Monet, Hemingway, and Wong Kar-Wai: Sky with no ceilingDo I write good short stories? Depends on who you ask, but I would say that they aren’t special yet. Some might say that comparing them to…3d ago3d ago
Maturity, women, and half-baked goods.Nearly five years ago now, I met a friend of a friend, on a completely chance encounter: both of us were visiting from out of town. She had…Dec 14Dec 14
Fiction: The Picture of Dorian GreyThis was the best Instagram post he had ever made, thought David to himself. He had captioned it “Ca va comme ci comme ca,” and it was…Dec 5Dec 5
One last election essayThe 2024 US elections are done and over with. The news cycle has moved on. No one wants to hear about it anymore. Yet I want to organize my…Nov 28Nov 28
Means, median, and media: You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.In a popular corollary attributed to motivational speaker Jim Rohn, everyone is the average of the five people they spend the most time…Nov 22Nov 22
Bucket List: Updated.A couple of months ago I wrote about an old bucket list I had found with thirty-five items on it. I had written it when I was in my…Nov 15Nov 15
The evolution of a thrillerMy heart can’t take this. Stress is not good for the baby, and I’m baby. In the past few decades, there have been many studies performed to…Nov 8Nov 8
How to get into BerghainI deliberated long and hard about whether to write this or not. It is perhaps the most grating, anti-Berghain thing I could possibly write…Nov 1Nov 1
The AlienHe entered the secured area wearing a thick white protective suit and proceeded into a room separated into two halves that looked something…Oct 24Oct 24
I contain multitudesI was catching up with a friend during my little farewell tour of Toronto and told her the news of my impending move. Before we went on our…Oct 18Oct 18