I’m asking you this question, my dear friend, because I feel the peculiar, bitter taste in my mouth as I type this. See, I absolutely need to have a cup in the morning, no ifs and buts about it. My beloved mother has taught me that everything tastes better with coffee. So while a tall […]

I’m a sucker for a good metaphor, so that must explain why I loved Garden State so much when I first watched it years ago. I’ve never watched it a second time and I’m afraid if I ever do I’ll fall out of love with it a little bit, so I’ll probably keep it that […]

First of all I never loved the idea of being a Cancer, because out of 12 zodiac signs who wants to be a Cancer? It starts with the title: imposing and strong, but with a slightly negative connotation. And then there’s the dooming description found on any unremarkable horoscope: “Those born under the zodiac sign […]

I don’t know when it all started, but I do remember many years ago when my friends and I spent an entire summer thriving off of samples. There was that time I heard about a new pizza place opening up all the way across town and they were giving away entire pizzas to the first […]

When I was a kid I found an old forgotten atlas book lying around the house. It was truly massive, and I would trace the long roads with my small fingers, dreaming of one day venturing out on some of those roads myself. A few years later I would discover Jack Kerouac’s On the Road […]