Urban Honking

I’ve been doing this memory exercise that really works. I’ve been having that middle aged lady thing where you can’t remember anything, like even to the point where at least once a day I walk with purpose into some other room in my house and then just stand there mystified. Why did I come in […]

Dear Andrew Dickson, I am 29, a big “last year” like 39. The last year of a self-respecting ladies’ guilt free philandering, with ideologies as well as men. I have spurious dilemmas in all three major categories of Life: Career: Applying for doctorate programs after only two years of serious study in the molecular sciences, […]

In 1955 the epically great Robert Mitchum made one of the best films in the history of the medium: NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, co-starring Shelley Winters, the pilot from “Airplane!” as a child, an additional child who is the worst child actor I have ever seen in my life, thus is delightful, and an old […]

Who in the world ARE these awful people, and why am I not them? I want to be them. Any of them, even the dumb rocket ship one. I work in a pantry. The door is a tie-dyed shawl I stuck up there with a nail. There are cords everywhere, everywhere! Where do these people […]

We went on a date, mid-afternoon, to the gnarly multiplex by our house. Matt refuses to go on principle most of the time since the time we went and wound up sitting behind two parents that called their son motherfucker and kept sending him the long way around the aisle because they didn’t want to […]

Hi Yours Truly, This is more of a request for stories than straight advice. I just moved into a teeny tiny apartment and I am missing my compost pile. I seem to remember you having adventures in indoor composting that involved worms and possibly urine? I would love some advice on getting started with composting […]

DEAR REGARDERS, Please tell us about your life’s plan not to make babies/children, specifically how you discussed this with your partner and if/how you decided whether Permanent Physical Solutions were your chosen jam. I am having a hard time approaching a civil conversation about this topic that doesn’t start me with me going, “You knew […]

two new advice posts over there at Advice, in case you missed it. Business is booming! Lets discuss chilling out and dealing with intransigent boyfriends! “intransigent” is one of those wonderful words that sounds like what it means. I just finished China Miéville’s Iron Council and totally sobbed. What an amazing book. And The Scar […]

Dear Yours Truly, You are such a good advice-giver! I read the posts, each one several times over, and it totally makes me want to jump on in with my own trials &c, splash a bit in the wise words of my wiser brethren. I made a short list of major issues I could use […]

Hey! Not really sure how to ask this but…how does one stay positive when dealing with an incredibly stressful potentially life-altering situation? I have been accepted to study Fashion History & Theory at an incredibly prestigious Fashion & Art institution in London and I’m obviously very VERY excited about it. Without going into too much […]