1. Use the timer function in your phone. It's not a prerequisite for us to see you hold up your phone to a mirror in your bathroom. You probably think it's a nice bathroom, or that I'm not judging you for your choice of shower curtain or that the mirror isn't clean....

"Crystal, it's your mother." "Hi Ma, why are you calling so early," I asked, already knowing it's my birthday today and she's been calling every year for the last few years at the same time. "It's 7:56. It's your birthday!" Flash forward 2 years later. In typical...

I will follow you into the dark...standing in a puddle for two hours...on concrete for 8...and after almost getting trapped to death by thousands of drunk and high pretenders who don't like Death Cab for Cutie nearly as much as us. My main squeeze and a couple of our...

Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. No, that's not the sound of laughter. That's the sound of my huffing and puffing through the tree-lined streets of my suburban Boston neighborhood. The day is perfect for running. Cool, but not nippy and a woman pushing a baby carriage waves at me...