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It’s perfectly fine to talk about dark issues at the holidays, you know?

Debbie Bauer McGonigle

If you read the last couple of things I wrote, you’d probably be like “WHOA! That dude is DEPRESSED!” In reality, I’m not. My life is definitely a lot better than it was in December of 2013 (detailed a little… Continue Reading

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‘You don’t understand’ is the worst-ever way to begin a sentence

You don't understand

Stop removing people’s agency. Continue Reading

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What’s the value of being selfish or obstinate?

Selfishness

If I had to sit down and make a list of the biggest changes between age 25 and age 34, I think I’d only be 3-4 items into the list before I arrived at “Meeting more selfish people, daily.” Now,… Continue Reading

Once, I passed out on a subway and rode it end-to-end a few times. Here’s that story.

I'm Getting Drunk On A ... Train?

The night was March 20, 2009. I know that because it was the same night Cleveland State upset Wake Forest in the NCAA Tournament — more on that later in the post. If you take the story I’m about to tell… Continue Reading

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What do you think is your biggest challenge of the next year or so?

It’s December. That means you get a lot of holiday spirit, but you also get a lot of resolutions and year-end lists and trend-spotting and 2015 predictions and the occasional cool article about why resolutions don’t stick. It’s a cycle,… Continue Reading

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I wrote Mike Nichols a letter once. He wrote back. Kinda cool, no?

Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols passed away today, as you’ve probably heard. I don’t have a lot to contribute to this discourse because I’m not exactly a film buff or even a very good viewer of films — I saw most of the Twilight movies… Continue Reading

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My 1,000th post: Here’s what I need to get better at

1000th Post

393 days after my first post on this blog, this is my 1,000th post. That means, give or take, that I’ve written 2.54 posts a day for the past year and change. That’s cool, especially because I don’t usually write… Continue Reading

Why do I always say “ground and pound” on Facebook?

Ground and Pound

I’m a weird person, and I do/say weird things, especially on Facebook. For a while it was “Get What’s Yours” (probably 2010-11), along with “Fucking Get What’s Yours” (expletives are fun), and for a period in there it was also… Continue Reading