The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games (I won’t even tell you how long I debated the order of those words) began yesterday to my excitement. What was not to love about the Opening Ceremonies (I feel like everything should be capitalized). Shane Koyczan represented Slam Poetry and awesomeness, Bryan Adams represented… something, and the computer-generated [...]

A few weeks ago I invited some friends over for game night. No one wanted to play Trivial Pursuit, Cranium seemed trite and overdone, and the excitement over Electronic Cathphrase wore out soon enough. What to do?

Jamie Bono suggested Pictionary. Well, I offered, I have a clipboard, some paper, and a permanent marker. But what [...]

Every now and then, I like to write about sports. Usually, it’s soccer, because… I’m a huge fan of watching soccer (does one really need an explanation for this sort of thing?). But I decided to take on a new project this semester: the Steelers. You see, I teach creative writing at a large university [...]

Dear Adri,

This may be a strange question, but I’m not quite sure where and how to ask. I feel that if I mention this to my guy friends, they’ll think I’m weird, and I don’t have any girl friends. I’m almost thirty and my girlfriend is almost thirty-four, which she maintains is a huge [...]

So, Pete* and I have a conversation about the kind of reality show star I would be. You know, the awesome kind. And Pete says something along the lines of “yeah, and you could totally capitalize on your fifteen minutes of fame. Turn it into an hour or something.” And then I say, “yeah, I’ll [...]

Dear Adri,

I cannot seem to get over my ex. We had a pretty great relationship, except of course for a few issues, which started as minor but then grew to insurmountable.

He has cut off all communication, which makes it very difficult to process closure (and also not to feel like I’ve literally lost a limb). Hence why [...]