Annie Andersen thought that she was pretty bad, but when she was cast in the Oxygen Network's hit reality television series Bad Girls Club, she realized that there's bad --- and then there's really bad.

Do you believe that some cosmic force holds us accountable for all of our past behavior? That if we’re good, we’ll be rewarded, and if we’re bad, we’ll be punished? “Mistakes Were Made” storyteller Cookie DuBois’s story, “Space Dracula,” made us wonder whether her trajectory was some sort of example of a person having to pay off some debt to the Universe before they could be happy.

Do you believe that some cosmic force holds us accountable for all of our past behavior? That if we’re good, we’ll be rewarded, and if we’re bad, we’ll be punished? “Mistakes Were Made” storyteller Cookie DuBois’s story, “Space Dracula,” made us wonder whether her trajectory was some sort of example of a person having to pay off some debt to the Universe before they could be happy.

John Durbin's story, “From the Ground Up,” involves the highest of stakes. His story was recorded at our September 2014 live storytelling event, “All Y'all: Under the Influence.” It's a tale of overcoming not only drug addiction but also the cumulative weight of one's mistake-ridden past.

John Durbin's story, “From the Ground Up,” involves the highest of stakes. His story was recorded at our September 2014 live storytelling event, “All Y'all: Under the Influence.” It's a tale of overcoming not only drug addiction but also the cumulative weight of one's mistake-ridden past.

Chuck Smith has been waging an epic battle to become “squirrel-free.” Any southerner knows that squirrels and similar rodents can be a plague upon an idyllic yard as they jostle from limb to limb in trees. We recently visited Chuck for a cup of joe at Rhino Coffee and to hear a little bit about the history of the 100-some-odd squirrels he’s captured and relocated “far away enough that a squirrel would really need to be determined to come back.”

Chuck Smith has been waging an epic battle to become “squirrel-free.” Any southerner knows that squirrels and similar rodents can be a plague upon an idyllic yard as they jostle from limb to limb in trees. We recently visited Chuck for a cup of joe at Rhino Coffee and to hear a little bit about the history of the 100-some-odd squirrels he’s captured and relocated “far away enough that a squirrel would really need to be determined to come back.”

Randall's story, which we've dubbed "The Articulated Dream," unfolds in his sexy Texas drawl, explaining he and Molly's decision to uproot themselves from Austin, Tx., and "start anew" in Shreveport, La.

Randall's story, which we've dubbed "The Articulated Dream," unfolds in his sexy Texas drawl, explaining he and Molly's decision to uproot themselves from Austin, Tx., and "start anew" in Shreveport, La.

What if you met a beautiful person at a party, swept them off of their feet and the two of you eloped to a remote city in Mexico with 121 churches and wild packs of chihuahuas roaming the streets? "New 'Round Here" storyteller Limbert Fabian and his wife Marta ran away to Mexico to get married, climb pyramids and eat yogurth.