There was a time when a midlife crisis meant a new sports car and questionable hair decisions. For Gen X, that tradition still holds, though, to our credit, we’ve at least learned to buy better cars. I got a Jaguar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There exists a peaceful, blissful state of ignorance in the world of audio. It’s a place where people listen to music on the earbuds that came with their phone, or on a Bluetooth speaker they won at a company golf[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There was a time when malls were the pulsating heart of teenage civilization—a neon-lit paradise where you could buy books at Waldenbooks, records at Sam Goody, and inhale an Orange Julius while loitering near the fountain like it was your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No sane person would voluntarily sign up to crew under Captain Jack Sparrow. And yet, somehow, the man is never short of desperate, foolish, or temporarily insane individuals willing to join his misadventures. Why? Well, let’s examine the “benefits” of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Picture this: You pat your pocket and feel… nothing. No phone. No lifeline. Just empty fabric and the cold sweat of instant regret. Your heart stops. Your palms go clammy. You suddenly understand how a snail feels without its shell—naked,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Marriage is a relationship where we somehow expect our partner to just know things without us ever saying them. We assume they’ll pick up on our subtle hints, interpret our dramatic sighs, and decode our passive-aggressive chores as declarations of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…