Parenting Advice From Pick-Up Artists — Part 1 July 4, 2021. Petaluma, CA. Photo by author. I’m a...
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Seriously Handy Handicapped
Swinging a hammer to increase my height — Part 1 I spent nearly a decade as a construction...
Begging For Free Bourbon
Having fun with writing outside of writing “Write every day, even if it’s just an email.” The...
Eating Donkey Meat and Maracuyá Juice
Risking Limb and Life to Get the Appliance Job Done At thirteen, my mom offered me as labor at my...
I Was Grounded Most of My Childhood, A Month at a Time
Flunking at being a robot in Catholic School (33/40) It all would’ve been fine if the school...
The Peter Principle and The Not Divine Parenting Comedy
The recurring incompetence of parenting at different developmental stages (32/40) Petaluma, CA....
Traveling to Show the Less Fortunate to My Daughters
Let’s go be loud over there — Part I (28/40) I work hard because I know how lucky I am to be in...
The First Man I Saw With a Tattoo or of the Ubiquitousness of Ink
Ink Like Commitments Part III (26/40) I remember the first time I saw a man with tattoos. I stood...
I Choose to Identify as This Even Though I’m Not It
Paperwork to convince myself of my ambivalence (23/40) I, for one, love that people can identify...
Meaning and Connection That Transcends Words
Touring Petaluma, Rye Whiskey, and a Photo With My Little Cousin I was still living in...
Motown, Fixing Haircuts and the Frailty of Life
Chronicles of a Difficult Haircut Part 3-Final (15/40) I was in Cotati, a town ten minutes away...
Tight Shorts and Swimming Against All Odds
Chronicles of a difficult haircut Part II (14/40) Photo by Trevor McKinnon on Unsplash “It is...
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Ketchup and Boogers for Lunch
Parenting and the ever-elusive art of non-meddling Photo by Fernando Andrade on Unsplash My wife, Justine, told me once, when our first daughter wasn’t yet potty-trained, that she didn’t know what...
I Wrote the Greatest American Novel of All Times
But I lost it to a criminal in San Diego San Diego, CA. April, 2014. Photo by author. When I first moved to San Diego, I crashed on Samu’s couch. Samu is my brother-in-law, but at that time, he was...
Monkey Butt Is a Real Condition
Sightseeing Downtown Austin on an Uncomfortable Seat Texas, Austin. April, 2024. All Photos by Author. Don't you feel like when you go to a new city but only go to the hotel from the airport and...