I Don't Belong Here.

a humor blog from the trenches of suburbia.

My opinion on bringing your pets in public is pretty well known. When I grew up, I loved having dogs. I played with them, cuddled them, fed them, and picked up their shit in the backyard. But the thought of bringing one of my Yellow Labs to a public place and having them sit at …

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Holy crap, this is my 30th post. Since November, I’ve birthed 62,300 words out into the great abyss of the internet. That’s a couple fewer words than The Sun Also Rises; 16k more than ol’ Scotty wrote in The Great Gatsby. While it would be the humble thing to say I write for myself, that …

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ADDENDUM: A day after publishing this story, I was contacted by a commander of the Fairfax County Police Department. The friendly commander, it seems, received a call from a concerned citizen regarding the alleged animal abuse mentioned in my story and was duty-bound to investigate. So, in the interest of quelling all concern, I’m happy …

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