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Solving for Why?

I noticed that Stefan talked quite a bit about balancing things. Before you find an optimal outcome, you must first find if your equation is balanced (or something like that). I pictured Stefan looking into his closet that morning. He selects a pair of jeans and then couples it with a chambray shirt. He knows the jean on jean would create a balanced, uniform look, but is it optimal?

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I Am Not Proud Of My History

Things that I’ve Googled.

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On Taillights

The 1998 Lincoln Town Car Every Lincoln Town Car manufactured from 1981 to 1997 has a functionless red strip running the length just above its rear bumper. On a highway at night, this strip is dull, unreflective and visible. In … Read More

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Playdates and Porn

It was a Thursday night, and my best friend Dana and I couldn’t think of anything to do. Our usual evening activities, as is probably true for many people aged nine, were of the destructive nature; we’d erect elaborate blanket … Read More

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The Compugraphic EditWriter 7500

“The Nassau Weekly felt like a really grown up thing, probably the first for me.”

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Bedwaters

“He knew that feeling, his lungs filling up with the glycerin-like fluid of a new day, and himself gargling and grasping for regular air, the air in his bed, the air with the windows closed. He felt small, and had tried imagining other people’s windows, but felt weird because he couldn’t comprehend the number of windows in the world.”

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Wet Hot Hetero Summer

If anybody has ever seen _Wet Hot American Summer_, then ze knows what my camp and most other non-specialized camps are like. Sleepaway camp is a hyper-sexualized environment in which children are encouraged to explore their sexuality beyond the leering … Read More

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20 Fun Get-to-Know-You Questions for the Start of the School Year

Everything you need to break the ice.

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Researching the Researchers

“It may surprise you, then, that the senior survey is not protected by the same independent ethics oversight that faculty research, senior theses, or even class projects require.”

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Godzilla on the Page

“i am timeless! un- /
stoppable! godzilla /
on the page.”

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Rauschenberg’s “Combines”

When asked how he maintains his creative process, the artist Robert Rauschenberg, 81, says that he trusts in his materials without relying on the comfort of sureness and certainty. “Sometimes,” he continues, “Jack Daniels helps too.” It doesn’t come as … Read More

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No SWUGs

A senior woman deconstructs a controversial epithet: Senior Washed-Up Girl.

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