Thought Catalog

The Windsors: a cautionary tale about the dangers of do-it-yourself eugenics.

Why would anybody in their right mind want to write a book about getting crabs?

Originality is a beautiful thing, giving creative folks an opportunity to express themselves in their own, unique ways

There is nothing wrong with doing a quiet internal happy dance when you come home from a long day to a DVR full of unwatched TV shows.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in Asia?

…nor did I have the social-sexual-emotional skills to see the night to its natural end without freaking out, not to mention that my dad would have resented me for experiencing a glimmer of happiness that he failed to crush, so I just bought a bag of Doritos cool ranch chips (or rather, begged my mom to drive me to Safeway and buy it)…

It was only after L had me in her arms again, pulling me away, that I realized I had punched someone for the first time.

It’s a battle-of-the-sexes story about two twentysomethings who’ve just reunited in New York after their time spent in Japan with no money and no direction, but wanting both.

Being asked what my book is about makes me want to answer with something pretentious, like, say: “Everything.” Or “The Human Dilemma.” Or “Le Dilemme Humain,” which is even better, being French like that.

“The New Age Camp” is about what it feels like to be out of your element. We all attach to these ideas of who we are – but who are we really, when our friends and homes and the internet and our material items are stripped away?

Here, in no particular order, our favorite comments for the month of November.

You said you didn’t like Woody Allen, he made Manhattan look too easy, so we saw the film with Dolly Parton instead. You thought the tree at Rockerfeller had too many lights.

First there had been a blood panel, sealed in vials lined like pill boxes. Then some sort of X-ray, an MRI. There was a growth across her chest, they had done a biopsy. She had cancer, Hodgkins lymphoma, stage four.

Here, in no particular order, our favorite comments for the month of October.

Introducing the Modern Craft Project — a Ketel One and Wallpaper* magazine partnership that aims to find contemporary craftsmen who bring traditional skills to their modern day projects and are constantly driven to push their work further and further.

Here, in no particular order, our favorite comments for the month of September.

A film that give us a look at Vegas as most of us have never seen it — and the boots that are fit for the job.

This, of course, ignores the pervasive problem of people — even in otherwise loving relationships — being pressured into things that they do not feel comfortable doing.