Kids across the country have grown up accepting the idea that no one can harm your family if at least one of its adult members is in the shower. No one knows why.

Air travel is the safest form of travel aside from walking; even then, the chances of being hit by a public bus at 30,000 feet are remarkably slim. I also have no problem with confined spaces. Or heights. What I am afraid of is speed.

Our culture's obsession with vintage objects has rendered us unable to separate history from nostalgia. People want heart. They want a chaser of emotion with their aesthetics.

The search for one's first professional job is not unlike a magical love potion: when one wants to fall in love with the next thing one sees, one generally does.

No affair that begins with such an orchestrated overture can end on a simple note.

I have definitely had experiences where I can feel the shift from simply living my life to being slightly outside of my life and taking notes.

I write on weekends, on vacation, and, really - on deadline and on my floor. Both terrible for the back.