I’ve always enjoyed Anne Lamott—ever since that summer day when I discovered her in a tiny, gay bookstore in Cape May, New Jersey, and then sat in the park, on a bench, and read these little stories, and laughed and cried and wondered at life, while waiting for my girlfriend…
What’s The Frequency Kenneth?
The late, great Louis CK (he’s not dead yet, but I don’t know if we’re allowed to talk about him yet after he admitted to masturbating in front of people that were apparently not into this social abnormality). Anyway, Louis had this bit about how unappreciative we are concerning how…
The Prince’s Bad Day
The great thing about the English language is its ability to adapt and evolve over time, incorporating all manner of words and phrases, whether invented or borrowed, and even changing definitions, spelling, uses, and meaning over time to fit the culture. People get upset by this, but that’s the entire…
You Can Call Me Al
It’s time to stop pretending like the person married to the President of the United States is a de facto housewife in charge of place settings, guest lists, and curtains, or a woman of leisure in need of a hobby. Let’s do it while the President’s spouse is still a…
The Idea Of Things
What do we do when we lose interest in the thrill of tomorrow? When we can’t think of anything else to do to keep ourselves from going mad? Some people live for tomorrow. Their happiness is almost entirely wrapped up in what promise the future holds. Others are content to…
I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Culture War
As America remains hopelessly polarized in its endless culture war, it has become abundantly clear that there is little personal advantage in taking sides, as there is nothing to win here. There was a time when mankind believed wars could be won. Two armies would meet on a battlefield, and…
Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
There is a downside to allowing your world to grow small, but it’s not what you think it is. You can maintain a limited existence even while searching far and wide. You can explore the world while living inside a prison cell that measures eight inches across from ear to…
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love And Understanding?
When we are young, we look forward to holidays with unbridled excitement because they are so full of possibility. But as we age, we turn our attention to the past, to memories of a life already spent. We wax poetic about ancient meals, and conversations with people no longer living.…
Magical Thinking In America: Taco Trucks, Drag Queens, Baseball And Love
An experimental exercise in ideas and language. When you buy a ticket to the circus, you expect to see some crazy shit, but what you don’t expect is for the circus to burst into your living room and start getting it on right in front of you. There is nothing…
My Fighting Weight In Scarves
I don’t know if I’ll ever get back to a point where I think I look better unclothed than I do clothed. For all intents and purposes that ship has sailed and probably didn’t set off anytime recently either. It was probably somewhere around my mid-twenties and even then I…