Justin and his mother went to Haiti with a bunch of medical supplies, determined to help as many people as they could. They provide the most aid in the mountains, where there is little to no medical aid because it is so difficult to travel there...
So my buddy Tony drives up and down the entire West Coast several times a year...he fishes in Alaska, parties in San Diego, lives in Oregon and hangs out everywhere in between. And during all those weeks of driving, you come cross some weird...
I originally wrote this story in 2002, shortly after Election Day. I was woken by my local NPR radio host’s voice declaring a landslide victory for the Republicans and a trouncing of the Democrats. Unable to go back to sleep and...
Some time ago, my father called me up and requested that I do something I couldn’t decline. My grandma was dying from lung cancer in Florida and my dad asked that I go down and pay my final respects. I’d...
When I found myself pregnant at the age of 19 in an era when pregnancy without a partner was not acceptable and one was generally looked down upon for their wayward ways, and when abortion was not legal or a viable option, I decided that I would...
I am 39 years old. Female, white, married. I have a Ph.D., am successful at my job and live in a middle-class neighborhood in a coastal town in the Pacific Northwest. The only things missing to make it a perfect American life are a dog and...
"Hey, um...do you need help?! I mean, uh...what happened?!" Some guy was yelling at me from the passenger side window in his white, sporty SUV, literally seconds after my car decided to putt, putt, die just a few tire turns...
I used to think that texting was not a viable means of human interaction because it was too shallow. LOL ROFL LMAO doesn't mean much. Plus, most phone have preset texts you can send off without even typing. "Hi," "Thanks," and my personal...
