“So my mom read the blog.”
“Oh boy. And? What did she say?”
“Oh, she said plenty.”
“Are you going to tell me?”
“No, but I’ll give you a mental image. Take all the hate mail, sniping commentary, personal attacks, nasty blog posts and hurtful cracks ever written about me on the internet. Picture all that aggregate fury and [...]

As I approach the end of the egocentric addled post-college mania of our twenties, I’m learning to identify certain key moments in my past that shaped my personality. Events that, when they occurred, left no sign of their future importance, but have in fact imprinted every action I’ve taken since. While I realize living in [...]

“Hey Mel, what’s up.”
“Hey V, how are you? Good to hear from you.”
“Yeah I figured I’d call to check in, see how everything was going.”
“It’s good thanks. What are you up to?”
“I’m at the office, of course. Be here another 4 or 5 hours probably.”
“Ugh, that sucks, I’m sorry.”
“I have to tell you Mel, I [...]

I’ve been receiving a lot of advice emails recently. “You need to stop responding to the hate mail,” or, “You need to make the website look fancier,” or, “You need to write about your boyfriend more/less,” or even, “You need to apologize on the blog for being too media savvy.” While I appreciate that people [...]

“Mind if I run to your bathroom and dab my shirt? I got a little spot on it, just want to make sure it doesn’t stain.”
We’re sitting in the officially cohabitated living room with B, Boyfriend’s best friend from college, and his girlfriend J, in town visiting for a few days.
“Of course J, no [...]

I received around a hundred emails yesterday, most in response to the day’s post. To those who wrote, know that I read every one of them, and thank you for writing to share your insightful thoughts and incredible stories (all of which I promise not to use in the book). For those who didn’t write, [...]

From the reader mailbag, echoing other garbage circulating the internet:
“How do you even stomach yourself….You joke that people call you a disgrace to the profession, but you should acknowledge they’re right. I actually DO work at a top 10 firm, I have for a long time…. People like you, lazy and inferior students who became [...]

It’s fascinating how the rules completely change once you announce you’re leaving a law firm to do something entirely unrelated. The Trojan walls between professionalism and humanity temporarily fall, and suddenly your superiors are regarding you with puzzled bemusement. Sure, there are those who deliver the verbal equivalent of a pat on the head [...]

David: “So what’s the latest?”
Me: “With what?”
D: “You know, the latest drama with the blog.”
M: “Well, someone submitted the cat’s picture for an internet contest. And my mom is officially speaking to me again. I heard from an old friend in the Navy stationed overseas. Oh, and some guy just wrote in saying he [...]

And for a third time, thank you to everyone who has written in with kind words. Once again, your thoughts are greatly appreciated.
I’ve had several requests to turn comments back on. They range from congenial statements like: “please, the comments are so funny!” to sentiments such as: “you’re just a pussy who can’t take [...]