My Weight Loss Journey

Even today, I’m not certain how I managed to lose 27 pounds in seven months. I suppose it was all my own fault.

This is Trump’s America

This is Trump’s America: Hate has risen from the basement of our politics to the top of our society, and we are all complicit in it. There is much to be said, but first let us mourn.

The Pumpkin Patch

You don’t steal from a pumpkin patch, especially not one run by a hundred-year-old Romanian with an affinity for Old World curses.

Of Boiling and Boils

Most people call it “boiling” because they think that boils are something caused by boiling water.

People in the Dark Shadows

They tell the kids they’re not allowed to wear their armbands anymore. They’re not allowed to put pictures of our leader on their bags.

The Muslim Ban

The Muslim ban is not a Muslim ban.

The Revolution

We are not accustomed to seeing the collapse.

Alex and the Wolves

He should have caught the feeling he was supposed to, but somehow the wolves never felt right. It was as if they never really belonged, as if each of them demanded their own space and were meant to be controlled.

He didn’t know what it was like to be lonely, to be alone.

A Series of Experiments

If you don’t believe me, try this experiment for yourself: Put on a pair of shoes that have a circular heel and step onto a raised platform, which will also have a circular heel. Stand in front of the platform and shine a flashlight on your shoe so that you can see the crank on the side of the platform. Let your shoe spin until it bumps the tip of the crank, and you will hear a small sound.

A Simple Question

Cat bites can be accidental—for example, the kitten learns that human teeth are a novel sensation, then it may try to scratch out the edges of its mouth as it plays, never realizing that his teeth are “safe” and she is not a human being. He will frequently play-bite so that no more has to be said.