This isn’t exactly scary, as it is pretty weird and a little sad and paranormal. It’s also kinda long, but it really happened to me this year.

My work in tissue transplantation would naturally make most people think that creepy things must happen all the time. In reality, I rarely feel uneasy with what I am doing, and in fact have done the procedures so many times, it takes a lot to make me feel uncomfortable. One incident, I published previously. The…

The house where I grew up was pretty new - way newer than any of the other houses on the block. A typical one-story ranch house that you might see in any stretch of American suburbia. Likewise, all the furniture in the house was pretty par for the course. My room had a little-kid bed, a nightstand, a table and chairs…

This isn’t my story, personally, but it’s one that has kicked around my family for so long that it definitely feels like it’s mine. It’s been told and re-told, but I do think that the central details are very solid.

This took place when I was about 10 years old. My mom had rather quickly filed for divorce, but she only had a part-time job and made very little money, so finding a place to stay that was affordable and available immediately was tough. A friend of hers told her that she and her husband had…

But what’s the etiquette for when someone misspells “etiquette”?

Who the fuck stared this comment?

You have the vapors, poor thing. Here, sit a spell on the fainting couch.

Each time I read someone who honestly is taking this article at face value, I weep for the lost..

Okay but it also has a clause preventing you from bringing up their supposed sanctimony when none of them has even said anything to you.

How does one say “Fuck You” politely and in a culturally sensitive way in Japanese? Because I wouldn’t want to offend your refined sensitivities.

My eyes rolled into the back of my head. I know people who post in Ashcraft threads are Japanophiles who think the country is superior in every way and surrounded by unwashed savages, but get a grip. Think about how much money and time you need to go to the Olympics. Think about who is going (the vast majority are…