I was in one of those large electronics stores the other day, looking at speakers and pretending that the differing volts and specs will help me determine which ones I want. I was there returning a keyboard I borrowed for
I have a neat little knick-knack for you, in the form of a new illusion you can play on your friends and acquaintances. It’s one my father taught me years ago when I was just a wee child. For it
Even considering the immense technological advancements during your lifetime, you are still astounded by the functioning of a lightbulb. There is one lightbulb in your house that needs to be changed, but you assume that will take care of itself.
I don’t know about you, but there’s a few things I’d like to do before I die. I’d love to save someone’s life. I want to be interviewed on the news right after I risk my safety to keep an
The churches have been recruiting for long enough now they should know their current methods are not really the most effective. Jehovah’s Witnesses, they come to your house and everyone else’s house trying to convert you and everyone else to
I have this protégé now. It’s really strange having someone look up to me like he does, but pretty interesting too. Before this, I never felt like my actions made a difference in anyone else’s life but my own. Now
We’re definitely on our way out as a species, but it’s still unknown which catastrophe is going to be the one to kill us off. We all know the obvious possibilities, what with the sun burning out, a meteor smacking
I’m biracial too. My mom is white like a ghost, and my dad is white like an egg. After a few drinks, she sometimes says aloud that she wishes she married Denzel Washington. Like he’d have her! That’s about as
RECENTLY I WAS WATCHING YOUR SPECIAL AND EATING DELICIOUS CANDY, GENERALLY LOVING LIFE. I GOT TO THE LAST CANDY AND, BECAUSE I DON’T LIKE HOW BAD MY WILLPOWER IS, I DECIDED TO CHALLENGE MYSELF BY LEAVING THE CANDY ON THE
I watch the cars crash into each other from my front patio. I sit with a book and a drink and I wait, three floors up. The most dangerous intersection in the city is right outside my door. I didn’t
