I’m fundamentally uncoordinated. It’s kind of remarkable, really. On a typical day, I’ll discover at least four ways to slam, bruise, slice, maim, gash, break or flambé myself on a wide array of inanimate objects. Once in a while I’ll bust out with some feat of grace, often involving contact sports with countless opportunities for […]

Thanks to everyone who came out last night for yet another fun and exciting evening of Blogstravaganza For Beginners — you were a fabulous group, particularly since you didn’t band together and mutiny in the blistering sauna of our non-air-conditioned lecture room. All future classes will come complete with climate control, or I will personally […]

I’ve posted about it before, but now it’s actually materialized and is getting ready for release: The Best Creative Nonfiction, Vol. 1, coming to bookstores in July and available for pre-order on Amazon. From what I’ve seem (which admittedly isn’t a ton) there are some amazing pieces in there by a diverse and talented group […]

As reported by my former cohorts at the Huffington Post, I’ve been hired by the uber-smart authors of Freakonomics to be the editor of their soon-to-be-upgraded website, Freakonomics.com. I’ll be writing and editing posts, working on video content, recruiting other uber-smart economists, authors and journalists to guest blog, and just generally handling any and all […]

In an unexpected departure from my mental image (which involved me droning on Ben Stein-style in front of a 3/4 empty classrom complete with snoring teens and cricket sound effects), around fifty people have registered so far for tonight’s class on blogging. While I’ll admit I’m surprised, the sheer numbers mean this could actually be […]

It always amazes me how much goes on in a conversation besides what’s actually being said. All words aside, we speak volumes with a seeming-endless combination of looks, gestures, expressions, shrugs, a tilted head, rolled eyes, to the point where the most banal exchange can in fact convey an entirely different meaning. Case in point, […]

When I quit my law firm job, I made a silent pact with myself: No matter what happened, no matter how things panned out, I would never say no to an opportunity that came up - even if I had absolutely no clue in hell how to do it once I’d said yes. In the […]

It’s been a few months now since the Great Brooklyn Exodus, and we’ve started to settle into the new neighborhood. Once I got over the little things - stepping outside minus the bombardment of yellow cabs; walking more than eighteen paces to reach the nearest convenience store/dry cleaner/ATM; buying birth control at the local […]

There’s a sort of emotional relief in a nasty flu. Somewhere amid all the throbbing, hacking, sweating and occasionally wishing for death (or, at least, forced hibernation), you realize that you’ve finally reached a deep quiet. The germs pillaging your healthy cells have shut down the unnecessary sections of your brain, the ones that run […]

Boyfriend and I consider ourselves reasonably intelligent when it comes to language (”reasonably” being a term packed with wiggle room). Combined, we’ve solved Sunday crosswords, aced AP English, won eighth grade spelling bees and written college papers on Nietzsche’s influence on modern literary theorists. Over the course of two beers and a sandwich, he […]