SparkLife posts by chris_diken

Welcome to another installment of Chris Listens. The questions have been pouring in from all quarters of the Interwebz, and I’ve got my special listening ...

Summer concerts can be amazing. There’s the fresh air. The spontaneous friendships that blossom between gyrating fans. And the music can be pretty decent, too.

But ...

Your teachers gave you a lot this year: knowledge, encouragement, and occasionally detention. In return, you doled out frustration, heartburn, and occasionally a modicum of ...

Today we continue with Part II of this last week’s Chris Listens. As you may recall, we received many heartfelt questions from SparkNotes readers, so we’re ...

Well Sparklers, you really brought out the big guns this week. I received the usual spate of inquiries re: sandwiches and silly TV ads, but ...

In some parts of the country, students are already basking in the freedom of summer vacation. This post is not for them. It’s for those ...

We all want stuff. Shiny stuff, stuff that lights up, stuff that makes noise, and stuff that, regardless of what it does, makes us look ...

Welcome back to Chris Listens. It’s been a week since this column debuted, and the response has been overwhelming. (Who knew that you can put ...

Your laptop is fired up, you’ve got a sleeve of Fig Newtons for emergency brain fuel, and your cell ringtone is set to a jaunty ...

If you shade your eyes and squint, you can make it out in the distance: it’s a finish line, a metaphorical one, marking the end ...