Around twice a year, I relay an anecdote in which I apologized to someone I mistreated in the past. It didn’t actually happen. The apology didn’t, anyway. The mistreatment did. By pretending that I have apologized, it almost feels as
I am sitting in my desk on the first day of school, next to a new girl who appears nervous, as she should. The principal’s voice can be heard over the intercom. “We have a new student in Grade 2
Kelly and I land in Colombia at night and take a taxi to the place we’re staying. After dropping off our bags, we go for a walk around Cartagena’s Walled City. The streets are mostly deserted, but the first person
With music already come and gone, we must press on together to find out what else happened when: June 16, 1940 – The day Wilford Brimley’s swimming instructor is corrected when he praises his student’s natural fishiness with a, “Great
You know about music, enough to make it with your little sing songs anyway. But do any of us really know music? It had lived a life, and in the end, that’s all anyone can ever hope for. Formative and
Mara: Ian, do you know Jordan? Jordan: Nice to meet you. Ian: We’ve actually met before, but I’m kind of glad you don’t remember. Jordan: Why, what happened? Ian: Well it was at a party at Emily and Matt’s last
Last year, about four thousand people successfully scaled Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. It isn’t the hardest climb in the world, or the longest, but it is the highest. And that’s all anybody cares about. Many alpinists
The other day I’m driving behind this truck and notice its lone bumper sticker that read, “I may be old, but at least I still have my hands.” Confused as an autumnal Chinese philosopher, I repeat the declaration out loud
Do you know why the alphabet is in the specific order that it is? Is it because of that song? If that’s the only reason, for the seven’s sake, let’s mix it up. As we forge forth, I propose to
Hate is a strong word used to describe strong feelings towards things one does not like or is against or is a sports team that in based in a different city than one’s own. While it is often overused, in
