Healthcare Cheats For The Uninsured

A week before I was once again insured, I tripped on a Brooklyn sidewalk and my ankle swelled grotesquely. An X-ray would have emptied my savings.

Gabby Douglas For President

“Well, when I was a freakin’ fetus I woke up at the buttcrack of dawn every morning, drank a protein smoothie of egg whites and rusty nails and hit the uneven bars for five hours until I had my routine down perfectly.”

Shipwrecked

We were all going to die, here, together, I thought. All of us at once. Something about that made me feel both relieved and sad.

Things You Can Do On A Clean Up Day

An ex-girlfriend of mine used to call the corner of my room “Jabba the Hut” because my laundry pile looked like it was about ready to become sentient and start locking people in carbonite chambers.