I use a photo storage service. It’s like Google or Apple Photos, with some AI-powered features and facial recognition. One of the things it does is tag people that it recognizes across multiple photos. It keeps tagging my friend, Addie Hemsworth. There’s just one problem—she’s …
I saw the job listing two weeks ago. WANTED: NIGHT GUARD AT WESS MARKET IN [REDACTED], PA. 12AM-6AM SHIFT. $21/HOUR. The whole thing struck me as odd, right off the bat. What kind of grocery store needed a security guard while it was closed? Was the …
Hospitals, to me, feel like an extension of the afterlife. This is surely not an original thought. The long hallways, lined with shuddering fluorescent lights and medical carts, the somber staff and weeping families: it becomes a sort of limbo after a while. Not life, …
This happened back when I was in 9th grade, about six years ago. I had a best friend, let’s call her Ashley. She didn’t have the easiest life growing up, and things around her always felt… off. She lived in Wisconsin, and when she was …
It happened on July 5th. I’ll never forget that day, nor the hangover that came with it. My eyes were swollen, glistening red. My head felt like a Metallica concert. Ugh. Why did I stay out so late? Truth be told, it wasn’t my fault. …