Vacuum Restoration Specialist, Detective, Provocateur Dear Officer Esquivel, I appreciate the leniency you and the parole board have shown in allowing me to travel internationally to present my lecture to the Third Annual Conference of Mayakovsky Scholars and Ibogaine Enthusiasts. Buenos Aires is lovely this time of year. You might…

Reasons why attendance has helped me I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about three years ago. It’s been a journey, and I’m still figuring things out. I wanted to take a moment to talk through why attending support groups has helped me. Some of the benefits of attending these groups…

Wanking off the beaten path — Asheville, North Carolina is a vibrant city known for its stunning natural beauty and rich cultural heritage. With a wide range of activities and attractions to choose from, it can be difficult to decide where to pleasure yourself. Here are some of the top places to masturbate in Asheville. The Biltmore Estate The…

Putting put the pieces of our lives back together — Dear Susan Brearley, It’s difficult for me to overstate my disappointment in the events that transpired during the MuddyUm winter retreat. This whole ordeal has caused me a great degree of financial and emotional distress. I was kind enough to offer my newly-listed cabin to the group at a discounted…

That Mitchell and Webb Greatness — Thunderdome is a Fanfare series where our writers good-naturedly debate some matter of pop culture and then leave it to the readers to decide. Read each post and vote at the bottom! “People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can’t trust people Jez” — Super Hans I happened…

Medieval Madness and the damsel in distress — I’ve been a super Tina Fey fan since before it was cool. I just finished her Bossypants autobiography. Give that a read if you need something for the beach this summer. The book brings an insightful perspective on what it was like to be a Saturday Night Live woman pioneer. …

Sentiment analysis from the underground — Dear Doctor Gutiérrez, Thank you so much for the pound cake. It was a wonderful surprise to me and the other inmates. …

Let’s hope more people see this little film — There are two types of film reviews — reviews that nudge you to see a film, and reviews you can read after you’ve seen a film that can help give you perspective. This will be the former. I promise no spoilers or even plot points in this review. …

Political discourse with Josh Franklinburger — Left-leaning political satire finally has a target audience, and his name is Josh Franklinburger. Josh is a software engineer who happened upon Medium while searching for recommendations on scalable design patterns. He has read a few articles from Towards Data Science and The Startup. Josh is an amazing find. He’s…