During the pandemic, I flew back to the Bay Area, and I sat next to a woman with a terrible and...
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Bathrooms for All… Except for Babies
In California, we have bathrooms designed to help people with physical disabilities. It is weird...
The Upper-Cut of Hate
My wife and I were one of those freaks that use to go Disney without kids. One time we were...
That Night Before St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Petaluma
A few months before my wedding, my wife’s cousins arranged for a limo bus to pick 25 of us up on...
Swinging Golf Clubs to Kill Pigs
"Don't teach your daughter how to golf. Teach her how to drive a cart and mix cocktails." "Wow," I...
Parenting Advice From Pick-Up Artists
I’m a clingy father. I feel it every day. I see my daughter and my heart quickly fills with love....
Nietzsche On Love and Leadership
I extend my arm towards my wife, give her a thumbs-up, and tell her, “I married well!” She hates...
Under the Shade of Coconut Trees
Reminiscing on roots and drinking coconut water in Colombia. Roots, memories, personal essays.
Peanut Butter Breath
What did you just eat? Is that peanut butter in your breath? My wife asked me clearly annoyed at...
Toilet Seat Politics
My wife gets upset when I miss the toilet. She doesn’t understand is not like I have a sniper...
Art That Lives Beyond the Page
Calling all storytellers, comedians, and solo-performers My buddy and novelist Kyle Rutkin is...
The Rebel Forgotten in my Garage
On the hunt for fleeting emotions I started working in my garage a couple of weekends ago. I...
Recent Articles
Spanking The Elderly Into Better Behavior
Corporal abuse as a universal and compassionate law Photo by Daniel K Cheung on Unsplash It is not often, but every now and then, I’ll find myself in a conversation about how corporal punishment is...
I Chemically Straightened My Hair Because My Family Was Ashamed
Parenting and the illusion of reprieve Petaluma, CA. May, 2021. Photo by author. “Scientifically handsome” is what most anthropologists might call me. I am not vain because there is no need to be...
That’s My Daughter’s Leg in the Water
The underwater summersaults of parenting Sharing a coconut with my daughter at the Kukui Ula farmer’s market. Poipu, Kauai. I was genuinely grateful I still had time to hit the brakes and not run...