The Car-Wreck School of Anxiety Management
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hollywood Freeway It comes upon me late at night, or sometimes late in the afternoon. It’s because it’s been too cloudy, or maybe because the sunshine is growing oppressive. It’s because I ate too much yesterday, or haven’t had anything since breakfast. It starts somewhere [...]
20s: Your developmental sweet spot
Twenty somethings for the most part get a bad rap in the media. Time magazine recently dubbed us the, “Me, Me, Me Generation”. But for those tired of cynical views (lazy and over entitled depictions), here’s a more positive outlook. Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. According to Clinical psychologist [...]
The value of virginity
Suddenly, we’re farther than I’ve ever gone before. Beyond the mind-altering sensations that follow one upon the other like stock cars on their final lap, my ears are ringing with the impact of having met this unlikeliest of all people, to whom there’s no need to explain jokes or literary references or certain secret hopes, [...]
15 things I learned from first love
Last year, at age 27, I had my first real, healthy dating relationship begin and end in the span of six months. I think I experienced real love, and when it ended, felt hurt like never before, and was a bitter mess for months. I learned a lot about myself and relationships during that time. [...]
Young or Old, Please Get Married (if it will make you shut up)
For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift? (1 Corinthians 4.7) At the outset, let me state my intention: I’m going to try to be nice [...]
What it means to be a man
Manliness between the Extremes There is a powerful scene in the 1999 movie Fight Club in which the passive, nameless narrator (played by Edward Norton) realizes he and Tyler Durden, a tough, aggressive character (played by Brad Pitt), are the same people. It’s a stunning moment of realization and one of the reasons so many [...]
5…No, 6 (Possible) Reasons Why You (and I) Avoid What We Love
I’m sleeping in the very most comfortable bed, these days. But even 2000-thread count sheets and a down mattress can’t save me from blinking awake at 6am, the frontal lobe of my brain itching with congested creativity. “Hey! You could write about this! And then after that, say this…that’s clever, right? And then wind it [...]
5 Illuminating Lessons Learned in My 20s
If there’s one thing I love…which is a stupid way to lead off, because there are many things I love…but anyway, one thing I love is chain of acquaintance. You know–there’s this girl I know, who knows this guy, who knows this other guy, whom I just met on the bus today and ended up [...]
4 money lessons from a 5th grader
I don’t remember much of what I learned in grade 5. I forget long division and can’t recall the mating habits of Sockeye Salmon. However, I do remember a lesson I learned during recess. It’s a key skill that still serves me well today: namely, that if you have money, people will be happy to [...]
NSFW Survey: Results Are In!
As promised, the results of our NSFW survey regarding the current market value of virginity, released now to coincide with the availability of Issue #11′s article on the same topic. There are probably a lot of disclaimers I should make, but this is my first time. …Conducting a survey, I mean. All I can think [...]
