Here is a story: For a few years, I was an advice columnist, in a very interesting context: I was the advice columnist on IGN.com from late 1998/early 1999 to 2001. Along with a brilliant guy named Julian Rignall and some other super smart dudes, I helped shape IGN.com into the crazy site it is today, and along the way became a bit of a personality known as Ask Leah. Yes, that’s right, I gave advice to guys aged 13 and up. Not just any guys, but videogamers. For 2 1/2 years. My job included writing a feature a week, plus answering letters in two to three smaller columns per day. For the harder stuff, like the medical questions or the really serious answers, I had a medical advisor/ghost writer (a doctor - my mom!). The columns were:

- Ask Leah
- Tough Love
- What’s Up With My Penis?

This is not a joke.