Category Archives: Writing

McSweeney’s Top 20 of 2020

I am honored and thrilled to have the second-most read piece up on McSweeney’s this past year. I’m still gathering my thoughts on this, and for now, am enjoying all the emotions.

You can see the entire list here. It’s quite the time capsule for the year and, as always, a delight.

Ducking Flying Dookie – September 2020 Month in Review

Where have I been all month? I have to look back at calendars and charts to double-check that time has passed, that I’ve grown older, the moon has waxed and waned and I have along with it.

My goal this last month was simply to write. I came here to blog a little more than usual. I am wary of committing to continuing that; whenever I do the proverbial shit flings itself onto the proverbial fan. Maybe ducking flying dookie is just how it’s going to be for a while.

Why no, I don’t write Successories posters. Why do you ask?

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Sweet! You’ve Got Mail

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I was forbidden from watching television after school before my parents came home. My only choices were doing homework or doing chores. This meant scrubbing toilets to avoid solving geometric proofs, and vice versa.

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