Not a chance. But I will sort of miss it when (if) it does go.

So Twitter. If you don’t know know what it is yet, you may soon be the only one. As with any new form of communication that sucks us all into its vortex (TV, anyone?), Twitter’s rise is bringing all sorts of criticism, with bloggers and other Web pundits (pot? kettle? black?) leaping on cyber-soap boxes […]

After a couple months, I’m getting used to this whole “30″ thing. At the least, it makes for a handy punchline — “I don’t have to put up with this bullshit from overcharging deliverymen/surly bus drivers/dudes in bars…I’m 30!” It’s a nice mantra, a reminder that I’m not as terminally stupid as I once was–things […]

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 […]

Human beings are funny. We waltz around, prisoners in our own heads, absolutely certain that everything we think and perceive is “real,” and not just a concoction of chemicals swirling in our skulls.
Take the classic “white Toyota” example: You spend your waking hours cruising along the roads, noticing other cars in a “I could […]

But he does pretty much embody everything a woman could want in a partner:

“Michelle is a tremendously strong person, and has a very strong sense of herself and who she is and where she comes from. But I also think in her eyes you can see a trace of vulnerability that most people don’t […]

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 […]

If you haven’t made the pilgrimage to Obamaland and/or you’re not currently steeling your bladder and freezing your appendages off on the Mall, get thee to a cable or network news broadcast. And preferably one on a big screen — let’s face it, the Internet may not do this one justice.

So, yeah, 2008 happened. We watched, read, and blogged as the biggest international clusterfuck in our lifetimes (with apologies to any Great Depression survivors who read blogs) leeched the blood from our stocks, home prices, and 401Ks like Bela Lugosi on a 5-month bender. Cable newscaster speeches started sounding like the pre-climax villain soliloquies in […]

It’s pretty safe to say that no one will look back on 2008 and say “Jesus, what a boring year that was.” Those of us who make it ’til New Years (bankers, step away from the ledge — your account balance is nothing resembling your worth as a human being) may even look back on […]