Who’d have thought naming a new baby could be so stressful?
Who’d have thought naming a new baby could be so stressful?
I was five years old the first time I had a drink.
While a snow day means you don’t have to deal with other people’s asshole kids, it means you have to deal with your own.
Everyone has a scarring family story. Mine involves my grandfather and his boat.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year for losing your mind
Being a parent is not nearly as hard as all those mommy blogs make it out to be.
I’ve never been much of a Halloween guy. It’s probably because the street I grew up on wasn’t very conducive to trick or treating. There aren’t sidewalks, and the houses are pretty far apart, so it would’ve taken four hours to get down the street on my little legs. So each year, my mom would …
There’s this game I play with my students on the first day of school, where I ask them near the end of the class to write down something they think they know about me. It’s a task I assign for several purposes, most of which are self-serving. I want to take my students’ temperature, see …
Author’s note: This is Part V of a multi-part series. For an optimal reader experience, it’s best to read Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV first. After all this talk about costume accuracy, I’m confused about the guy at the table in the corner who wears a half-assed tunic and a pair …
It started with two blue lines. Two blue lines resulting from bodily fluids reacting with a chemical strip. Melinda came into the bedroom, beaming, pushing this piss-soaked stick into my face. “Look, look,” she said. I had seen this exact scene play out in countless romantic comedies and sitcom plots over the years. It was …
I Don't Belong Here. 