“I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.” -Ralph Ellison, “Invisible Man”I’m 5 foot 8. Half of my head is shaved. I wear bold makeup and jewelry. I’m hard to miss. And yet somehow, I have managed to (quite literally) stumble upon the secret to attaining one of the superpowers I’d mentioned in another article I'd …
I tried not to make eye contact with her in the elevator while I pushed the button for the floor directly above us. I knew that it was bound to happen sooner or later, and I hoped that by not looking at her, she wouldn’t engage. But it did happen. It only happened just that …
Allow me to introduce you to Devin Stratton, a 25-year-old Utah man who captured himself on video accidentally falling off a 150-foot cliff while skiing.Horrifying, right? He surely didn't survive and, if he did, he's probably paralyzed or hooked up to countless machines keeping him alive... right?Nope.Devin walked away uninjured, without so much as a …
One of my favorite books when I was a kid was a Choose Your Own Adventure book, in which I chased Carmen Sandiego all over the globe. Paragraph by paragraph, I decided what my next move would be in order to find her. It was fun and, without me knowing it at the time, it …
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My heart is in my stomach. My mouth is dry and he’s standing there, almost bracing himself, scanning my face for a reaction. But I am numb — not in the tingly MS way, but I’m briefly stunned, mentally and emotionally. My husband has just revealed to me that a longtime friend of his, someone he trusted in …
