In this week’s edition of Something Interesting Happened, someone attempted to shake me down via email. The message claimed I’d downloaded a virus while visiting their porn site, and the blackmailer had 1) hacked my computer’s video feed 2) recorded me fapping 3) recorded the specific porn I’d been fapping
By Wednesday this week, my mom had left two messages on the home phone, emailed me twice with questions about a future visit, and finally texted me: I called her back Wednesday evening, and she spoke for two hours the way most people barf – in heaves beyond her control,
Perhaps it feels as if parts of you are dying with each fresh news cycle. That feeling is probably accurate. Constant stress is no good for your body. At the very least, you are getting a life lesson in learned helplessness right now. So in a very real sense, you
Last week, we popped off summer break with a visit to Washington, D.C. An emotionally complicated trip, to be sure. I’d been motivated for a few years to take the kids to Smithsonian to celebrate their Nerdish heritage. From ages 12 to 14, I lived in Maryland, and had great
This is our cat, Tori. She rolls up to the back door every morning and again in the afternoon about three times a week, meowing and tapping on the window. Don’t be fooled. She does not want to come in. In the morning, she is meowing for food. But not