Oct 31, 2022Member-onlyA Master List of Things to Check Your Kid’s Halloween Candy for This YearWhen I was a kid, my mom spent at least an hour on Halloween Night poring over all of our candies to make sure they were safe. No matter where we trick-or-treated, or how well we knew the people we got the candy from, we would follow the same ritual…Humor2 min readHumor2 min read
Oct 31, 2022Member-onlyFive Halloween Costumes for New CouplesJust in case anyone didn’t know you were dating — For anyone in a fairly new relationship, Halloween can be an extra scary time. The question of whether it’s appropriate to ask your SO to don a couples’ costume hangs over your head like fog on a dark and stormy night, and a chill runs down your spine at the…Humor2 min readHumor2 min read
Oct 26, 2022Member-onlyHelloFresh or Hello, Financial Devastation?A broke millennial tries meal kit service so you don’t have to — We’ve all been there – listening to our favourite podcast on the daily commute to work, when suddenly, the ominous sounds of true crime stop and give way to an advertisement. I don’t know if this is just the podcasts I listen to (any Morbid fans out there?), but I…Food4 min readFood4 min read
Oct 13, 2022Member-onlyThe Michelin Guide to Going Home for the HolidaysA traveler’s guide to the small towns — Ah, humble home. It’s been a while. After almost a year of traveling abroad, you’re finally back to where it all began: a nondescript town in the middle of what seems like nowhere. Or maybe you’re just planning a trip home for the impending holidays and hoping to make it…Travel4 min readTravel4 min read
Dec 24, 2021Member-onlyHow to Cope With Christmas Alone and AbroadChristmas alone. Many of you probably experienced this during the first year of the disease-which-shall-not-be-named in the infamous Yeare of Our Lorde Two Thousand and Twenty, but for better or for worse, my family and I isolated for two weeks and tested so that we could have a very small…Christmas4 min readChristmas4 min read
Oct 31, 2021Member-onlyFive Halloween Costumes for Deeply Unhappy CouplesEvery year it’s “sexy couple’s costume” this and “cute Halloween date” that, inevitably from those cute little couples that adopted a dog together during quarantine, and do Sunday brunch at each other’s parents’ houses on an alternating basis. But what about those of us who are tired and morose, stuck…Funny2 min readFunny2 min read
Oct 22, 2021Member-onlyWhy I’ve Decided to Stop Grieving YouOne last letter to a dead friend. — I see your ghost everywhere, and it’s not fair to either of us. I think since you passed, I’ve grieved you more than my breakups, the death of a family pet, and the loss of my grandma put together — she was like 92, I expected it. I used to…Grief4 min readGrief4 min read
Oct 18, 2021Member-onlyI Tried Being Joe from “You” for a DayA Little Lesson on Stalking — I, am not sure why anyone would think that a baseball cap and a black zip-up hoodie would render them absolutely camouflage, but here I go. Despite the fact that you would know me anywhere, you are that in love with me already, my simple disguise will render me unknowable…Relationships5 min readRelationships5 min read
Oct 9, 2021Member-onlyHow To Find the Girl of Your Dreams on TinderListen up, men. — With cuffing season around the corner and Tinder filling up again with plenty of new profiles looking for a date to the pumpkin patch, we’ve circled back to the age-old between-relationships question of how to make the most of your matches and really find love. The good news is that…Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Sep 30, 2021Member-onlyThe Ghost Haunting Your House is Not Happy With Loosening COVID RestrictionsAn open letter from a peeved (and mildly heartbroken) poltergeist. — Dear roommate, I am really not one to cause a fuss (aside from the occasional plate flying off the shelf), but I think that as your roommate, it would be remiss of me not to let you know that a few things have been bothering me lately. When you first…Humor4 min readHumor4 min read
