Articles from the ‘Personal’ section

How I Lost My Blog’s Only Fan

Leah Caldwell confuses a human with a spambot, which begs the question: what does it mean to be human?

Tumorous: Plastic Fantastic

After her mastectomy, Juliet Disparte gets breast implants — a process that reveals just how shallow she is.

The Long Run: Notes on a Taper

As the New York City Marathon nears, Lindsay Crouse lessens her running and ups her eating and sleeping.

Burgled in Philly

When John Davidson’s apartment gets robbed, he learns that the easiest way to get his stuff back is to have one drug dealer lie to another drug dealer while he lies to the police.

Welcome Back Boody: A Death in the Family

Katie Boody struggles to console one of her brightest students after his older brother is murdered.

Hold the Everything: A Food Plainist’s Lament

Luke Epplin likes his food bland and simple — why is that so hard to explain?

The Year I Sat On My Butt at Home and Cried Watching Livestreams of Occupy Wall Street

A comic by Maré Odomo about being an observer of the Occupy movement.

Tumorous: To Chemo or Not to Chemo

Juliet Disparte makes her first life-or-death decision.

Welcome Back Boody: First Day of Class

On her first day teaching in one of Kansas City’s poorest neighborhoods, Katie Boody confronts the elephant in the seventh-grade classroom: her last name.

Depressing Thanksgiving

When Craig McCarthy can’t have a Thanksgiving at home with his family, he decides to have the worst Thanksgiving possible. At a strip club.

A Condo Without Love is Not a Home

Kevin Nguyen rents a condo for a year and deals with unpleasant neighbors, noise complaints, and mythical “meth teens.”

Master Grief

After a devastating breakup, Eric Smith does the only sensible thing: he buys a full set of armor inspired by Halo.