A few months before my wedding, my wife’s cousins arranged for a limo bus to pick 25 of us up on...
Society
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...
Entangling the Approval and the Pleasure of Your Art
In art-making, it is very important to learn to distinguish between the intrinsic pleasure of the activity and the approval, feedback and acceptance from the audience outside of ourselves.
Duck Dynasty and Dancing with the Stars
Open your beak or we are all cooked Downtown Petaluma, California. Photo by author....
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...
Why Do We Want to Act Like Trees?
Vignettes of conversations I overheard jazz musicians have when I worked as a translator at a festival. Exploring the concept of roots and an inclusive future.
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...
Don’t Die Like Colombo
Expectations from our fellow race members My wife says I talk too much about race and she...
Recent Articles
I Listened In On My Buddy’s Vasectomy
The Vasectomy Dialogues: A Vas Was Severed, But a Bond Was Created (Trigger warning: The following content references balls. And by balls, I mean testicles, gonads, testes, or more commonly known as...
Strumming my Uke for Eternal Redemption
My life harboring musical secrets Growing up, I would see my sister sing around the house and my mom fawning over how beautiful her voice was. I would try to steal some of my mom’s attention and...
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 night, you expect the kid to do it all on its own without your help. They brush their teeth, floss,...