Grownup: someone who doesn't get to look forward to spring break. Did you know the United States is almost the only "developed" nation that does not give its workers a mandatory minimum vacation days per year? And most …

Home: a cardboard box on the sidewalk outside the rescue mission on 4th and Los Angeles. Piss in the street where the Lexus whizzes past, not on the sidewalk where people make their beds each night. Need a nightlight? Th…

Home: if I hear news about a place, and get concerned for the safety and well-being of people there, especially if those people have names and faces in my mind, it's home. Someday I want to call the whole world home, tho…