You can’t sleep, you can’t eat…Your throat is tight, you can’t breathe…Your heart beats in double time…
There’s no denying 2020 sucked the big one. But within that tremendous trash heap of a year, there were a few tiny treasures.
I’M DYING!
No, not really. But it sure as hell feels like it when I have a panic attack. While they don’t cause serious physical harm, panic attacks produce scary, paralyzing sensations. They make me fear I’m in danger when there’s no real threat to my safety.
For twenty years, I’ve laughed and gasped at the boundary-pushing animated sitcom Family Guy. When I first saw the outrageous Griffin family, I thought they were an offensive, lazy rip off of my beloved Simpsons. After giving the show a second chance, I found that beneath its vomit-stained surface, there is some surprising emotional depth.