in all of 2025. Across the decades, the […]
Apparently, helium is having a moment. The U.S. Department of Energy has designated helium a critical material because the global supply is at risk and the stuff is indispensable for manufacturing semiconductors. The designation means more federal financing for helium producers and closer government monitoring. And here I […]
Apparently, scientists have turned art detectives and are investigating Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night. By tracing the celestial scene, they believe they may have identified the actual night sky that inspired the painting 137 years ago, as Van Gogh gazed upward from an asylum in France. Because […]
