Don’t say goodbye to the bride and groom. Just leave. Let it be your final gift to them.

Slate’s Seth Stevenson argues against saying goodbye. Ghosting—aka the Irish goodbye, the French exit, and any number of other vaguely ethnophobic terms—refers to leaving a social gathering without saying your…

Continue ReadingDon’t say goodbye to the bride and groom. Just leave. Let it be your final gift to them.

I began the day as a depressed and angry idiot. I ended the day with laughter and rainbows and sunshine. Literally. The lesson: Don’t give up hope.

Bad start to the day. Arrived at my friend’s house, 40 minutes from my home, having forgotten my ticket to the Patriots’ game. It requires an incredible amount of stupidity…

Continue ReadingI began the day as a depressed and angry idiot. I ended the day with laughter and rainbows and sunshine. Literally. The lesson: Don’t give up hope.