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2026
2025
2024
2026
- January 2 – What the Cruise Industry Taught Me About Life
- January 9 – Here’s to New Beginnings
- January 16 – It’s Time for a Change
- January 23 – It’s Time for the Annual Grieving
- January 30 – The Answers to Your Burning Questions
- February 6 – Two Things Can Be True at the Same Time
- February 13 – Sorry for Telling the Truth
- February 20 – This Is What I Call Midwest Nice
- February 27 – Don’t Believe Everything You Hear—Just Some of It
2025
- January 3 – A Tale of Two People
- January 10 – Make 2025 the Year of the Book
- January 17 – Can an Entire Generation Be Invisible?!
- January 24 – When a Waste of Time Isn’t a Waste
- January 31 – The Grammys, Sandwich Generation Style
- February 7 – The Wackiest Super Bowl Preview Around
- February 14 – Reality Is So Overrated
- February 21 – Go Find Your Own Stories
- February 28 – The Injustice No One Talks About
- March 7 – You Had To Know This Would Happen
- March 14 – The President Wouldn’t Approve of This
- March 21 – Oops!…I Did It Again
- March 28 – I’m Done With Writing Purgatory
- April 4 – The Weekend From Hell
- April 11 – Don’t Overlook the Obvious Answer
- April 18 – The Perils of Travel
- April 25 – Why Are We Always So Surprised?
- May 2 – It’s Time To Put This To Rest
- May 9 – Where To Find the Best Advice
- May 16 – You Have To Get Out of the House
- May 23 – I Must Have Read Your Mind
- May 30 – Embrace the Indie in You!
- June 6 – Are You Thinking About Diversity All Wrong?
- June 13 – Poetry Is for the Weak
- June 20 – Keep Your Nose on the Revenue
- June 27 – I’m a Walking Contradiction
- July 4 – This Is the Best Kind of Independence
- July 11 – You Can Consider This Revenge
- July 18 – Revenge of the Nerd
- July 25 – Coming of Age Can Happen at Any Age
- August 1 – What Malcolm Gladwell Taught Me
- August 8 – When It’s Time To Grow Up
- August 15 – Scorn That Which Thy Love
- August 22 – What I Learned From 24 Hours in the Car
- August 29 – How One Song Can Change Your Life
- September 5 – No, This Is Not a Horror Series
- September 12 – Book Club for Introverts
- September 19 – Confessions of a Rust Belt Addict
- September 26 – You Are Where You Live
- October 3 – Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously
- October 10 – Use Envy to Your Advantage
- October 17 – Find Your Own Religion
- October 24 – How To Master the Art of Repeating Yourself
- October 31 – What Is Life Really Like in Western New York?
- November 7 – Make America Great Again
- November 14 – Torment Yourself—Gently
- November 21 – It’s Okay To Be Salty
- November 28 – How the Great Lakes Have Messed Me Up
- December 5 – Embrace the Grime in Your Life
- December 12 – How To Know When You’re in the Prime of Life
- December 19 – Remember the Power of Reflection
- December 26 – What a Wonderful (Wretched?) Year
2024
- December 20 – Does This Website Have a Theme?!
- December 27 – Happy Holidays, From Somewhere on Earth