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The Thin Veil Between Us Nov. 02, 2025
As her three kids steadily picked through the large orange bowl for all the remaining chocolate, she... Read More
How Do I Love Perimenopause? Let Me Count the Ways Nov. 01, 2025
Menopause is so hot these days. All the cool kids are doing it, a coincidence that marks the last t... Read More
An Ode to the Perfect Ride Nov. 01, 2025
A humble roller coaster exists, a sacred jewel of a ride that we as a culture don't talk about enoug... Read More
Mild, Multilevel Me Oct. 31, 2025
I have nothing against doctors. Some of them have saved my life. Some of them have damn near killed ... Read More
Give Your Career a Rest. Hibernate Now! Oct. 30, 2025
You know that feeling you get at work every day around 1 p.m.? That feeling that comes after a morni... Read More
Three Strange Paths to Not Thinking About You-Know-Who Oct. 25, 2025
Are you, like me, kind of freaking out a little bit? Do masked men patrol your city streets, snatchi... Read More
Stop Trying to Sell Me Plastic Souvenir Cups! Oct. 25, 2025
It's fall festival season, haunted house season, trunk-or-treat season. Amid the 50/50 raffles, soft... Read More
The None-of-My-Business Column Oct. 24, 2025
Perhaps due to my previous incarnation as a traveling know-it-all, I keep getting requests for a col... Read More
The 'Chunk' Guide to Career Success Oct. 23, 2025
When it comes to building a career, there's a lot we can learn from animals (and no, I'm not talking... Read More
The Hours Before the World Wakes Oct. 19, 2025
The hour or two before sunrise was the hardest time with a newborn. When the schedule was two to thr... Read More
Adults Need To Use Their Imaginations Oct. 18, 2025
Have you been in touch with your imagination lately? I don't mean by hatching conspiracy theories or... Read More
The Little Resume That Couldn't Oct. 16, 2025
NO! No, you will not get the job. No, there is no reason to schedule an interview. No, we will not b... Read More
Some Repeating Thoughts on Aging Oct. 12, 2025
I'm catching sight of, over the hill of another year, the third year of my 40s. I suppose that could... Read More
When It Comes to Halloween, I'm on the Supply Side of the Economy Oct. 11, 2025
I'm told that ours is a market economy — driven by supply and demand, or end-stage capitalism ... Read More
Halloween Costumes That Will Offend No One Oct. 11, 2025
It used to be that Halloween offered a release valve on the year's serious discourse, a chance to in... Read More
Toddlin' in Chicago: Government Overreach, Circa 1972 Oct. 10, 2025
Chicago, I'd heard, was a toddlin' town. In fact, I'd heard it repeatedly from a woman in the seat b... Read More
How About We Just Try Doing It Right Oct. 05, 2025
There's a difference between doing something and doing it right. You can check a box, sign your name... Read More
What Would Erma Bombeck Do? Oct. 04, 2025
There's a quote going around from Erma Bombeck, the late, legendary essayist: "When humor goes, ther... Read More
The Day I Confronted a Buck in the Woods Oct. 03, 2025
Fall means deer season and I'm reminded of the time an eight-point buck confronted me in the woods. ... Read More
Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity Oct. 03, 2025
We keep hearing that Artificial Intelligence may one day decide to improve the planet by getting rid... Read More
