The extreme rollercoaster of procreation and parenting When you decide to have kids, you need to...
The State of the World is No Excuse to not Have Kids
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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...
Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
My mom’s storytelling convinced me to wear girly roller skates My mom got a pair of roller skates...
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...
We All Tell Tall Tales But…
Can you do it systematically? In high school, I would often be chosen to give speeches at special...
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...
My Wife Wants Me to Stop Lying About My Height
My childish, overactive mind stunted my development. Here is a secret. I’m not 5'9". I do tell...
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The Struggles of Teaching Your Kids a Second Language
Solving the conundrum of existence with Spanish, bad words, and Catholic guilt One of Descartes’ more important philosophical contributions was answering the quintessential question of existence or:...
Dealing With the Police and My Mom’s Lack of Patience
Pyramid-Selling Cures for Cancer and Swimming in the Shallow I felt the cold water gliding through my body as I stroked toward the open ocean from San Diego’s beach. But a sound distracted me. It...
Hey, Put That Nose Away!
Scientific Concerns About The Long-Haul Effects of Wearing a Mask During the summer of 2021, I visited my family in Dallas. You might not know this but during 2021, the world was going through a...