After a quick, yet somehow exhausting, review of the online stores for the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls, I’m calling a winner. Two winners, actually – it’s a tie between Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang. Pete Buttigieg has the best palette, a bright, happy mix of yellow and orange mixed with a variety of blues, giving […]
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The Wise Children
Greta Thunberg seems to scare people. The Swedish teenager has almost single-handedly changed climate change discussions. Instead of talking about it with a sunny optimism, she talks about it like a cardiologist whose patient won’t stop eating bacon: If we don’t make a drastic change, it’s over. We’re all going to die. Doing this has […]
The Thing About (My) Parents
“The most loving parents can commit murder with smiles on their faces. They can force us to destroy the person we really are: a subtle kind of murder.” -Jim Morrison. In life, we are bestowed certain things, whether we want them or not. The first of those two are our DNA and the family we’re […]
The Mainstreaming of Trump Officials
This week the cast lineup for Dancing with the Stars was announced. Usually, a cast announcement for a reality TV show, especially one that’s been around as long as DWTS, is barely a blip in the news. However, this news caught fire all over my Twitter feed when it was announced that one of the […]
The Thing About (My) Depression
“When the flood water comes it ain’t gonna be clear, it’s gonna look like mud.” — The Front Bottoms, Twin Size Mattress I don’t know how it is for others. With me, it comes and goes, but when it comes, it does look like mud. Actually, it looks more like quicksand. Or rather a liquid […]
The Thing About Pets
“Gestures are all that I have.” — Enzo, The Art of Racing in the Rain Other than my wife, the person who knows me best is not a person at all. She can breathe, but she can’t speak. She can’t read or write. Can’t run a remote. Can’t drive. Can’t offer advice. Still, she’s one […]
