Dear Curious Internet Stranger,

Thank you for clicking "About" instead of immediately leaving. That shows either genuine curiosity or excellent procrastination skills, and I'm told they feel identical from the inside.

Let me explain the name. An asterisk is the smallest, quietest mark in typography, and it does one job: it says this claim comes with conditions. Every confident sentence you've ever read has one hiding somewhere. "Guaranteed results.*" "Everything happens for a reason.*" "I'm fine.*" This site is where I read the fine print out loud.

Because whenever life asks me to make a decision, my honest answer is a quiet I don't know. Most of life gets decided anyway, with partial information and a mild stomachache. So the question that runs through everything I write is how to live well when certainty isn't on the menu.

I've been working on it for years. The ceiling still leaks, and the toast still burns. I once boarded the wrong train with total confidence. The evidence is in.

Think of this space as Seinfeld meets philosophy: observant, mildly neurotic, and uncomfortably honest about the small stuff that turns out to be the big stuff.

What I've found is that uncertainty isn't the enemy. It's more like a partner, someone who always welcomes you home, occasionally leaves the lights on, and, if you're patient, turns out to be good company.

So you'll find essays on love, loss, money, parenting, technology and work. They share one habit: noticing the small thing that turns out to be the big thing. You'll also find Sunday Odds, a fiction series about money in which a mother answers her daughter's questions in probabilities, because "it depends" deserved better PR. And there are daily thoughts, short enough to read before the coffee cools.

Is this a philosophy blog? Is it a comedy blog? Is it just me, talking to the walls with better formatting? Probably yes to all three.*

If you read the footnotes, question the premise, or pause mid-sentence to wonder whether any of this means anything, you'll fit right in.

Thanks for stopping by. The asterisk is silent, but the questions are loud.