A spoonful of sugar. Taken from the BBC’s Good Foods Glossary. The best advice I ever received came from a fictional umbrella-toting nanny. “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” she sang. The irony is that taking this piece of advice at face value, it’s often wrong. Most liquid medicines are already sweetened [...] Read more »
“More than anything else,” Tom told me, “more than any of the issues we’ve had living together or the little argument, I’m worried that he won’t be prepared when he goes back to school.” “I hear that,” I say. “It’s freaks me out as well.” “Going back to school?” “No, going back to anything I’ve [...] Read more »
The Blue Mosque is silhouetted along the Istanbul skyline at sunset. For more golden photos of Turkey, click here. “I think I’m falling in love,” I whisper to Matt, the breeze from the Bosphorus blowing cool droplets of water across our faces. “I haven’t even seen you attempt to talk to a girl this trip,” [...] Read more »
Barnacles wait to destroy the extremities of unsuspecting passersby. For more sharp and dangerous pictures of Thailand, click here. I’m in pain… and it feels wonderful. My hands sting with every movement from the cuts received on the barnacles. My whole body shakes with the pink fluorescence of slightly sunburned skin. My back aches where [...] Read more »
A trio of catalog ready Italian girls walk along Lamai Beach in Koh Samui. For more babe-a-licious pictures of Thailand, click here. I’m suddenly finding myself having second thoughts about this Thai island paradise. The ferry is full of bleary eyed faces looking exactly how I feel after a long night of restless bus riding–if, [...] Read more »
There’s something immensely wrong with society when it comes to love, sex and relationships. For years people told me that when I was older everything would come easier, but it seems like just the opposite. Before I lost my virginity, there was always the understanding that it would happen and it would be fine. Sex [...] Read more »
She sneezed as I passed, nearly knocking her head into my shoulder. I turned to her and said, “you must be allergic to HOT. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do that. Please, accept my humblest apologies.” She slapped me. I don’t get how Ironman can be less confident than I am. He’s better looking [...] Read more »