It wasn’t long after I started using OK Cupid in late 2014 that I realized I was just looking at the same guy over and over and over. Bearded, goofy, self-effacing, liberal arts major, non-religious, burgeoning career, presents as worldly — basically, hipsters. But that’s not why I say “the same guy.” I say “the […]
We all know that the teen years can be tough; as teens disappear into unknown worlds of social media, cult reality TV shows, and unfathomable music, it is important that parents and other key adults stay part of their world. Finding common grounds can help to keep communication channels open so that even the most […]
It’s true; everything can be found on the internet today. Sites like Amazon offer just about everything delivered to your door in what feels like an hour, or log in to an online gaming platform for 4 hours, and even skip the pharmacy in favor of sending someone a birthday card you can find here. So […]
No one likes to be bored. Boredom can be torturous for people who live an active life and want to be involved in something or the other. But we can’t help it sometimes. We cannot always be busy and however hard we try; lone times catch up with us one way or the other. Sleeping […]
It’s easy to get so wrapped up in a book that you start thinking the characters are real. And it’s especially fun to do so when the characters seem like ideal dudes. That’s why we’ve collected an assortment of fictional male characters we’ve harbored crushes on, for your reading pleasure. Tell us if you share […]
The other day, I was strolling around my neighborhood when I came upon the guy who sells, amongst other things, used books at a table set up on the sidewalk. I see him all the time and he’s always got a truly random hodgepodge of books — tattered copies of various chick lit classics, old cookbooks, […]
Daliyah Marie Arana is all about her books. The four-year-old has already read 1,000 books. By the time she was two she’d read her first full book. Daliyah’s mother Haleema Arana uploaded a video of the wonderkid reading her first book, which shows the cutie pie reading the words as her mother pointed to them with […]
Think your breakup is bad? Look, if I learned anything from writing It Ended Badly: 13 of The Worst Breakups in History it’s that no matter how bad your breakup feels, it’s probably a five out of 10 on the horrible scale. But don’t despair! You can make it worse! In fact, you can make your relationship’s implosion one that goes down […]
Recently we have marked the 73rd anniversary of the publishing of Margaret Mitchell’s epic Civil War novel, Gone With The Wind. I’ve read the book 20 times (that’s 20,960 pages in total, y’all!), watched the movie at least a dozen times, and have gleaned numerous lessons, particularly about relationships, with the turn of every page. […]
