It’s been a whirlwind of emotions over here at the Arizona State University College Football house of obsessive fandom. First, we got this nugget of soul-sucking news: …to which I responded with the following melodramatic yet accurate deep-dive into my soul: I hate college football. I hate all sports, but college football is the worst. […]
For the first fifteen years of my reading career, I dedicated myself almost exclusively to one genre: fantasy. What is reading if not a way to completely leave your own, completely factual life behind? Occasionally, I would meander into the realistic fiction section of the library, but even that was rare. Fantasy was life. I […]
In our house, we have no germs. I know what you’re thinking. “How is that possible? You have two kids!” First, I resent the implication that kids are germ-infested creatures. To think they house and spread germs more frequently just because they lick and touch everything and drool and sneeze all over everything, is simply […]
I feel an important obligation to interrupt my usual commentary and present you with this treatise written by a proactive Walmart worker. She handed it to me after she finished loading 8 giant tubs of oatmeal into my trunk. I told her I was making cookies. She didn’t believe me. Whatever your reason for going […]
During my formative years, my dad put in a valiant effort to make me a well-rounded music connoisseur. Variety streamed from anything with speakers, from They Might Be Giants to Led Zeppelin. My siblings and I knew well that triangle man hated particle man, and all that glitters is gold. My mom did her best […]
As a writer, I’ve always believed in the importance of journaling. For the sake of posterity, I try to record as much as I can about our lives. In today’s case, I am impressed to make a record of a love lost: the apartment we said goodbye to this month. I am deeply depressed to […]
Yesterday was the first day of the “medical new year.” A new batch of handsome residents started at the hospital. They have that cute, deer in the headlights look, and I am just dying to meet my little newbies. There’s something so innocent about their specific mix of excitement and fear. I am not naive. […]
We woke up Sunday morning and the first thing Rhett said to me was, “You better post about me on Instagram.” Out of character, this demand struck me as odd until I fully woke up to the realization that it was Father’s Day. Of course I would post about him. What else would a loving […]
Ah, Match Day. How fondly I look back on your tranquility. My husband matched last year into one of the most competitive fields, which meant, naturally, that we were the picture of zen all day. Across the board, medical students find out on Monday whether or not they matched, and then have a brief, stress […]
As an educator, I have always loved giving tests. There was something so rewarding about watching my middle school students march in single file into my classroom and take an exam packet off my desk. On good days, there was still some of the joy of lunch hour left in their eyes at the beginning […]
