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My eldest daughter is 8 today. I still have a hard time saying
My eldest daughter is 8 today. I still have a hard time saying eldest. Sometimes I have a hard time saying daughter. She is smart, dramatic, artisti...

I look forward to that late-winter/not-quite-spring midwestern
I look forward to that late-winter/not-quite-spring midwestern day, where the temperature should be barely above freezing but skyrockets suddenly twen...

The mind is an amazing and sometimes troubling, awful, distubring
The mind is an amazing and sometimes troubling, awful, distubring thing. I was walking to work today and for reasons I cant possibly explain and trigg...

Sometimes you get on such a roll as you write, and thousands of
Sometimes you get on such a roll as you write, and thousands of words hit the page or screen before you even know it, just a fantastic, exhilarating, ...

I’ve been a knucklehead all of my life. And not just an ordinary
I’ve been a knucklehead all of my life. And not just an ordinary one, but with Olympic knuckleheading skills. Gold medal stuff, really. Case in po...

I had a referendum on whether or not to get out of bed and go to
I had a referendum on whether or not to get out of bed and go to work today. The voter turnout was 100%, but it was deadlocked 50/50. So I compromised...

The other day it was raining and I had no umbrella. I have been an
The other day it was raining and I had no umbrella. I have been an idiot for a long time, and umbrella-less for a long time. This is not a coincidence...