I was in a meeting today and the woman leading it was about to demonstrate something on her computer. We all gathered around her laptop and watched as she typed in an exceptionally long password. One boy commented on her level of privacy protection and she told us that her password was a sentence. She… Read More The Keyboard To Happiness

My phone is a little bit broken. As in, I’m still receiving seven emails per minute from LinkedIn but I’m missing text messages. A friend of mine suggested that this might be due to a storage problem and advised me to delete some of the extra crap on my phone. Here’s the problem. A few… Read More Why We Should Be Concerned About Clouds and LinkedIn

Dear Shaggy, Today I was on the train listening to the “My Boo” station on Pandora when “It Wasn’t You” came on, which was exciting because I love the song. Really, you should know that I do love it. It’s incredibly catchy and allows for someone who’s bad with lyrics to participate in a meaningful… Read More Dear Shaggy

Exactly fifty-nine years ago, my dad, Bruce Rubenstein, graced the earth with his presence for the very first time. Naturally, this anniversary calls for a celebration. So my parents, my brothers and I all pile into the car for the drive to dinner. On the scale of uncomfortable events, the five of us in one vehicle falls high… Read More Chaos and Coupons

My head is in the clouds today. I am sitting at my desk studying for a Hebrew exam. And as for the truth, I am sitting at my desk critically examining the label of my Smartwater bottle. The information blurb begins, “Clouds get a bad rap.” I can’t help but ask myself, since when? Nor can I recall… Read More Remember the Water Cycle?

Today was eye-opening. Growing up with two brothers, you think you’ve seen it all. At least I had. It was a typical Tuesday after school if my older brother plopped down at the kitchen table with a loaf of bread and a jar of peanut butter, and consumed both in their entirety before cleaning out the… Read More Lunch at the Zoo

This afternoon, I was lucky enough to score a front row seat to a real live meet cute (that movie moment when a future couple first meets). There I am, reading about the various forms of bodily excretion, hunched over in a way that I would later regret, when a young girl breezes by me… Read More Getting Digits

Dear Reader, If you hate this blog, please know that it is mandatory for my poetry class. If you like it, please send me words of affirmation so that I feel less insecure about it. My name is Allie Rubenstein. I grew up in a small suburb in Westchester, New York, where I attended public… Read More This blog is for class.