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Jelly Sea Sting
July 16, 2023
Growing up, I was one of those “old soul” kids. Introspective and a listener, I liked conversing with adults as much as I like running around with kids my own age. An old soul child is a gift to a parent, as I required little parenting, and even helped parent my siblings and reprimanded them
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Patronage Plea
July 9, 2023
Okay, okay, okay… so let’s start with some COOL news. And then I’ll get into why my life is a complicated mess and why I need your help. Pretty soon, I’m going to annoy the shit out of everyone on social media promoting my first comedy special taping/album. I’m super stoked to announce I will
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Toast Tips
July 8, 2023
Whether it’s a wedding toast or a speech at a retirement or something, most people are pretty awful at public speaking. Don’t feel bad. It’s hard. And if it’s not something you practice, it’s unlikely you’ll be that good at it even if you have some natural charisma. As a professional writer and public speaker,
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Turn A Light On
June 26, 2023
There are some things I’ve been blessed with. Brains. Boobs. A hilarious sense of humor. A good family. Generally being born American. But no one is without their curses. My most annoying curse is allergies, which has hindered my quality of life since I was a child. It’s manageable, of course, and not the worst
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Boys Don’t Cry
June 25, 2023
Some decades ago, before kids, my mom and her sister, my Aunt Karen, went to see The Cure in New York City. As they stood on line, the band walked by and was trying to enter the side stage door where they were stopped and asked for their backstage passes. “We’re the bloody band, man,”
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Mockingbird vs Mockingbird
June 18, 2023
It was supposed to be an ordinary milk run on an ordinary day. I had just left my apartment around noon to go around the corner to get my dairy creamer. I threw on a shirt (when you work from and live alone, you seldom wear a shirt) and headed out the door. Just a
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Like Smoke
June 9, 2023
Some years ago, I was doing a comedy show and there was a fundraiser for local firefighters. Firefighter fundraisers, to be honest, can be really hit or miss. Sometimes they are great and really on board with whatever borderline offensive jokes you tell. Other times they can be rowdy, fueled by alcohol, with a sort
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Penniless. Nameless. Alone.
June 5, 2023
The notion that we don’t die alone is romantic and rather… false. Though not easy for most to accept. Sure, it would be ideal to die old and painless, holding the hand of someone who loves us, but even in such a scenario, you die alone and go into that big sleep, white light, new
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Cut You Open
May 25, 2023
My good friend, Dani, is an inspiration for more ways than one. She’s a total badass. A justice warrior and captain. Cancer survivor. World traveler. Even though we actually grew up in the same town, we didn’t know each other growing up as she graduated high school before me. We met, originally, some years ago
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Arms Reaching Out For Mom
May 19, 2023
Men are intrinsically not great with new born babies. For the most part. Because they know. The baby wants the mother. And that initial barrier, I think, makes men nervous near babies. It’s not that they don’t like them. It’s that they are worried the baby will cry. And want to be held by a
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