We watched like we had been abused by Logan ourselves. [SUCCESSION SPOILERS, DUH] My friend texted me to see if I was caught up on Succession, so we could discuss that episode when patriarch Logan Roy dies mid-flight. “I feel stupid,” she wrote, “Because until I saw them doing chest…

I am so terribly sorry to hear about your loss. (All of your losses, actually.) I bet Aggie was the best girl around. You really nailed the turmoil involved with the lack of agency on the dog's part. I do fear that if they were calling the shots, though, they'd probably keep us alive forever, but I'd still trust their judgment over most humans'. Also, I am so glad you didn't turn into a serial murderer based on that bit about your adolescence. Well done. :)

At least not for a very, very long time. Most of the people in my profession are worried about their jobs, and understandably so. Of all the AI developments, ChatGPT demonstrated that writing might be the sharpest tool in its arsenal, leaving many writers and editors wondering if we’re going…

I’m not sure it’s better for animals or humans My 17-year-old dog Echo — who is almost completely deaf, blind and incontinent — is pacing frantically around my living room, his zombie strut only thrown off course by a miscalculation that rings his bell or sends him sprawling. His stint…

Both venomous; both dangerous. Only one can be more sinister. It is impossible to ever fully understand what influences and experiences begat the Colorado Springs shooter who killed five and injured at least 19 more patrons at Club Q. …

Except this time, there’s no excuse. Having worked for one of America’s largest publishers during the Trump administration, I can tell you that former president’s activities on Twitter were very good for business. …

I have several medals in Bible Bowl, a fact which you may be surprised to learn has never gotten me laid. I earned my Bible Belt as a child during a competition called “Leadership Training for Christ,” which happened every Easter weekend in depressing hotel conference rooms throughout DFW, where…

We are the party of the Stark Family: somewhat honorable but ineffectual to the point of death. (NOTE: SPOILERS DIRECLTLY AHEAD FOR GAME OF THRONES.) — Looking back, it is a particularly adorable phenomenon that we did not anticipate the death of Ned Stark in Game of Thrones. The author of the books and the showrunners of the…

This morning I was walking into my building and a man was walking parallel with me. He was going towards one set of doors; I was going towards a pair adjacent to them. He smiled at me and gestured me over to his side with a head nod. “Let me…