Lifestyle: The Psychological Worth of Louis and Violet’s Backstories (TWD Telltale)

I’ve followed the story of Clementine for seven years.

Telltale’s Walking Dead series starts with Clem as a doe-eyed and curly-haired eight-year-old. In the first season, her caretaker, Lee, dies from a Walker (Zombie) bite. Each episode peels a layer of her maturing into the 16-17-year-old she is now.

Lifestyle: My Byline is my byline, not hers too…

Writing is like playing Sonic the Hedgehog. Sonic’s goal is to jump over beach cliffs and collect golden rings to win the level. Writers pop from one word to another word to “achieve” the so-what. Players and authors can spend hours trying to reach their goals. The screen flashes and in white letters, “Game […]

Post-Grad Life: 5 Tips for a Budding College Graduate

Christmas break is over and your aunt, with her name-plated bamboo earrings, sits you at the table and asks what your plans are. You’re back at the library and spill your falafel on your pants. You go between writing a paper and filling out a job application. It’s the start of the second semester of […]

Lifestyle: Lurking (Real)

My grandmother called on the phone and “Harold” sat downstairs. My friends and I got ready before we went to the bar. “What should I do?” The lowering cadence of my grandmother spoke onto the other line. I put on my robe and I sped-walked two flights when I saw Harold cross-legged in his black polo […]