PLUS ONE
It’s the season for lace hearts and lavish bouquets and boxes of chocolates. I get that all this can be cloying and irksome. Basically, I’m a romantic fool with a really high tolerance for head-over-heels excess, but even for me…
EXCEPTIONALLY ORDINARY
I was listening to an interview with actor and talk-show host, James Corden. He’s met and worked with just about everybody in the entertainment industry. It was a fun interview with lots of juicy bits and name-dropping, but I found…
A REPTILE DYSFUNCTION
Using it as my title gives away the punchline to this silly joke —“What do you call it when an iguana has physical intimacy issues?” It’s an awful groaner, but it made me laugh. And after some consideration, I think…
WHAT’S WHAT
I was watching a documentary series about near-death experiences this week. It’s a subject that I find endlessly fascinating, in part because it encapsulates the constant tension between the human desire for certainty, for clear answers, and the abiding fact…
GOOSE BUMPS
Hell if I know what to write the day after the President of the United States incited an armed insurrection against democracy and a violent mob stormed the Capitol carrying confederate battle flags. I feel the weight of responsibility…