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  • mayor roundtable
    Features

    My City’s Mayoral Race Roundtable Was Delightfully Insane

    February 25, 2025 /

    5 candidates. 1 big surprise. My first effort at getting involved in local politics. Because big change starts small.

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    A cat with a people name

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024
    A happy dad grilling meat on Father's Day

    The Four Types of Dads

    June 14, 2024
    paris 2024 Olympic mascot

    Holy Sh!t, Those Waves are Huge!

    July 30, 2024
  • sports reporter
    Features

    Sports Reporters Can Help Save this Country

    February 11, 2025 /

    They could be key in helping apathetic and poorly informed Americans wake the fuck up

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    squatter in house for sale

    An Open Letter to the Meth Head Squatting in my Grandma’s House

    November 12, 2024
    grandma the catfish

    My Grandma, The Catfish

    September 10, 2024
    ghost stroller

    The Ghost Stroller

    October 22, 2024
  • save democracy
    Features

    How to Save Democracy, According to Top U.S. Law Professors

    January 22, 2025 / No Comments

    5 ideas to help us feel ever-so-slightly less fugged

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    Hamilton the musical

    Explaining Hamilton in Real Time to a 1st Grader

    October 8, 2024
    america cat

    The New American Dictionary Adds 11 Words for 2025

    February 18, 2025
    ageism sexism hot couple

    The Hot One

    May 28, 2024
  • ghost stroller
    Features

    The Ghost Stroller

    October 22, 2024 / No Comments

    An unimaginable (entirely imagined) tragedy, in 3 parts

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    Happy in-between Birthday to me

    In-Between Birthdays are Weird

    July 23, 2024
    dog freaking out

    15 Things to Do Instead of Freaking Out

    November 5, 2024
    a child yells shit

    Reasons My 5 yo Failed Her No “Shit” Chart

    July 16, 2024
  • grandma the catfish
    Features

    My Grandma, The Catfish

    September 10, 2024 / No Comments

    A farewell to the coolest woman on the planet.

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    first sleepover

    Feedback From my Kid’s First Sleepover

    October 1, 2024
    girlboss

    Girlboss

    August 6, 2024
    hummer ev

    Hello, it is I, the Owner of This Giant Electric SUV! 

    October 15, 2024
  • backpack runner
    Features

    The Strange, Mysterious Life of Backpackman

    August 27, 2024 / No Comments

    The runner was a staple on the Santa Monica Strand. Then he showed up somewhere else far away, sans signature accessory. I had to know why.

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    ghost stroller

    The Ghost Stroller

    October 22, 2024
    dog freaking out

    15 Things to Do Instead of Freaking Out

    November 5, 2024
    millennial and a kid

    When I Was Your Age, From a Millennial to a Kid in 2026

    February 4, 2025
  • girlboss
    Features

    Girlboss

    August 6, 2024 / No Comments

    A modern tale of female (dis)empowerment

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    USA University

    To the Class of 2025, from Me, The President of This Great American University

    April 15, 2025
    ageism sexism hot couple

    The Hot One

    May 28, 2024
    dog freaking out

    15 Things to Do Instead of Freaking Out

    November 5, 2024
  • A cat with a people name
    Features

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024 / No Comments

    Jane or Garth would do. Grandma, Pop Pop or Uncle Tim, too. Mr. McFlufferpants, not so much.

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    married name

    I Did Not Take My Husband’s Name

    November 19, 2024
    a vanity plate or personalized license plate that says SE6YBOY

    Vanity Schmanity Plates

    May 27, 2024
    america cat

    The New American Dictionary Adds 11 Words for 2025

    February 18, 2025
  • a dead crow decoy hangs in a back yard
    Features

    My Neighbor’s Dead Crow

    June 11, 2024 / No Comments

    Is he trying to tell me something?

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    A cat with a people name

    The Magical Upside to Naming My Cat a People Name

    July 2, 2024
    A happy dad grilling meat on Father's Day

    The Four Types of Dads

    June 14, 2024
    millennial and a kid

    When I Was Your Age, From a Millennial to a Kid in 2026

    February 4, 2025
  • The Porsche Boxster, my inheritance
    Features

    I Still Don’t Know if I Want Pepe le Porsche

    May 29, 2024 / No Comments

    Inheriting stuff from alive people can be tricky. Especially if it's been driven off a cliff.

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    millennial and a kid

    When I Was Your Age, From a Millennial to a Kid in 2026

    February 4, 2025
    A happy dad grilling meat on Father's Day

    The Four Types of Dads

    June 14, 2024
    millennials

    The Life Story of Millennials, as Told Through Newspaper Headlines

    December 2, 2024

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