Reflections & Commentary

The intersection of real life + pop culture.

Don't Let the Bastards Win

This is what it takes to keep going when quitting would be easier, and frankly, cheaper. But as The Balkan Storm says, "illegitimi non carborundum." (Translation: see above.)

The Truth About Happily Ever After

Sometimes marriage looks like grand gestures, and sometimes it looks like a man hiding an “I Voted” sticker in my underwear drawer, because that seems to be our love language right now.

I Know It's Fiction. Shut Up.

I know it’s fiction. I also know I’ve cried harder over fictional heroes than some real ones. I don't love what that says about me, but here we are.