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I’m a big believer there is a lot to be said about personality types and birth order.  If you’re the rare breed that is “The Only Child,” hello!  I am glad I’m in good company.  It’s possible we have both spent years being a little different from those around us,

The obvious topic is Sandy. There’s no way around it. Everyone is gabbing about it. I’ve been glued to my computer for the past week for all sorts of disaster porn. I’ve watched flood videos, power outage time-lapses, and weird post-disaster photo shoots. Now that the worst is over, things

Ever wanted to get out of the city to enjoy a gorgeous sunny weekend, but couldn’t convince your friend to lend you their car? Ever had the craziest person on the bus pick the seat right next to you? Ever stared in dismay at the hill you’re about to climb,

The sentiment known as “love/hate” is one of the most ubiquitous yet enigmatic phenomenons in the human experience. I am certainly no stranger to its insidious, backhanded ways. Raw onions, ex-lovers, the mélange of scents permeating the city on a hot day, Peter Gabriel… you get the idea. For broke-ass

  Ladies and gentlemen, I have found the one magical place on Earth where New Yorkers can go and be appalled by the price of a chili dog, revolted by the cost of a bottle of water, and be utterly nauseated by the price of a typical postcard—the one, the

I’ve now had a full week to mull over the experience of New York Comic Con and almost completely recover from the cold I contracted. I was able to attend all four days and witnessed the Javits Convention Center at its highest capacity on Saturday, somewhere in the neighborhood of

Disclaimer:  I do not currently have an online dating profile. Once you read this, you may not either.  Although I recently did some online dating research and have some awkward experiences from the past, I have enough social networks to vet through than have yet another way for people to

I’ve been doing stand up comedy for about a year now. Plus or minus a few months due to time abroad. But I was totally still writing that entire time and being hilarious, in general. During my time in the New York that was before, as in pre-March, I had