Stephen Markley is an Ohio transplant, who graduated from Miami University in 2006. After an eight month, 12,000 mile cross-country road trip that left him completely broke, he made the daring decision to move to Chicago.
As far as he knows, he is the only person from that school in this city. He writes for Cars.com's blog KickingTires and his freelance work has appeared in Private Investigator's Magazine, Midnight Times, and The Weber Studies Journal.
Markley focuses his column on the under-represented opinion of straight white twentysomething males, who otherwise would have no voice in modern media.
In addition, he runs a column on his own Web site, creatively named stephenmarkley.com.. He has no hobbies, only obsessions, and these include NBA basketball, Bruce Springsteen and heavy bouts of existential dread concerning the banality of the modern world.
He also does not like pickles.
E-mail Stephen
As far as he knows, he is the only person from that school in this city. He writes for Cars.com's blog KickingTires and his freelance work has appeared in Private Investigator's Magazine, Midnight Times, and The Weber Studies Journal.
Markley focuses his column on the under-represented opinion of straight white twentysomething males, who otherwise would have no voice in modern media.
In addition, he runs a column on his own Web site, creatively named stephenmarkley.com.. He has no hobbies, only obsessions, and these include NBA basketball, Bruce Springsteen and heavy bouts of existential dread concerning the banality of the modern world.
He also does not like pickles.
E-mail Stephen
Recent Columns:
November 6, 2008
The chill is on—so go get busy
Panic is in the air. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about: You're running out of time to find that winter relationship.
October 9, 2008
First quarter ends; time to reassess
I woke up on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 2 and felt strangely miserable.
September 11, 2008
Jon Stewart—still a 'Daily' dose of sanity
During this election year, it seems as if you can't flip on the TV without catching another pundit expounding on why a particular candidate can't capture the "40-year-old women who enjoy bocce ball but not crab cakes" vote.
August 14, 2008
Sitcoms influence real life, again
Wedding season has made me consider two things. First of all, if and when the time comes, I want to get married on the International Space Station. This way, almost everyone I invite will likely decline to make the trip, hopefully including the bride herself, leaving me to carouse with Russian cosmonauts (I have strange fantasies).
July 17, 2008
Show me the money, Mark Zuckerberg
When I first joined the social-networking site Facebook as a naive 22-year-old college kid, I thought: "Cool. Now my friends can see silly, drunk pictures of me and know how I feel about the television program 'Lost.'"
June 19, 2008
Best soundtrack for breakup: Silence
Breakups in your 20s are very different from the breakups in your teens.
May 8, 2008
The Democratic Party is like my roommate
I never imagined it would come to this, but even I'm getting sick of the Democratic nomination process.
April 19, 2008
Once college is over, you can't go back
If you're in the mood for an experience that can be described as simultaneously bizarre, awkward and unbearably fun, I recommend visiting your old college town.
April 5, 2008
7 rules for a stellar bachelor party
There's a certain art to a bachelor party -- whether you're throwing one or you're just a guest.
March 13, 2008
What do men want? Video games
Women, here is why you should give up on guys: You will never make us happier than video games.
November 6, 2008
The chill is on—so go get busy
Panic is in the air. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about: You're running out of time to find that winter relationship.
October 9, 2008
First quarter ends; time to reassess
I woke up on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 2 and felt strangely miserable.
September 11, 2008
Jon Stewart—still a 'Daily' dose of sanity
During this election year, it seems as if you can't flip on the TV without catching another pundit expounding on why a particular candidate can't capture the "40-year-old women who enjoy bocce ball but not crab cakes" vote.
August 14, 2008
Sitcoms influence real life, again
Wedding season has made me consider two things. First of all, if and when the time comes, I want to get married on the International Space Station. This way, almost everyone I invite will likely decline to make the trip, hopefully including the bride herself, leaving me to carouse with Russian cosmonauts (I have strange fantasies).
July 17, 2008
Show me the money, Mark Zuckerberg
When I first joined the social-networking site Facebook as a naive 22-year-old college kid, I thought: "Cool. Now my friends can see silly, drunk pictures of me and know how I feel about the television program 'Lost.'"
June 19, 2008
Best soundtrack for breakup: Silence
Breakups in your 20s are very different from the breakups in your teens.
May 8, 2008
The Democratic Party is like my roommate
I never imagined it would come to this, but even I'm getting sick of the Democratic nomination process.
April 19, 2008
Once college is over, you can't go back
If you're in the mood for an experience that can be described as simultaneously bizarre, awkward and unbearably fun, I recommend visiting your old college town.
April 5, 2008
7 rules for a stellar bachelor party
There's a certain art to a bachelor party -- whether you're throwing one or you're just a guest.
March 13, 2008
What do men want? Video games
Women, here is why you should give up on guys: You will never make us happier than video games.