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I Listened In On My Buddy’s Vasectomy
The Vasectomy Dialogues: A Vas Was Severed, But a Bond Was Created (Trigger warning: The following...
Asian Symbolism for Inefficient Parenting
Two bunnies, a stork, and the moon You show your kid how to do an entire night routine; the next...
Stealing From Our Cousins to Teach Them a Lesson
My sister’s unlikely, bumpy road to Mama Bear I learned from Instagram that my niece and nephew...
Beautiful Sunsets in Smog-Filled Cities
Dropping the dreams of rural retirement San Francisco, CA. Photos by author. There is no more...
The Scariest, Most Turbulent Flight I’ve Ever Been On
The Pandemic and the fleeting popularity of compassion Before the second peak of the pandemic, I...
Obscure Names for Hating Others and Their Languages
Yo compro pan francés and other lingo-curiosities Part 1 Xenoglossophobia is the fear of learning...
My Mother-in-Law Asked Me to Kevorkian Her
Adult Diapering My Fear of Death “Just fucking shoot me.” My mother-in-law has asked me several...
My first job and misdemeanor in the US — I Think
I was loving it. Do you want fries with that? I always tell people my first job in the United...
Heavy Whispering My Sins to the Man in Women’s Robe
The Parable of the Red Snapper Who Ate My Faith After our 10th-grade Philosophy teacher introduced...
Looking At Other Men’s Bananas
Why do men love to wear torn underwear? “You look like a little boy” are not the words you hope...
Beheadings, Plums, and the Spring I Flirted With Madness
A domestic mystery in my wine-country backyard When you are having kids, people warn you you will...
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The Auschwitz Dad Primer for Parenting
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The Blue Lobster and El Grupo de Barranquilla
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