
Sisyphus and the Cashew: A Tragic Dental Epic
535 Words. 2 Minute Read.
Is there anything more satisfying than dislodging something with your tongue that’s been stuck between your teeth?

The Long Goodbye - to Cigarettes
874 Words. 3 Minute Read.
I made a New Year's resolution in college to start smoking. While everyone else swore them off, I swore them on.

Wading in a Pond of Fear
1,366 Words. 5 minute Read.
I am the emotional manifestation of stitches barely holding a life together—symmetrical and tidy on the outside, battered and bruised within, like a foot inside a ballet slipper.

The Masters and Bedtime
332 Words. 1 Minute Read.
When my kids were babies, I played The Masters theme song to put them to sleep, and it worked every time.

20 Year Race to the Starting Line
1,794 Words. 7 Minute Read.
I’ve spent twenty years building a business whose odds of succeeding were one in a billion.