I remember thinking  Rice Krispies were literally the thing that came in that blue box. I was floored when in college my  girlfriend made them with her mom casually inside a glass Pyrex baking dish.

I was reminded of this today because walking down the aisle of the  grocery store I...

Every kid I knew who was an  only child wanted a sibling of their own. They would tell me they wished they had somebody to play with always. I'd never say anything back to them because I knew it was wrong, but I wished I was an only child.

Sharing a...

One day he felt a sharp pain deep in his stomach. He bared it for three weeks until one humid afternoon while on the metro he collapsed. Two well built paramedic s had to strain themselves in unison to cart his well muscled body to the hospital where the doctor...

Trying to save money on  groceries , he hired consultants who analyzed his energy usage.

So look, you're exercising way too much. You know that you have to eat more  calories to cover all that you're burning? What do you do? Run? Rowing? Got ya. Well, let's try to keep that...

When he found out he had to stay on campus for  winter break he imagined he'd be alone in a ghost town. He was a little bit disappointed when he found there were in fact people walking around, driving around, and that most of the businesses were open. Sure there...

As a kid, a box of cereal felt so large. Like each box could last months. When I'd see my mom open her wallet to pay for groceries I'd see multiple 20 dollar bills and think she was mean for not buying me the toys I begged for. There was...

He didn't come from any successful place. The richest dad he knew growing up sold  sand or  gravel for a living, he still doesn't remember which one it was. But through coincidence or whatever, by the time he reached his late 30s he knew three people who were worth at...

The walk back to the office was probably the first decent part of his day. Things weren't perfect but he didn't feel terrible. Maybe that  whiskey was actually helping after all.

On the way, a bigger,  blue collar man was walking in a rude manner, forcing the oncoming pedestrians to have...

After leaving her job, she didn't view time the same. Instead of using the 24 hours she began segmenting each day into six markers. There was no concept of seven o clock anymore.

This was her system:
The rooster crowing in the morning -- 1. The coffee -- 2. The first meal...

The ground moved enough over the years to break the  concrete . And now the grass grew in between these divides. His father lamented that they didn't go for the  cobblestone driveway look instead. He made him come outside and pick out the crabgrass using their glass, and they'd spray ...