Summer baking is fab. No, really, it’s absolutely great. Fall and winter get all the attention for being the seasons of indulgent and delicious food, what with all the cinnamon and pie and spice cake, but summer’s got its own aces—namely piles and piles of fresh fruit. By piles, I mean serious piles. And here’s […]
But here’s my question – why are you so concerned with other people’s marriages? Marriage is legal commitment, a set of rights, a piece of paper representative of law. Remember separation of church and state? The marriage of these people may be performed by any number of religious institutions, or it may be simply civil. […]
Does a woman need a man like a fish needs a bicycle? Definitely. Is any one person capable of functioning and flourishing and living without a romantic counterpart? Absolutely. Does any one human need another to have a successful life? Should they? I’ll be the first to defend their right not to. But did Plato […]
Here’s what I think today, post-meeting with my engineering advisor: My life for the next several years would be much less expensive, much simpler, and much more comfortingly predictable if I didn’t have an undying love for theatre, a persistent interest in anthropology, or a incomprehensible need to study abroad. However, if I didn’t suffer […]
As I wandered the spheres of Facebook, Tumblr, and Instagram the other morning, in a desperate attempt to put off last-minute packing, I was directed to a Tumblr entitled “Rich Kids of Instagram.” Unable to contain my curiosity, I scrolled down the page of filtered, bordered, and hashtagged pictures depicting teenagers on yachts, $100,000 lunch […]
I should hope that my question mark clearly indicated that I didn’t know what to title this is little musing, but in this particular case, it also signifies a number of other things, the most important being that I am about to ask a question to which I do not know the answer, and I […]
I’ve been searching for the perfect cookie dough recipe for years. Practically my entire life. It’s a constant goal, because no matter how much I bake, whether it’s for me to eat or for someone else, cookies get made the most. I mean, I don’t understand it all, but some reason, when faced with choosing […]
So there’s this phrase that’s been kicking around for a while, one with a good message I suppose, but that’s been so overused in every possible medium—Facebook especially, but also on poorly cropped t-shirts and (unfortunately) in actual speech—that at this point, it’s just plain annoying: YOLO. For those of you that live under rocks, […]
Things I will never be: short, meek, boring, able to play bar chords (SO frustrating), blond (likely)… or tan. But really, no matter how much time I could ever endeavor to spend in the sun, I would fluctuate between bright red and snow white, never even breaching the border into the land of gold. In […]
Happy Friday the 13th! (Once again, these apologies will just keep coming — this was written on Friday, April 13th, 2012!) I’ll admit, I’m a bit superstitious, so stay away from dangerous things today. And you know, throw some salt over your shoulder and be nice to everyone. If you have a 4-leaf clover, sweet. […]
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