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Nothing makes me so simultaneously happy and sad as a memorial bench placed in a perfect spot by people who loved a person who is no more. It's a beautiful…
Nothing makes me so simultaneously happy and sad as a memorial bench placed in a perfect spot by people who loved a person who is no more. It's a beautiful…
For my entire life, I have been ordering burgers from restaurants and asking them to hold their special sauce because — and I know this sounds obvious — I don't…
While I was in Ottowa, I saw a fantastic memorial to women's suffrage, which reminded me: American women have only been allowed to vote for 104 years. Barely more than…
Elysha and I walked halfway across the Golden Gate Bridge last weekend. On the way back, I heard someone say: "Not everyone can say they walked across the Golden Gate.…
This is brilliant. It's also a damn tragedy that it needs to exist. It should also be acknowledged that more than 99% of the time, the red pen is used…
From Michelle Obama's brilliant DNC speech: _______________________________ "She (Kamala Harris) understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward. We will never benefit from the…
Every month, I report the progress of my yearly goals to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable. The following are the September 2024 results. PERSONAL…
I saw this truck on the streets of San Fransisco this weekend. Sometimes, I see something like this, and I wish I had the time and gumption to ask questions,…
Tragedy strikes. In 1994, I ran for President of Manchester Community College's Student Council. It wasn't the best decision of my life. I was already managing a McDonald's restaurant full-time…
The internet is a place of beauty and disaster. I sometimes wonder if we would be better off without it. As a member of Generation X—the last generation to straddle…