Humor
The worst three dollars I ever saved
Part of my work requires me to buy and sell websites. When you buy a website, you have to register it with your name and contact information. You can’t buy a website anonymously. …
Mostly humor essays and stories. www.benkissam.com
If a gym teacher can do it, so can you.
Maybe you’re like me and you’re sick of all the guru writers selling “Six Weeks to Six-Figures, Writing Stuff You Love!” advertisements you see online.
I can’t teach you how to be a six-figure writer.
But I did just pass my two-year anniversary of full-time freelancing, so I thought it…
Humor
My genitals did not agree
My career as a runner lasted only three years, starting at the end of high school when my PE teacher let me borrow his copy of Born to Run by Christopher McDougall. I devoured that book in two days and was hooked from that point on.
Born to Run is…
The time HIV/AIDS marked the spot
I wasn’t worried about getting my STD results — at least, not any more than the average person. My decision to get tested wasn’t a panicked response, and I had no lesions or sores to speak of. But I got tested anyway because it’s the right thing to do. As…
Spoiler: choose hers
I don’t have a strong opinion about gun ownership, other than the fact that people who do have strong opinions about it tend to be a little too intense for my liking. I think if you want to own a gun you should own a gun. I also think if…
Humor
The time we joined a wine club for 3 days
Readers please note: this humorous story references alcholism, which is a serious medical issue. If you need help, contact the National Helpline.
Three years into a relationship is never a good time to learn something new about your partner. That, at least, is the logic I was living by when…
Why men shouldn’t treat dating like baseball
Cliche as it sounds, there’s some truth to the adage that men treat dating like baseball. You know, that whole thing about how a player can fail two out of three times for the duration of his career but still retire a hall of famer. Most men would be so…
Humor
The time my aunt defended my make-believe OCD
There have been some notable Thanksgiving dinners in my family. Like the year Aunt Carol hired a catered meal service, misread the directions, and reduced balsamic dressing on the stove thinking it was gravy. My dad, drunk by the time dinner rolled around, said he couldn’t taste a difference.
There…
4 amusing truths we forget too easily
There’s an old story about Pablo Picasso that’ll help you find your purpose. While sketching a picture at the park, a woman approaches him and begs for a portrait. He agrees. Less than a minute later, he turns the portrait to show her. …
