As a teen I played guitar in a band and I thought I was going to be a glorious rockstar. No greater high on earth existed than performing and having an encore (even if only friends cheered and we didn’t know any more songs to follow up with). When I taught English in Korea I’d… Read More
From birth until age twenty-something, one of my most dominant personality traits was a cartoonishly exaggerated naiveté. When kind people inevitably spotted this trait in me, they’d often pat me on the head and say “awwwwww, Topher”! Others who were less kind might just sneer. Either reaction made me blush, which I hated. I’ll never… Read More