Yes, I consider myself an MCU fan, and, no, I don’t feel as though I need to prove my credentials. …

I read a lot. At the time of writing this, I’ve read about 135 books in 2020, and will probably get to another one before the end of the year. That said, please note all the qualifications in the title of this article — this is only about novels (not…

Round about the last week of the year, you may be looking at your list of goals, comparing them to what you actually completed, and feeling a bit blue. …

NINE MONTHS. We have now been voluntarily isolating in our apartment for nine months. I can count on one hand the number of times I have been around other people since the middle of March. …

All I want to do is read. This isn’t new. Reading is my #1 hobby and I’m not currently going to the movies (at all), so books fill my time. …

I only mostly know what I’m doing. I’ve been working from home full-time since the summer of 2013. I’ve moved countless times since then. Different states. Different cities. Different houses. Different furniture. I’ve changed the nature of my work several times. Different bosses. Different tasks. Different plans. Different goals. I’ve…

Today is 6 weeks since we left the house. I actually had to pull up a calendar and count it. And when I say “since we left the house,” I mean our car literally hasn’t moved from its parking spot. It’s not home-other-than-groceries-and-other-essentials. It’s not home-during-the-work-day-but-parks-on-weekends. We have been out…

I love Joe Hill, and someday I’ll read The Fireman. Or Chuck Wendig’s The Wanderers. Or World War Z. But today is not that day. I tried. When the news started coming in of cities getting shelter-in-place orders, when my local grocery store was completely sold out of eggs, I…

I never thought I would help bathe a cat. “Cats bathe themselves,” you say. “You don’t need to do anything.” Yes, I hear you. And that’s true for perfectly healthy cats. But sometimes you fall in love with a man who has a cat that needs help. Sometimes the furry…