Recently—between my regularly scheduled doomscrolling—a post floated across my feed that genuinely sent me spiraling: Would you rather start over at 10 years old with all the knowledge you have today, or fast-forward to age 50 with several million dollars waiting for you? (For the record: not  billionaire money. Just “very comfortable and no more budgeting spreadsheets ever again” money.) Of course, the question had spawned the usual celebrity reaction memes. Insert my own re

"And you're never gonna wanna." Truer words were never spoken...and yet... Taylor's newest album was released on October 3, 2025, and I found myself singing along, just entering two months at my new job after deciding to leave my hectic but stable teaching career. I was observing some red flags but enjoying consistent paychecks. I thought that it would be okay, at first. The situation could be saved, of course. But I may have girl-bossed too close to the sun, and I may have a

For 75% of the year, I spend my Wednesday evenings at Swope Soccer Village competing for a one-night-only coupon for free Charlie Hoopers pitchers. Yes, that means your reward for midweek cardio chaos at 9 p.m. is to take your sweat-soaked sports bra down the street to Brookside for some grade-A Miller Lite. And I 100% recommend it. Like many, I moved back to Kansas City after college as an adult, and I experienced the isolation of pandemic distancing big-time in 2020. Origin

This time last year, I had the opportunity to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. As the official chaperone for my high school here in...

And so here it is. I'm just as curious to read it as you are. I gave it the topic of itself. "Tell me about AI, the fear around it, how...