As much as I loathe math (as anyone who’s ever watched me struggle to add anything with 2 digits can attest) I’m gaining a new respect for it. Why? Because it’s one of the few things in the universe that humans, as much as we try, can’t fuck up. It exists separate from us, and […]

There’s something brilliant about six word memoirs. Paring an experience down to its simplest element can be cathartic, forcing you to shave off all the messy emotions and perceptions that calcify around your memory of What Actually Happened. So when I heard about the first anthology of six word memoirs, I thought it was a […]

It’s one of those Internet inevitabilities: Hang around the Web long enough, and you’re gonna get hacked by some dude named Alexei in Estonia who’s carrying out his master plan to take over every URL in creation and repurpose them all for Japanese vomit porn. Or maybe it’s just me.
Anyway, apologies for the delay […]

Last presidential debate, last presidential debate liveblog.
Although technically I didn’t actually liveblog the first debate — my computer was down so I just yelled my would-be blog entries into the empty vacuum. Somehow shooting them into cyberspace is far more satisfying.
NOTE: The best part comes around 2/3 of the way in, when a certain […]

In case you missed the fireworks last night (and are at all bothered by this fact), a few colleagues and I liveblogged the debate over at the Huffington Post. Though honestly, all there really is to take away is that if you’re a registered Republican, McCain won, and if you’re anyone else, Obama won.
UPDATE: […]

This piece also appeared in The Huffington Post.
Last week, I had a forced identity crisis. As it did for plenty of other women/writers/people who consume far too much media, Emily Gould’s infamous cover story and the resulting maelstrom sat in my thoughts, roiling and churning until the inside of my head looked like something envisioned […]

If you’re feeling exceptionally healthy today (translation: not requiring major surgery at any point in the conceivable future) check out my article in the New York Times about anesthesia awareness. Nothing like a few traumatic and possibly unavoidable side effects to make you glad you dropped out of Intro to Bio after the first day […]

In case any lawyers/law students/devotees of the law persuasion still read this, I figured this piece might peak your interest. Ahh the bar exam. There is no escape.

If so, uh, thanks guys … I think.
(Note to Dad: Do not hit this link.)

It’s been quite a ride to get here, to this point in cyber-reality. I’ll spare you the soppy Grateful Dead-quoting high-school-yearbook blather, but I will say that one of the most rewarding parts of stumbling into this whole blog business has been the people I’ve met along the way. Two of whom happen to have […]