"Once I wrote 'hell to you all' instead of 'hello to you all' in an e-mail addressed to two VPs and a colleague..."

Is it just me, or has it been a long time since there's been a national holiday ? Martin Luther King Jr. Day was four months ago, and that's far too long to go without a long weekend. Long weekends give us the opportunity to unwind a little bit more than we would on a regular weekend. You might not be able to have a full-tilt vacation, but boy howdy, can you have a lovely staycation in those three little days! This weekend I'm going to be both fun and productive. I'm going to get my hair done,…

Being nice is bad now

Another week of collective outrage.

Yikes.

Reddit is a singular website

Yummy

Anti-intellectualism at it's finest

Yet more international food discourse

It's that time of the year when every school has a million events. One day you're chaperoning a field trip for one kid, and the next day you're attending a choir concert for the other. As a kid, I loved the end of the school year for precisely this reason. I loved being busy! In hindsight, I can only imagine how stressful May was for my parents. Field Day was the best day of my young life, but it likely wasn't my mom's favorite day by any means. Not to mention, kids are so wound up by the beaut…

While I'm more clever in person than I may seem here, there are certain things I struggle with. It's hard for me to finish writing that I've started for myself. Long-form, I mean. I'm scared to commit to endings. That said, I also happen to struggle with really short form as well, namely tweets. As hard as I've tried to go viral for a funny observation about life or a silly anecdote, they kind of fall flat. Perhaps it's due to the high levels of self-deprecation . We may never know. Fortunately…

Sometimes it feels like the Internet exists to make people angry. It's not like we needed any help in the rage department. Here, in the brutal, cold, and heartless world of New York City , I become enraged by everything from small inconveniences to just missing the elusive G train. On the Internet, much like during my commute, anything is fair game. Think it might be nice to cook dinner for your neighbors? People are gonna get mad about it. Are you a man who likes the color blue? Congratulation…

Former gifted kids, this one's for you

Whose idea was this?

A questionable idea

Wikipedia is one of the most useful websites on the internet. It might not be suitable for academic articles, but it's perfect when you want thorough and compelling information about a topic you are ignorant about. If you need help grasping new concepts quickly, there's no better place to go than Wikipedia. I'm a little nervous about Wikipedia's future . They keep begging for money, and I have not given them a cent. I'm just as worried about the shutdown of the world's largest internet encyclop…