Somebody decided to take their frustrations with this world out on a lonely phone booth outside of the metro station today. I was wary of this gentleman, but figured he must have good reasons for the attack, even if they are only inside his own mind. More, though, I was taken aback at the existence… Read more

The only real mistake you can make as a parent is to point a flashlight into the abyss under your living room couch. There is a moment at the end of each night when the kids are asleep, work assignments are finished, Netflix is cued up and all the toys have been put away. The… Read more

Setting up an account with the Franchise Tax Board to pay my taxes, and this is what they wanted to know. If you could change any feature about yourself what would it be? Okay, first things first. I don’t mean to be an asshole about this, but can’t you at least make the grammar correct… Read more

“Have you ever seen the inside of your retina before?” It wasn’t the best pick up line I’d ever heard, but he did pique my interest. “I have not,” I admitted. “Should I?” “Everybody should.” My new optometrist got very excited. “I just want you to know, it’s a little strange if you haven’t seen… Read more

Three people who seemed to know each other got onto the elevator with me coming back from lunch today. There was the usual awkward moment of silence, when the female in the group said, “I just don’t like cinnamon that much.” It was an odd thing to say in mixed company, but one can guess… Read more

I was “that guy” on the Subway today. Basically, I lost track of time trying to figure out how to set conditional formatting in a Google spreadsheet (don’t ask), and it was suddenly fifteen minutes after the time I usually leave to catch my train home. Now, I usually give myself 35 minutes to catch… Read more