PhotoLife94/E+/Getty Images As a certified, unrepentant extrovert, there’s nothing I love more than a party. Not the ragers that might have been fun in my teens and 20s, but a quiet gathering with friends, complete with pretty bouquets of flowers and charcuterie boards and chill music playing unobtrusively in the background? That’s a vibe and...
In The Empire Strikes Back, during Luke Skywalker’s training with Master Yoda, young Skywalker asks a simple yet profound question: “Is the Dark Side stronger?” Yoda reassures him that no, the Dark Side isn’t stronger — easier and more seductive perhaps, but not stronger. Looking back now, the irony isn’t lost on me that Mark Hamill,...
AJ_Watt/E+/Getty Images Vacuuming was one of the first chores I ever had as a kid. I think I was around 9 or 10 when my mom asked me to vacuum the living room, and it probably took me until age 30 or so to realize I was pretty bad at the task. It turns out,...
UniversalImagesGroup/Universal Images Group/Getty Images A former colleague of mine, Janet Manley, recently wrote an article in The New York Times called “So You Think You Know a Lot About the Titanic” and I. feel. seen. The article explores the phenomenon of “Titanic kids,” children who develop a fascination with the maritime tragedy, memorizing esoteric facts...