I recently had the delight of dinner with my father, brother and nephew, we went to a very dive-y little place that served the best chicken fried chicken I’ve had as an adult. I’m only telling you this because I know my brother doesn’t read this and I’ll be damned if he finds out that … Continue reading Never Play Second Fiddle: a Guide to Living a Music Based Life
Heartbreak Renewed: Dealing with the an Ex Moving On
Since the advent of the social media, our lord and savior, we’ve had the joy of keeping track of everything from the comfort of our asses. We no longer need high school reunions to find out who has done who and how the ambitious of the teenaged set have faired as adults. We’ve used to … Continue reading Heartbreak Renewed: Dealing with the an Ex Moving On
Am I Queer? and Other Questions Answered by Joining a New Gym
There is a man in my life who I fairly regularly upset by suggesting that I frequently fantasize about him in the throws of a homosexual romp. His harrumph is adorable. And I always “win” the conversation by telling him it’s not that I think he’s gay, but he should try dick sometime because I … Continue reading Am I Queer? and Other Questions Answered by Joining a New Gym
An Apology
I feel like I need to apologize for my last post, the tone was off, I was drinking heavily to ignore the fact that being 32 has taken me to invisible enough at bar that only the hefty lady bartenders notice me. It's ok, she made a really good drink with duck fat and rye … Continue reading An Apology
Solo Travel for the Anxiety Ridden Human
So you planned a trip with your handy-dandy travel buddy. It's going to be fucking phenomenal. It's booked. It's paid for. It's kind of planned. Then your travel buddy is rude enough to have a family emergency/die/breakup with you. You could be fucked. Or you could grab your balls, pull up your big-girl panties, or … Continue reading Solo Travel for the Anxiety Ridden Human
Big Girls Don’t Cry
I'm jump starting 2019 by taking a month or two to focus on eating the way my body needs me to. It's a diet, and also not a diet, I don't count calories, I don't worry about serving sizes, I don't obsessively fast, though I have been known to occasionally fast out of sheer laziness. … Continue reading Big Girls Don’t Cry
On Condoms
Dating can be rough, you have to worry about married men*, date rape (do they call it that these days? I'm getting old and am not keeping up with the terminology), and murder, successful or otherwise. There are also general freaks and weirdos to watch out for. Once you meet a nice person who buys … Continue reading On Condoms
Happy New Year and Such
Today is the first day of the year 2019 in the common era. Every human in existence is wiped clean of the bull shit that they did, or didn't do, in the past year or years. We must all take a moment and reflect on the things we have failed to do in order to … Continue reading Happy New Year and Such
On Fatherhood
As it always does, the holidays has led to much rejoicing and the announcement of impending offspring. Its amazing that birth control failure is so rampant at Thanksgiving (I'm not a scientist so that'll have to be a study conducted by someone with a PhD or an MD). But it is, and lucky me, a … Continue reading On Fatherhood
Family Friendly Holiday Conversation Starters for Every Uncle is a Drunk Uncle
Politics have always been a touchy subject when large groups gather, your family at Christmas is no different. You are either trying to mediate your aunts Marge and Martha as dredge up shit from high school to use as ammo as to why the one or the other is super fucking wrong for not donating … Continue reading Family Friendly Holiday Conversation Starters for Every Uncle is a Drunk Uncle
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