Kissing a Fellow Janitor Amid the Trash

“No way,” I said. “He’s my friend.” “Exactly.” She stood, brushed off her snow pants and wandered off to explore. Kevin came over and we sat silently, watching as penguins offered each other pebbles in hopes of winning over a mate. After a few minutes, he pulled two plastic-wrapped cookies from his chest pocket and…

Welcome to the Age of the Cage Match

Call it the melee of the middle-aged men. We already know the main event. That would be Elon Musk versus Mark Zuckerberg in Las Vegas, or maybe the Colosseum in Rome. The rival tech billionaires are inching toward a cage match, brokered by Dana White, president of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. And for an undercard,…