Okay, I finally peeled myself away from reading the news. I’ll put my fears that our democracy is undergoing a legit coup to the side and I’m going to bake! Everyone is happier and less horrified when bake goods are involved!… Continue Reading
We learned a valuable lesson from the Women’s Marches that took place globally on Saturday: We give good sign. I guess when you gather a bunch of folks committed to making the world a more just and fair place, you’ll… Continue Reading
America doesn’t know what to do with the Kansas City Chiefs. It’s bad enough that in an era of technocratic, rules-skirting “gamesmanship” they play the kind of old-school football most commonly seen in static-y newsreels. This franchise, the perennial stepchild of the… Continue Reading
Aprons shouldn’t be a big deal. They’re fundamentally a piece of cloth one drapes over one’s clothing to prevent ruin from coming to said clothing. They make a ton of practical sense, especially if you don’t happen to have an… Continue Reading
We’re glad that Colby Cooper, Chief of Staff to the mayor of the city of Mobile, Alabama, is now aware that there is a “spectrum of concerns regarding trees.” We’d also like to encourage Mr. Cooper, a public employee, to… Continue Reading
She’s a pediatric doctor. She’s worked on more than twenty overseas assignments, and helped develop one of the first programs focused on survivors of sexual violence in the Republic of Congo. She’s Dr. Joanne Liu, current International President of Médecins Sans… Continue Reading
Once in a great while, you have a singular moment so clear, so perfectly representative of everything occurring in the far flung reaches of your experience that time seems to actually stop. This weekend at a holiday party, I had… Continue Reading
In the grand scheme of things, I’ve never really been “cool.” This is true on all fronts: Professional (type-A since the womb), personal (serial monogamist-turned-engaged person), and stylistically (always Shirley Manson in my teenage head, too often a half-assed goth-y mess… Continue Reading
Full disclosure: I have never seen an episode of Gilmore Girls. I have never had the impulse to “watch” via plot summaries (my chosen approach for Game of Thrones) nor have I “tried and just couldn’t get through it.” I… Continue Reading
Dateline: Sunday, November 20, 2016. 11AM. You’re at brunch, trying to decide which adult beverage best suits your Kanye sads. You’re overcome with the number of morning booze options, freeze, and end up ordering a… decaf coffee and water. Decaf. With… Continue Reading
For a subset of the population, elections present a super-sportsball-world-series-cup-bowl level of excitement. The mix of openly musing about “the nature” of something, the pride in and history of the system itself, and a science-adjacent, mathematical component is the thing… Continue Reading