Ruminations by Aaron Karo

"WRITING WHAT YOU'RE THINKING SINCE 1997"

Ruminations is the free email column I have been writing regularly since sending the first issue to twenty friends in September 1997. I publish a new issue every other Monday and send it to a mailing list of tens of thousands of subscribers around the world. Compilations of the column have also been published in my two books, Ruminations on College Life and Ruminations on Twentysomething Life. To subscribe, click “Join Now” at the top of any page on this site or, if you’re already a registered member of Ruminations.com, you can subscribe with one click from your “My Profile” page. Please enjoy the complete archive of all my columns below and make sure to rate your favorites as gourmet!

November 17th, 2008 - "Unthankful"

November 3rd, 2008 - "Rise of the Daycrawlers"

October 20th, 2008 - "Ruminations on Electoral College Life"

October 6th, 2008 - "Generation LOL"

September 22nd, 2008 - "Banking Crisis"

September 8th, 2008 - "Pub Life"

August 25th, 2008 - "Anatomy of a Cold Streak"

August 11th, 2008 - "After Shock"

July 14th, 2008 - "The Have-Knots Strike Back"

June 16th, 2008 - "Twenty-Nine Rules"

May 27th, 2008 - "Bear a Parent"

April 21st, 2008 - "Degree of Difficulty 2008"

April 7th, 2008 - "Travel Bugs"

March 24th, 2008 - "Jackass"

March 10th, 2008 - "The Numbers Game"

February 25th, 2008 - "Brogreement"

February 11th, 2008 - "Boyfriend"

January 28th, 2008 - "Velvet Dopes"

January 14th, 2008 - "The Seventh Wheel"

December 17th, 2007 - "Year in Review"

December 3rd, 2007 - "Connected at the Chip"

November 12th, 2007 - "Leaving Long Island"

October 29th, 2007 - "Nobody Cares"

October 15th, 2007 - "Tokyo Thrift"

September 30th, 2007 - "Ten Years"

September 17th, 2007 - "Greatest Hits"

September 10th, 2007 - "The Glossary"

July 30th, 2007 - "Manifest Destiny’s Child"

July 9th, 2007 - "Return of the Have-Knots"

June 25th, 2007 - "First Opinion"

June 11th, 2007 - "731 Days"

May 14th, 2007 - "Degree of Difficulty 2007"

April 30th, 2007 - "Karo Syrup"

April 16th, 2007 - "The Small Stuff"

April 2nd, 2007 - "Ambivalents"

March 12th, 2007 - "I Drink, Therefore I Am"

February 26th, 2007 - "Bro-ing Out"

February 12th, 2007 - "State of the Single Guy"

January 29th, 2007 - "Stand and Deliver"

December 18th, 2006 - "Year in Review"

December 4th, 2006 - "Strictly Business Casual"

November 13th, 2006 - "TV Guide"

October 23rd, 2006 - "Comedian"

October 9th, 2006 - "Recovering Frat Boy"

September 25th, 2006 - "Friends Without Benefits"

September 12th, 2006 - "Don’t Be Dumb"

August 7th, 2006 - "The Have-Knots"

July 24th, 2006 - "The GGG"

July 10th, 2006 - "Going Places"

June 19th, 2006 - "Adulthood"

May 30th, 2006 - "Rental Health"

May 15th, 2006 - "Ruminations on Hollywood Life"

April 24th, 2006 - "State of the Student Union"

April 10th, 2006 - "Singled Out"

March 27th, 2006 - "Sports Fan"

March 13th, 2006 - "Strife of the Party"

February 27th, 2006 - "Coastal Feuding"

February 13th, 2006 - “Boys”

January 30th, 2006 - “Daycrawlers”

January 17th, 2006 - “The Blunder Down Under”

December 12th, 2005 - “Year in Review”

November 28th, 2005 - “Technically Peaking”

November 7th, 2005 - “Hooked Up”

October 24th, 2005 - “The War on Alcohol”

October 10th, 2005 - “Domestic Abuse”

September 26th, 2005 - “Return to Singilization”

September 12th, 2005 - “City of Angles”

August 8th, 2005 - “Blood Counts”

July 18th, 2005 - “City That’s Never Cheap”

July 7th, 2005 - “As the World Interns”

June 20th, 2005 - “The Second Half”

June 6th, 2005 - “Winds of Change”

May 23rd, 2005 - “The Seventeen Year Itch”

May 9th, 2005 - “Degree of Difficulty”

April 25th, 2005 - “Fools of Engagement”

April 11th, 2005 - “Trophy Life”

March 28th, 2005 - “The 359 Rule”

March 14th, 2005 - “Four More Years”

February 28th, 2005 - “Man’s Best Friends”

February 14th, 2005 - “Bleeding Hearts”

January 31st, 2005 - “Monkey Business”

January 17th, 2005 - “Home Economics”

December 13th, 2004 - “End of an Error”

November 29th, 2004 - “Beer and Clothing”

November 15th, 2004 - “Girlfriend”

October 25th, 2004 - “Unevited”

October 11th, 2004 - “Feminine Projects”

September 27th, 2004 - “Life of Brian”

September 13th, 2004 - “Lovin’ the Elevator”

August 30th, 2004 - “Five-Ring Circus”

August 16th, 2004 - “Twenty-Five Years Young”

April 2004 - “Twenty-Five”

March 2004 - “Nocturnal Admission”

February 2004 - “Job Insecurity II”

January 2004 - “Chicks, Beer, and SportsCenter”

December 2003 - “A Year in the Life”

November 2003 - “Five to Nine”

October 2003 - “Seeing Single”

September 2003 - “The Buddy System”

August 2003 - “Summer of Lust”

July 2003 - “Job Insecurity”

June 2003 - “The Whatever Years”

May 2003 - “Relative Absurdity”

April 2003 - “The Power of Ones”

March 2003 - “Life in the Big City II”

February 2003 - “The Bind of the Harried Man”

January 2003 - “Razing the Bar”

December 2002 - “Who’s Who”

November 2002 - “A Day in the Life”

October 2002 - “Twentysomething”

September 2002 - “Ruminations on Vacations”

August 2002 - “Creatures of the Night”

July 2002 - “Eat, Drink, and Be Wary”

June 2002 - “Cellular Woes”

May 2002 - “Girls, Girls, Girls”

April 2002 - “Life in the Big City”

April 2001 - “Is There Life After College?”

February 2001 - “Senioritis Sets In”

January 2001 - “The Final Semester”

November 2000 - “More College Mysteries”

September 2000 - “College Life after Three Years”

March 2000 - “Spring Break Edition”

January 2000 - “College in the Year 2000”

Issues #19 & 20

October 1999 - “Double Issue: College Mysteries & Ruminations Goes Abroad”

April 1999 - “Life After Sophomore Year”

Issues #16 & 17

March 1999 - “Double Issue: March Madness & Spring Break”

February 1999 - “The Many Types of College Students”

January 1999 - “Ruminations on Greek Life”

December 1998 - “Another Crazy Semester”

November 1998 - “Thanksgiving Edition”

October 1998 - “Life after Two Months as a Sophomore”

September 1998 - “Ruminations on Summer Break”

April 1998 - “Life after Freshman Year”

March 1998 - “Double Issue: Spring Break & Second Semester”

January 1998 - “Winter Break and Rush”

December 1997 - “College Life After First Semester”

November 1997 - “Thanksgiving Edition”

October 1997 - “College Life After Eight Weeks”

October 1997 - “College Life After Five Weeks”

September 1997 - “College Life After Three Weeks"