Today was the first day I really realized it, I think. I probably met a reasonable clinical definition for addiction to the online game Acrophobia in 1997-98, and I’ve struggled off and on with cigarettes for the past 20 years. But I’m not talking about either of those. I’m addicted to news and commentary. I … Read more
I don’t remember what my score was the last time I took the Purity Test (seven or eight years ago, remembering the people with whom I laughed about it), but I don’t think it was anywhere near 500 questions long. Anyway, that’s where version 4.0 of the test weighs in. I’m 53.8% pure, which means … Read more
You’ve played with Google Maps for an hour or longer straight before, right? The house in which I grew up is in Anniston, Alabama, in a community called Golden Springs: Here is where my mother’s parents lived for most of my childhood, and where we went when we were going “to the beach.” A lot … Read more