When I was little, I used to go next door to my friend Christine’s house first thing in the mornings, on weekends, to ask her to play. Her mom was always pulling fresh orange-icing rolls out of the oven right as I showed up

The companionship business is known for inevitable break-ups. To honor the spirit and bonds formed by cupid’s arrows in my world, I think it’s important to explore the idea of what happens when things fall apart. We almost always

When I was growing up I longed for my father to be like my best friend’s dad, who was warm and affectionate and grilled outdoors (this somehow made him seem more sophisticated—go figure). While i never doubted

When I got to grad school in 2001, I started downloading music from Napster. My friends at the campus radio station got me interested in obscure 70s rock and in 3 years of downloading, I drove

Do you freak out if your significant other glances at another person?  Do you get upset?  What if it’s more than a glance; what if it’s a lingering stare?  Or what if they “accidentally” bump into someone

How do high IQ people cope with normal people?  I’ve become considerably curious about this, because I’ve dealt with the adversities of having high intelligence

Sometimes it pays to forego having children and to be a doting aunt instead. I actually gain more from taking care of my niece and nephew than I would from having

Some cataclysms disrupt society for only a generation or two, while others are so destructive that recovery can take centuries.  When it occurs again, the human race will have to pick itself up...