Work is a lot of work. Most of us have to work for about half of our waking hours for about half of our lives. And they’re mostly not easy hours. Work can be full of conflicts, confusion, drama, trauma, and awkwardness. I started writing a work advice column a year ago for Slate to […]
Month: February 2026
I think about jumping spiders a lot. If you have had a conversation with me in the last several years that lasted more than 5 minutes, you already know this. But what are the spiders thinking? A friend once bought me a mug with a spider on it that reads “Sometimes I wonder if jumping […]
This originally posted on LWON back in 2022. I took this picture the other day, and it’s a trick. For half a second, I thought I’d made some impossible discovery, the track of what looks to be a giant cat in ancient sandstone. With all the prehistoric tracks appearing lately — Ice Age humans in […]
My wife and I have an ongoing debate about whether I take too many photos. Or, more to the point, whether I keep too many of the photos I take. The matter has come to a head lately because our photo account just filled to 89% capacity. We get warnings all the time now. I […]
