Category: real life

  • Ugly Car Crash Cake

    To be honest, I forget who we made this cake for, or who came up with the idea, since it was created many years ago. But what an idea it was: a cake depicting a car accident in Africa. I love old Polaroid pictures. We take it for granted now, but back then I was…

  • Nosebleeds

    I got a nosebleed today. I don’t get them often, but thanks to countless movies and TV shows, every time I do, my first instinct is no longer to worry that there is something wrong with my nose. Rather, a nosebleed is an obvious indication that something is wrong with my brain. And it’s probably…

  • Do Over Day

    Today is Do Over Day, when we’re supposed to reminisce about past successes and failures. But instead of exploring any specific incident from the past, let’s chat about the general nature of regret. It’s a cliche to posit that “I have no regrets. If I didn’t make the mistakes I made, then I wouldn’t be…