It’s the Social Anxiety Flowchart For Dealing with Phone Calls Badly
Self-preservation determines that I wouldn’t take the last step to walk off a cliff, and I won’t hit the call button either.
Full length blog posts, as opposed to microblogging.
What I Wish School Had Taught Me about Operating as a Human Being
More than a decade and a half has passed since I graduated high school, and I still find myself rehashing all the areas that my formal education failed me. Sometimes these realizations come in the …
What to Say to the Bride Who Doesn’t Want to Be at Her Own Wedding
What can you say to a reluctant bride besides “congratulations?” To answer this question for my current draft, I read some terrible wedding advice.
Small Town Social Media and Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”
My small town’s Facebook group inspired me to reread Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” for the first time since eighth grade.
Peanut Butter Cup Fat Bombs
I created my own recipe for peanut butter cup fat bombs since I’m not patient enough to look through 5,000,000 blogs and find a good recipe that someone else wrote.
I’ll pull out my eyebrows for 2019
When I try to answer the question of whether or not 2019 was a good year, I keep returning to my flagship anxiety problem.
Asking better questions about parenting and child leashes
There haven’t been a lot of studies done on child leashes. In lieu of science, the internet served up a chunky stew of thinking errors, logical fallacies, and ad hominem attacks. It’s time to ask better questions.
8 Ways to Destroy Someone with OCD this Holiday Season
By taking the words of Sun Tzu to heart and learning these actionable techniques, you can utterly destroy a holiday guest with OCD this year!
Dead electronics and the serious writer
Making trade-offs: how being landed in a situation in which my two vital electronic tools go on the fritz at the same time is a strategy.
The Judgmental Advice Column: Friends and Movie References
If someone hasn’t seen a movie that you like, it says everything about them as a person. The Judgmental Advice Column tackles friends who don’t get movie and TV references.
Read and listen to “A Cold Glow”
Where to read and listen to “A Cold Glow,” my flash fiction story about a kid on a space station who butts heads with the station’s computer in his quest to carve a jack-o’-lantern.
Nine reasons to cut your own hair (besides saving money)
People often cite money as a reason to cut your own hair. Do the math! Think of how much money you’ll save! After years of DIY haircuts, I’ve found other reasons as well.