I recently attended my best friend's graduation from college and 3 separate respectable, educated and distinguished individuals [including a dean, a board of trustee member and the keynote speaker (the attorney general)] addressed the audience and made references that the graduates are emerging into a vastly changing world: one driven by Facebook and Twitter.  It made me observe and come to the conclusion: OMG, they're absolutely right.We're living in an age where social networking is ever consuming.  I can know more about my friends, family members, celebrities and complete strangers than I could ever think imaginable or sometimes ever want … Read More

Their relationship never really matured past the emotional or psychological level just discussed. A year went by under the same circumstances (good period-fight-breakup-good period, major blowup, breakup, etc) and then he moved to a different state for business. They kept the long distance relationship barely alive for several months. Every once and a while I would get an update about their relationship but it began to take an emotional toll on me. My friend and I have slow began to lose touch with each other. She became more reclusive and I became more disinterested … Read More

The story goes: Once upon a time in a land far, far away, girl meets boy. Instantly, the birds start chirping melodiously, the stars twinkle brighter, your life's soundtrack consists of harmonious, upbeat love songs as if John Mayer himself is serenading the two of you as you stroll hand in hand down the path of Love.  All is well and they live happily ever after….But the reality is that that land is usually so far, far away that only some relationships survive the journey: so what happens when the chirping birds fly south, the stars dim as the clouds … Read More

In the current economic recession, my mother and I have concluded that it's a shame that we can’t live together to save money.  We're at twenty-something and fifty-something, both pathetically and legally single, but one MAJOR factor makes it just too uncomfortable enough to be around each other: our sex lives.  I know she will say it's the dirty dishes I leave in the sink, the excessive hair in the bathroom or the cigarette butts strewn around the garage.  But deep down we both know that the cheaply designed, 2-story house, with its close capacity and thin walls, would ultimately … Read More