I found a moth dead in the dishwasher while I was cleaning the kitchen. She wasn't the first dead moth I've found -- our house is full of...

I write a lot about depression now. It's been such a defining but unnamed presence in my life that now, 240 mg of daily medication later,...

Jason Baker's notes on the life of Franz Kafka, published alongside Donna Freed's translation of The Metamorphosis and Other Stories,...

Scooby-Doo was the cartoon that defined my childhood. I remember being very little and watching my first episode, terrified and...

I woke up today at 3:00 AM to thunder, lightning, and rain. It's calmed down now, meaning that I have happier guinea pigs no longer...

I've been reordering my bookshelves. I do this every few weeks or so. Books are chaotic, bound and covered without any harmony of size or...

Happy summer solstice, everyone. I know I'm a little late to the party here, but I spent most of yesterday struggling not to fall asleep....

I had Pad Thai today for the first time since leaving Wellesley. It was good, actually. Kind of fancy. Different from the Lemon Thai...

Wizards of the Coat put up an article about playing Dungeons & Dragons with children earlier this month. RPGs were a huge part of my...

Sure, this is a still frame from Nosferatu: eine Symphonie des Grauens, but I think that it captures the spirit of el chupacabra. The...