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We’ve all been there — the cringeworthy moments when words come out wrong or when a heartfelt gesture like a hug goes unreciprocated, or a pause in a conversation lingers just long enough to become ...

When something so awkward happens that you can only stare at the ground, hoping it will open up and swallow you, saving you from the cringe, the best thing you can do is...call more attention to it.

The story goes, at least as I remember it, that when my parents sat down at the child-sized wooden chairs in our basement play room to tell me and my brother where babies came from, after a fit of ...

I took the month of August off making comics. After doing this almost daily for 18 months (and working full time), I felt ...

Working from home and embracing new technology can set up some embarrassing situations. From being interrupted on video conferences by family members to unknowingly enabling a cat filter, expect the ...