Faire de la Valise
While fielding responses about apartments, I’ve started thinking about what one packs for a three-month jaunt in another country. Since clothes are, alas, universal, I can ease my mind with the...
View ArticleThe Beatless
I picked up The Great Gatsby three times before I actually enjoyed it. It only took a second read to get The Sun Also Rises. I gave them both second chances because people haven’t shut up about either...
View ArticleAnti-Social Media
In a bid to remove certain easy-fix pleasures, there’s now a rubric in place to determine what’s worth posting on social media (hint: very little). Facebook — Nothing, honestly. A check-in or two,...
View ArticleYule Log
By the time Christmas is looming over me, I’m usually facing a massive backlog of holiday movies I need to watch. To avoid having to watch three different adaptations of A Christmas Carol on Christmas...
View ArticleInterrobang The SarcMark
Sarcasm is an important part of post-modern culture (we’re living in the future!?), but it’s extremely difficult to pick up on in text-based communications. I’ve always thought that italics got the...
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