Posts Tagged ‘andrew meacham’

I perform my OCD rituals to convince myself that the niggling decisions that don’t matter—yet need to be made and without agony—fit some orderly pattern.

Though I don’t know if there is research to confirm this, I contend that suffering a phobia about making mistakes will increase your chances of making them.

It’s not always easy, maintaining journalistic distance from subjects undergoing the worst moments of their lives. It’s the obituary writer’s job.