These are the facts: I was on mile 9 of the St. Jude Marathon. I was really hungry. Some kid had candy in his hand. I took it from him. I am about 60% sure that he was giving candy away but the other 40% of me thinks that it's entirely possible that he just had...

When my brother wanted to learn to play guitar, he took formal lessons and started practicing E minor; when I wanted to learn to play the drums, I bought the sheet music for Metallica, Rush, and Led Zeppelin. My brother went the more conservative route, I went in,...

When I was growing up my mom made clear three things that she wanted me to do: Learn Spanish. Stop drinking so much. Learn to type. Against my mother's advice, I took French, kept drinking, and continued learning the hunt-n-peck method on the keyboard. As fate would...