Shorts
Caring for Your New Cast Iron Pan!
Congrats on making the jump over to cast iron! Teflon is for suckers! You're going to enjoy the versatility of cooking with your new pan so much you won't ever want to go back. And the best part? It lasts forever!
My Trivial Problems With Trump
I'm privileged enough to merely be annoyed by him without having my life threatened.
Mario Cuomo said that you campaign in poetry and you govern in prose. To us Americans, every election, nothing is more poetic than the myth of the outsider.
Entertainment
iFiction or Social Media and Apps in Contemporary Fiction
The depiction of social media in fiction could use some more nuance.
6 Times Key and Peele Got Incredibly Dark
Key and Peele never shied away from some really uncomfortable sketches.
Sometimes thinking about worst-case scenarios in your own life is a luxury.
Pot And Me: An Acquaintance Story
I'm amazed that I was never a pot head. Growing up in the suburbs of upstate New York, I had shoulder length hair, wore Birkenstocks, and liked jam band music. Hell, I went to Phish concerts sober. Who does that?
What Being a Tourist in Paris Taught Me About New York
Trying to figure out Paris made me realize that I already live in one of the greatest cities in the world.
On My Twenty-Ninth Birthday, I Bought a Skateboard
I wrote this a decade ago. I wanted to ollie before I turned 30 but life got in the way. Carpe diem, people.