Assuming that a scientific theory of everything could predict all, including when and how such a theory would be discovered, as well as when and how you’d be reading my website, one could argue that […]

Los Angeles was and is a nonstop kaleidoscope of faces. I walk down Ocean and marvel at the elderly lady with bright orange hair and matching flame lipstick. After encountering this walking inferno, I contemplated […]

Something interesting happened here while I was was working late to put the finishing touches on some projects.  As is often the case when I’m on deadline, I marked up a delivery menu with my […]

From images of L’Enfant to the single dad coaching his child’s soccer team, there is something alluring about father and child, or what I like to fairly re-coin the DILF.  That stands for Dad in […]

Welcome, once again, to Spring Break. Bikinis, pennant races, whiskey ice cream and soul-crushing drunkenness. For a quick refresher on panting, call me. 🙂 It’s a terrible week to be stuck in…

We’re getting closer to discovering the secrets of the universe, our minds, and our hearts. As we’re all well aware, there was some very exciting news during this past summer about a scientific disco…

The right–and wrong–ways to express love on Valentine’s Day.
By the second week in February, it’s been cold for too long. The boots flop around like day-old fish, and that sweater I’ve been…

I come from a family with a razor-sharp focus on food. My mother has a voracious appetite for cooking; my father, for eating. He fails at the stove and barely squeaks by at the barbecue […]

Kids believe in the tooth fairy, women believe in chocolate, and men believe in underwear models like me. It’s this belief that causes many a man to fear being locked down because an elusive underwea…

Though less rooted than he was, I’m still my father’s daughter. 25 years ago, on the first warm day of Spring, my father took my big sister and me into the yard behind our newly-built […]

You don’t need to do anything or be defined by anyone else to prove yourself or to feel validated. You need only true love and acceptance of yourself–you are worthy of your desires: healthy, joyful…

I’ve never looked down on re-gifting, even before it was so common. If someone loves something enough to want to pass it on to me, I see it as a high compliment; if it’s something […]

We say we ought to be thankful, but we aren,t always. Sometimes we skip giving thanks entirely, or often we meet an offered “thanks” with only a simple nod or stony silence. And that,s a […]

In 2001, I moved in with the guy I’d been madly in love with for several years. I truly thought we’d live happily ever after. Less than 6 months later, I found myself moving out […]

Mindfulness makes sex even better, since the best way to tune into your partner is to tune into yourself first. Comfort with your own body is fundamental to sexual pleasure. Pay attention to your br….

So you’ve got a problem to solve that requires a fresh, new idea? It’s time to brainstorm, right? Not so fast. Brainstorming works for most ordinary problems (it’s very efficient), but in fact it’s…