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Family Vacation Comes RippingNow, firmly in my forties, my wife and I tend to take two types of vacations: beach, or site-seeing, as we call them. “Where do you want to…May 21, 2024May 21, 2024
Thor’s COVID GuacamoleOnce upon a stretch of time, in the two thousand teens, myself, my wife, and two of our closest friends decided while hanging out one…May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
Drenched in Bodily Fluids — How I Spent New Year’s Eve 1999“Ten, nine, eight, seven…,” the amassed crowd counted down. It was New Year’s Eve, nineteen hundred and ninety nine, we were covered in…Apr 22, 2024Apr 22, 2024
My Bad Religion Shirt Isn’t an Invitation to Tell Me About JesusThroughout my life I’ve had dozens of people threaten to “pray for me.” Being a life-ling Atheist (for lack of a better term, a designation…Apr 11, 2024Apr 11, 2024
A Phantom Menace Looks at 25Because, in the year two thousand and twenty four, you can’t so much as casually glance at any social media app without aggressively being…Mar 19, 2024Mar 19, 2024
My First Punk Rock Concert — Board as Usual ‘96There are certain moments in life that you never forget. The obvious choices are your first kiss, the first time you had, likely, awkward…Feb 19, 2024Feb 19, 2024
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