Being an introvert has not, relatively speaking, caused that many problems for me. I have no doubt that I would be more successful as far as any career aspir...

Where to even begin? I cried. I cried even though I “knew” that Quentin Coldwater’s death would not be permanent. Alice came back from the dead. Penny died a...

Note: This is from a year ago. My son still has the same best friend. My son is four. He is as white as they come. His current cartoon fixation is Handy Mann...

I stopped myself. I almost answered with the first thing that came into my head, but made a change before anything came out of my mouth. That change was not ...

I really am. I don’t mean artist as in a person who draws things. I mean artist as in person who creates art. Periodically, I think about artists who seem to...

I wrote this a few years ago, when our oldest son was only a few years old and when he was our only son, not our oldest. It's all still applicable. My son re...

I mostly ordered records from Subpop and Dischord, since I knew I liked the Afghan Whigs and I knew I liked Jawbox (although I'd first heard both bands on ...

Like most kids, I grew up listening to Top 40. I listened to Casey Kasem’s (and later, Rick Dees’) countdown show every Sunday, if I could. My parents list...

Having kids leads to some strange changes in your life. Like listening to hip hop. I was born in the mid-70s, so suggesting that I’m a child of the 80s would...

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, eighteen-year-old Robert Stuart had a decision to make: keep working at the steel mill in Warren, Ohio, or volunteer to s...