Humor
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From Lost Bitcoin to Buying a Fart: My Thoughts on Crypto
In this witty response to a daily prompt on cryptocurrency, a self-described middle-aged “crone” explains why volatile coins and fragile seed phrases terrify her more than a slap. Between a brother’s lost Bitcoin, perimenopause brain fog, and the temptations of digital money, she’d rather stick to crumpled cash—unless Jaafar Jackson ever auctions his delightfully “saucalacious”… Continue reading
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From Gilead to Gone Girl: Worst Fictional Book Worlds I Refuse to Enter
From Gilead’s color‑coded misogynist nightmare to the glamorized racism of Gone with the Wind, Ayn Rand’s grinding, didactic worlds, the twisted mind games of Gone Girl and Baldwin’s lasvicious airheads hopping from bed to bed: a sharp, profane, funny take on why these five fictional book worlds are places I’d never inhabit—no matter the reward. Continue reading
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Lite Lo, Yaaron: Confessions of a Contented, Irreverent Recluse
A sharp, witty refusal peppered with hyderabadi slang to trade a quiet, anonymous life for fame. The writer, a proud recluse, rejects the very idea of switching lives with any celebrity, cherishing solitude over spotlights—unless it’s with Lulu 2.0, a fearless, famous parallel-universe version of herself. Continue reading
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A Reluctant Weekend Time-Travel Rant: Letters, Advice, Safari Tickets for My Younger, Brash Self
A weary 45-year-old blogger sassily refuses yet another WordPress prompt about advising her younger self, then “cheats” by rounding up past letters and posts written to youth everywhere. Mixing humor, affection, and tough love, she offers heartfelt excerpts—and insists she’s earned a nap from all this unsolicited therapy. Continue reading
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My SEO Strategy? None. I Write for Me, Not for Google or Yoast
SEO strategies? I gleefully admit to having none. Instead of chasing green Yoast lights, I choose authenticity over algorithms, voice over visibility, writing purely for joy, simply because I can—much like George Mallory climbed Everest “because it’s there.” Continue reading
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I Can’t Make People Love Me Back : Unlearning My Youthful Naivety
This raw personal essay tackles the belief that if you love hard enough, people will finally love you back. Through family, friendship, and romantic heartbreak, the author explores invisibility, people‑pleasing, and the hard-won lesson of self-love, closing with three blunt “rules” they wish had come in a manual for love. Continue reading
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Jeepers Creepers, Bad Bollywood & The Fall: Cinema at Its Weirdest
A movie lover digs through a lifetime of bad choices, from Jeepers Creepers trauma to headless-chicken Bollywood plots and a baffling Matt Damon epic, before landing on Tarsem Singh’s The Fall—an utterly weird, visually poetic fever dream that makes no sense, looks gorgeous, and blows their mind anyway. Continue reading
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Forget Questions—If Aliens Land, I’m Hitching a Ride Around The Universe
Forget the questions—if aliens land, I’m asking for a ride around the Universe. No interrogations, no luggage, no goodbyes—just a one-way ticket to freedom, adventure, and whatever strange corners of space they’re willing to explore. Continue reading
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How a Simple Solo Day in Chennai Became My Life’s Highlight Reel
Exploring Chennai alone for the first time, the writer follows curiosity through metros, temples, crowded markets, comfort food, and a life-changing cup of chai. Seventeen kilometers later, she realizes this spontaneous, joy-filled day has healed her confidence and become a moment she truly felt alive. Continue reading
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My One Wish: A Home That’s Totally Chores-Free
Neither fame nor fortune, my wish is wonderfully practical: a home that’s immune to dust, noise, pollution, pests, disease, pain, idiots and, above all, chores. Fed up with endless sweeping, mopping, and scrubbing, I crave a life where cleaning simply disappears. Continue reading