No longer the mark of sailors and whatever other archaic stereotypes they conjure up, tattoos are now mainstream. I’ve met more than a few doctors and lawyers with visible ink. Housewives have gotten in on the fun with tattoos from their “wild” days. Others commemorate special occasions, like

I chose a career in science because, well, why would I choose anything else? I was primed for it in high school, thinking the options were either doctor or lawyer. I hated my history classes and was pretty decent at biology so I went for doctor. But I spent high school hating physics and

I started smoking the day after my daughter was born.After a rough pregnancy where I suffered from severe morning sickness — hyperemesis gravidarum had me vomiting every few days for the duration of it — I had joked about having a celebratory cigarette when it was all over. Then I found myself on

We've totally reached peak tattoo culture with Reuters reporting that 40% of millennials have at least one tattoo. Even in this atmosphere of tattoo acceptance, there are two sacred tattoo don't's:1. Don't get your partner's name tattooed on your body. 2. Don't get matching tattoos ...Continue

It was one of those rough summers where you're in survival mode until the next paycheck or chapter. I was working three part-time jobs and an unpaid internship, drinking and fooling around with guys that I knew shouldn’t be, heading straight to work at a coffee shop, then sleeping until it was time