We are not being very kind to our skin. Our days/eves are completely crammed with different activities that are damaging to skin. Smoking, furrowing your brow from the stress of not smoking, city pollution, making bad choices that make you put your head in your hands therefore causing you to

It’s a gorgeous day in Raleigh, North Carolina. The sun is out, but he appears to be in hiding today. Are we feeling a little shy Mr. Sun? Or could it be that you’re on punishment? It’s almost as if Mother Nature deliberately arranged the clouds to shun the beaming

First things first: I have never been a “wild child.”  During my teen years, I was a dedicated captain of my high school’s Quiz Bowl team– our post-match parties consisted of watching Team Member L do the “human pretzel” behind a dumpster in the Denny’s parking lot, and Team Member

The Beginning of Your Day Have you ever noticed how hard it is to wake up in the morning? I could wake up as The Hulk and still not muster up the strength it takes to get out of bed. It’s one of the many atrocities of life. Find someone

GRRRR! Let’s date! Portland is not famous for it’s “people who are committed to just sleeping with one dude or chick for a presumably extended period of time” rate, let alone the amount of successful marriages. Whether you’re hanging out with someone in their mid-30s who is struggling not to overdose on

    I love my cats. I’m sure many of you can relate. They just… get me. I’m actually a huge animal lover in general. However, given my current circumstances, they are stuck in Washington with my Mom while I am down here kicking ass and living the broke-ass dream.

I am a workingman. My alarm goes off at 7:30 am. I’m ready to start work by 9am. At 11am, I hit the gym for an hour then eat lunch. Afterwards it’s back to work until 6pm. I am a workingman. Sometimes I have deadlines and my keyboard rattles rhythmically

I’m a writer. I love my typewriter, I dig dive bars, and most days I run on coffee and dreams. Everyday I meet people who say something like, “Man, I just wish I could quit my job and just do my art/writing/photography/etc.” I was lucky enough to do it a