All of this plus Brent Burns who is a fucking treasure.

When my grandfather (from a tiny rural Midwestern town) prepared to retire he obtained a copy of his birth certificate and discovered that not only was his birth year different than he thought—he was actually a year older—but all his life he’d been celebrating his birthday on the wrong day. (He continued to celebrate…

The older I get the harder it is for me to sleep anywhere but at home. I’m also an incredibly light sleeper and the slightest noise will wake me up. ALSO: once awakened I can’t just fall back to sleep, but am awake for an hour or two before I drift off again. These three things combined make sleeping while traveling…

I was never able to take X-23 seriously because of the toe claws.

What is this, a UN for ANTS?!?

A few years ago I started going to bed and getting up at the same time every single day (yes, even weekends) and after a while settled into a very natural rhythm. I fall asleep almost immediately and wake up six hours later, 11pm to 5am. If I go to bed at 10 I invariably wake up at 4, if I stay up until midnight I…

I dated my long-time best friend and it was a fucking disaster. He was adamant we were perfect for each other and nothing would change except we would also have sex. Well the sex was terrible and it also turned out he had very different ideas about the role of a best friend vs a girlfriend in his life i.e. once I was…