February 2024, I coined the term “pooposcopy” as I thought it was funny, and it made it easier to talk about what was looming on my...

I have given up sugar many times, which means I’m not very good at giving up sugar. It usually begins with a visit to my doctor. He never...

I have an almost infinite list of Things I Will Never Do. I will never run for political office. I will never again do karaoke (I did it...

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When I started thinking about this (semi-)seriously, I realized I could only see it one way: the things that had frightened me as a child...

I had no intention of ever learning to drive, and then I moved to Texas in my 40s. The choice was no longer really a choice. My driving...

I think I first fell in love with the modern way of making "old-time" tintype photographs when I saw the work of Chuck Close. But if you...

As humans with only a finite amount of time on this round blue ball, we measure out time in many different ways: Birthdays, obviously;...