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The Day My Father Died
He might be gone, but Collin Slattery hopes his father would be proud of the man he’s trying to become. It has been 12-and-a-half years since my father died. I never called him my father – he was...
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How My Mother and My Sisters Tried to Make Me Look Like a Monster
Collin Slattery recounts his mother and sisters, their vicious plan to ruin his life, and the invaluable price of what he gained in order to replace what they took. My older sister (we’ll call her...
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Open Discussion: What Quote Inspires You?
I’m a big fan of quotes, and whenever I post them people seem to like them. Mostly, they’re motivational type quotes, but I think quotes reflect the person who chooses them. My favorite quote of all...
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In Praise and Appreciation of Women
It’s not one thing or another that makes a woman attractive to Collin Slattery. It’s the little things and the big things. It is everything and nothing. Note: This post is written in response to In...
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The Donald Trump School of Marketing
Collin Slattery believes “There’s no such thing as a bashful entrepreneur.” The key, he finds, is to ask yourself “What would Donald do?” Starting your own business is frightening and exciting. There...
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Nice Tits
Gynecomastia makes adolescence even more confidence-crushing than usual for boys. After the end of junior high, my family moved to New York City, and in high school I stopped doing any after school...
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The Idol I Remember, The Man I Never Knew
One word does not do justice to what a father does. I never knew you as a man, as a person. I was three years old when you got sick and ten when you died. You were still a giant, an idol, a figure...
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30 Days Without Social Media
Collin Slattery is taking a break from Facebook and Twitter. Could you survive a month-long fast from social media? I am a product of the digital age. I got my first computer at the age of 6; I was on...
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30 Days Without Social Media: One Week In
At the end of a week without social media, Collin Slattery is becoming aware of the changes in himself. The first week without social media is over. It has been, for better and worse, a very...
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Golfing With My Father
Collin Slattery and his father both believed that the ability to play golf was a marker of success. My dad was an avid golfer. As a boy who grow up poor in the industrial city of Buffalo, he viewed...
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30 Days Without Social Media: Two Weeks In
Halfway into a month-long fast from social media, Collin Slattery wavers between enthusiasm and despair. Editor’s Note: Collin Slattery has been conducting an experiment in withdrawing from social...
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30 Days Without Social Media: The Wrap Up
Collin Slattery learns which kinds of connections fulfill, and which are unsatisfying in comparison, in his experiment in avoiding social media. I did not start 30 days without social media with the...
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