A man walked into the post office last week and asked to ship a letter with $10,000 insurance. These are my guesses as to what was in the package: It’s a receipt. His mom was never a good cook, but she made the best damn lasagna. It was the Wednesday…

My favorite question to be asked is “what do you think”. I think many things, the first of which is to think twice before posing that question to me. Think long and hard. At any given moment, I am ready to spout any and all opinions on a given topic…

A creative’s cry for a new kind of reality — You arrive on an island with your significant other for what you believe will be a test of your relationship. You’re greeted by Mark Walburg. But, it’s not the Mark Wahlburg you’re thinking of. That’s ok, we’ll move past it. You separate from your partner and, for the next four…

A necessary sequel to my mother’s day soliloquy — *Hebrew for “dad”. We’ve never called him anything else. My aba isn’t very funny. Witty comments go right over his head. He has two jokes and they’re not very good either. If you’re really itching for a laugh, he might treat you to a verbatim recitation of the script to…

Oryan’s essential guide for college survival and success — I’ve reached the point in my 20’s where I have an equal number of friends that are way too old for me, and ones that are way too young. Like, distract the bouncer so these kids can sneak into Tonga Room young. From this experience, I can confidently tell you…

If you’ve ever been to an IKEA, you know that there is absolutely no cell reception in there. This has been true of every IKEA that I’ve ever been to, and I suspect that its completely intentional. …

The last real date I went on was months ago, before there were any whispers of a pandemic in the air. And, for the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what to wear. More on this later. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been going through my…

Unintentional lessons from an unlikely high school vocal teacher — We’re all the star of our own music videos. You know those moments where look longingly out of a rainy window and start singing along to Hillary Duff? Or maybe you’re driving down a coastal highway with the radio turned up and can imagine your band sitting in the backseat…

I have no lesson for you today, or any interesting food for thought. It’s been a long week, full of little interactions that made me sad and made me happy. So, I’m deeming it a “short story Sunday”, and choosing to share one of these moments that made me smile. …