Sometimes dreams come true — I’d finally drunk myself onto a surgical table. All I saw were backlighted faces in surgical masks and caps. One of them was much older than the others, at least in his 60s, but the rest looked like children. The older guy leaned in close. “We’re going to anesthetize you…

We all do it — We have a rule in proofreading about illegible handwriting. You never ask someone if they think it says something because the suggestion influences them. You just plop it down in front of them and ask “What does this say?” Try this sometime even if you know the answer. Ask somewhere…

It’s time to leave — One of my friends from Boston said that New York is its own different world. There’s no city on earth quite like it. There are Asian cities as big, and they all have their quirks, but they’re also relatively sane. Brooklyn and Queens each have about the same population as…

Covers better than the classic originals — Good Times If you’re around my age, the first time you heard this song was probably when you saw The Lost Boys. One reviewer wrote that Kiefer Sutherland at least sucked blood instead of just sucking. It’s debatable whether The Easybeats’ original is a classic. It was a classic for a time…

Pointless meetings — I stopped listening to meetings a long time ago. Whether it’s a dearth of spoons in a restaurant or a copier that’s been broken for years, it gets addressed at every stupid meeting, and the problem is never resolved. Today, I experienced my first meeting at my new job. It’s…

It’s worse than just bias — Every article I’ve written advocating for nuclear power has had its share of trolls or detractors relying on outdated information while failing to acknowledge the magnitude of the problems with wind and solar. Solar has a footprint over 600 times larger than nuclear per kWh. …

It works for me — The most difficult part of solitude for me is breaking it. I can go for months with no human contact, but one call or visit, and I start to miss people for no good reason. These calls and visits feel like a burden, but there is something about seeing or…

Time for some lighthearted clickbait — The Peace Corps told me I was 5'8" and a half. Doctors either say I’m 5'8" or 5'9". The cops says I’m 5'9" and a half, but they take your measurements with your shoes on, as most of us aren’t going around committing crimes barefoot. Bearing that in mind, I’m…

They’re all just so punchable — First, why are there two Jenifer Annistons in this picture? Because marketing decided she was the most fuckable? The lack of representation has already been addressed, as have their impossible apartments based on their salaries. It’s a stupid fucking show that I never watched unless a girlfriend made me, and…