Ecstatic Adventures of the Exuberant Bodhisattva

Someone just wrote an article called, “ An End to Self-Care .”  The author claims that our society is way too concerned with avoiding bur...

One day a year, I leave the house without taking a shit.  It's the worst day of the year.  I hate that day.  This week, I've had t...

Today is my mother's birthday. It is also the birthday of the first boyfriend I ever had in high school. The third boyfriend I ever...

Readers, I’m sorry.  My mind has gone dull and I’m totally ashamed.  I blame it on Lady Gaga.  A week or so ago, she announced to the world...

When I was twenty years old, I wrote a list in a purple notebook.  At the time, I was coming to the end of my first year living and workin...

Two Job Interviews Today. I am in the process of assembling a reasonable combination of hair, make-up and clothing that will convince...

In Niagara Falls, Ontario,  there is a museum full of wax statues of dead people.  My parents took me and my sister there during spring bre...