In my travels, I am frequently asked "Where are you from?" and I never know how to answer. Do I say Ithaca, where I grew up? Do I say Los...

It’s hardly news to anyone who knows me that I am a geek and have been since long before it was cool. I recently passed another GEEKY...

After a year of separation, rounds of amicable but challenging negotiations, and countless emails back & forth with the lawyer, I signed...

Last month, six weeks after marrying Jeff to my mother, I delivered his eulogy. I have spent my time since then staying with my mom and...

Except for a period of crippling pre-teen insecurity, I’ve always been a personable guy. I've even been able to parlay that into a pretty...

A week and a half ago, I married my mom… …to her longtime partner. They wanted a quick and fuss-free ceremony, but a Justice of the Peace...

As I sat on the kitchen floor crying, picking through every slimy piece of trash one by one, it hit me: I may have taken on too much......

I sat in the back corner of the Choctaw Casino in Idabel, Oklahoma choking down a country-fried steak akin to wet cardboard smothered in...

This past December I got my first tattoo to commemorate the beginning of this trip and the new mindset I have adopted for life. “Yes,...

I had originally planned to start this trip after my divorce was finalized, but my landlord needed to move back into his condo so I lost...

I have always been a very private person. My limited use of social media has been to get news updates and to find silly memes when I need...

This trip, and specifically this week’s destination of Coos Bay, was inspired by two people who are no longer with us. The overall trip...

Disappointed in Myself My trip did not kick off with fireworks and confetti. Rather, with disorientation, a dopamine deficiency, and...

I have decided to begin this trip on Feb 10th, the first day of the Chinese New Year - the year of the dragon (like me), which is less...

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