You Suck. Please Advise.

That phrase has to die.

I hate please advise with a passion that rivals my first grade hatred of the word explain. Specifically, I hated it when it was in a math word problem. You’d read something like:

A Little Buddha for the Day

“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and…

It’s not a generation thing

My parents never spanked me. Well, maybe I got a single little tap on my bum for something rude I said one time, but I was never, ever spanked or hit. I had timeouts, but I was never grounded. I had disappointed-tone-of-voice-guilt-tripping talks, and I had…

So, How’s Work?

We have to stop lying about our jobs.

I’ve noticed in myself and others that we never fully represent what we feel about our jobs or careers. Some sort of desire to stay “part of the group” makes us fudge, mislead, or flat-out lie. If everyone’s…

Freshman Orientation

Getting a B.S. in Life Crises

Drunk History

An Autobiography

The first time I saw “Drunk History” in its initial webisode status, I realized…

Buddha: Farmer, Businessman, and Relationship Guru

“To give your cow or sheep a large, spacious meadow…

Too Much Time

Are idle hands such a bad thing?

Another Death in the Family

I have only cried three times when learning of a celebrity’s death: Nora Ephron, Robin Williams, and David Bowie.

Losing Nora was like losing your favorite aunt. She was the one with a real knack for telling stories about her life that taught you…