Modern dating is full of choices: whether between dozens of handsome strangers out at a bar, hundreds of friends and friends-of-friends on social networking sites, or thousands of profiles on OkCupid or Match.com. With so many options, it’s important to be rigorous in your search for a statistically significant other. Here are some tips to [...]
I’m marrying my sister next weekend. By which I mean, I’ll be officiating her wedding to her longtime boyfriend Alex. (And no, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of the ambiguity in that sentence.) Maryland law allows anyone to perform a wedding, so long as they are ordained by a church or organization. Any [...]
(Written for a friend.) Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Zach H., and I am applying for a position in your costume design studio. When I saw your advertisement, I didn’t hem and haw – I knew I was the man for the job. So I rolled up my sleeves and got to work [...]
I was a mid-90s geocities page for Halloween. It was a fairly mediocre costume – I had a bunch of ideas for it, some of which worked and many of which didn’t. I don’t usually repeat costumes but I think I want to try to improve on this for next year. Stuff to work on [...]
Occasionally I come up with puns that are, shall we say, executable? And although it may take me years to follow through on them, eventually I do. I’m not sure how many pesaschs have passed over without these, but finally! Here they are: Matzah-rella Sticks! Not much to look at, but SO tasty. They are [...]
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