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Christopher Monks

Christopher Monks lives in Arlington, Mass., with his wife and two sons. His book, The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life, comes out in October 2008. In the meantime, please visit his fair-to-middling but well-intentioned web site, utterwonder.com.

Mr. Can’t Fix It

To the unhandy, a broken appliance offers an opportunity to prove one’s mettle—and finally break the plastic wrap on that toolbox. Stay-at-home dad CHRISTOPHER MONKS calls in reinforcements. (Personal Essays | June 25, 2008)

My Hairy Boy

Maybe you don’t have a problem with really hairy arms, but then again, you’re not the father of a Wookie. CHRISTOPHER MONKS vows to right a particularly bristly wrong. (Personal Essays | May 1, 2007)

Bonding in the Battlemaze

The family that plays together, stays together—unless they’re playing laser tag. CHRISTOPHER MONKS spends the afternoon at his mother’s unlikely birthday activity. (Personal Essays | October 10, 2006)

Dating on Demand

Before you know it, married life can become routine. One way to keep things interesting is by trolling video dating services. The consequences, says CHRISTOPHER MONKS, may be greater than you think. (Personal Essays | May 3, 2006)

I’m Your Biggest Fan

There are many reasons to pepper a celebrity with fan mail: admiration, a sense of kinship, obsession, even boredom. Any are acceptable and all are believable—until you try to explain your motives to others, learns CHRISTOPHER MONKS. (Personal Essays | February 17, 2006)


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The Game of Love

Anyone who says video games shouldn’t appeal to adults, let alone women, has never flirted with General Carth Onassi. MARIE MUTSUKI MOCKETT explores a virtual courtship.

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RoseLee Goldberg is an art historian, curator, and author of Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present. In 2004, she founded PERFORMA, a non-profit arts...