Introduction

Well, hello, friends. I’ve been a busy bee. And I’ve written something that I would like to share for feedback, and to let you know that I’m still writing like a fiend. I just have time issues for when I can post (right now, for example, my students are working on an extra-credit test assignment […]

If Historical Figures Were Alive Today: Harriet Tubman

You guys still don’t have high speed rails? Not all of Europe had abolished slavery until way after you (Not abolished in the Ottoman Empire until 1890, since probably none of you know your history) and their train system is the shit. Pick up your game. Seriously. You have a black president now. I would […]

The Haze has Lifted!

I woke up a few days ago, and for the first time in months, I wanted to write. I was desperate to write. I was like Lindsay Lohan in a jewelry store: I couldn’t help myself. I just had to do it. It was all I could think about. (Except for the fact that […]

Depression

I’m not going to offer an explanation as to why I haven’t written anything in a month; no, I’m going to tell you a story. My depression starts at the back of my esophagus. It begins as a small hole, only noticeable at three in the morning when I trace shapes with my eyes on […]

Travel Tip #1: Haikus

Batman fights crime and I fight bad attitudes and together we win Delta Airlines is limbo for world travelers and eats people’s souls Delta Airlines should be called Delta Disasters: Fuck Your Travel Plans gingerbread cookies can only soothe a troubled mind to an extent AND COMING SOON: Travel Diaries #2: Amsterdamnit, part one! […]

Travel Tip #1: Don’t Be A Buttface

As I sat in the airport at midnight during the fourth hour of our delay, I learned the first rule of travel: don’t be a bitch. No, seriously. Don’t be one. No entity cares about your travel plans. Not God, or Jesus, or that chocolate cake beckoning you from the corner over there. So when […]

The Prodigal Daughter Returns! (An Exercise in Modesty… Just Kidding)

Well, HELLO, beautiful loves! You’re looking svelte! Is that a new haircut? New shirt? New laptop? Whatever you’ve done, it’s working. Let me start with a brief apology: I’m sorry I fell off the face of the internet. Traveling through Europe, I discovered that I did not have consistent internet access, nor the time to […]