August 2013

The Top 10 List
In junior high, most of the kids made Top 10 lists ranking the girls or boys they liked in our…
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Back to School
Today was my first day being a single dad on a school-day morning. This meant dressing my five-year-old son a…
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Technical Difficulties
I spilled beer on my computer keyboard and broke it. It got drunk. It passed out. And then died of…
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“Be Still and Know that I am God”
God talks to me. Not from a burning bush. Not from the heavens above. Not in my dreams. Not through…
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An Open Letter to Shitty Husbands, Vol. 3
I met a shitty husband last night. And I liked him. First impressions go a long way with me. And…
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New Thought: I Don’t Know The Secret
I read The Secret. I still don’t know it. I also read Wallace Wattles’ The Science of Getting Rich. And…
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The Final Wedding Anniversary
Don’t roll your eyes. I’m not gonna do what everyone thinks I’m gonna do. Today does feel heavy, though. And…
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Two Poles in the Pond
My neighbor Ryan is going to be so disappointed in me. I changed my mind and canceled my online dating…
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Bad Luck Brian is My Neighbor
Well, shit. I thought I had the market cornered on misfortune. And it turns out I’m not even the unluckiest…
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“Do you want to have more kids?”
Someone just asked me that. And I didn’t have an answer. But it feels like the kind of question worth…
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