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Year after year, I’m increasingly convinced that we will one day see the dawn of that great utopian vision foretold by WALL-E of a truly advanced, carefree human society. But in the meantime, as we trudge through the crude world beyond our mystical screens together, the rudimentary ability to make eye contact with the people […]

Anyone who has consciously gone through withdrawal from a serious addiction would agree that it is extremely difficult and painful, and—if they made it through it—that they are glad to be on the other side.  Withdrawal from sex and love addiction may not seem so bad. Indeed, sex and love addiction is sometimes regarded as […]

Among the list of to-dos in a young adult’s life, the most mundane task has to be cleaning their grotesque apartment. If you’re anything like me, this chore always seems to sneak up on your way out the door to ’90s night at Logan’s or Blackout Sundays at the Rooftop. What if you should bring […]

Samuel Pierpont Langley was the inventor of the first man-carrying airplane capable of sustained flight. You might say, “Wasn’t that the Wright brothers?” Well, you’re not wrong. Read on. Langley was the head of the Smithsonian Institute from 1887 to 1906. He dreamed of making it big like his heroes Edison and Bell, so he […]

Today, I’m going to talk about owning a business, which, when exploited properly, can aid and abet the party. For about three years, I ran a business where I built and repaired guitars for hobbyists and performing musicians. It was by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. Thinking about running your […]

I’ll never forget West Texas. It was there, in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night, where death suddenly entered my life.  I felt my then-boyfriend Cody (not his real name) get out of bed quite suddenly, and although it was still dark, my first thought was that he must be […]