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Doing Shots
Because why not start out with a terrible pun? Today I took my first hit of the Pfizer vaccine. It was a well-run operation, I have to say. I showed up at the hospital and followed the trail of prominent “Vaccine Clinic” signs that they’d set out so that the process wouldn’t get held up by hapless... -
PieCaken
I don’t know if you’re aware of this, but the pandemic has been hard on some people. So it was that last year, my wife and I decided to do something special for Thanksgiving. The difficulty, however, lay in the fact that the reason it was hard on us in particular is that we couldn’t safely go anywh... -
Up All Night
Gilbert Gottfried died this month. I’ve never been the type of person to dwell on celebrity deaths–sure, it’s sad, but it’s still the death of someone I don’t know, and people I don’t know die every day. -
The Chronicles of Boy Cat
They say that owning a cat can make you live longer. And in light of the number of cats we have, my wife and I are going to live a long, long time. Our most recent addition goes by the name of Boy Cat. -
On Dinosaurs, Carnivorous Plants, and Fighting Nerds
I was recently invited to attend the Celebrate the Life Ahead gala, a fundraiser for refugee resettlement that included a silent auction component. Naturally, I opted to participate in the same manner that I do all of my socialization: at home, from behind my computer. -
Postpartum is Such Sweet Sorrow
My wife recently decided she was tired of being pregnant, and subsequently insisted upon giving birth. Unfortunately, as our son’s supposed “due date” came and went, she became increasingly eager to get the child out of her. She tried all of the standard tricks: getting trapped in an elevator, havi... -
My Pet Baby
So my son has recently turned three months old (and, coincidentally, this is my third post about parenthood, which I think officially makes this a mommy blog). At the moment, we’re still in the middle of what I refer to as the “My Pet Baby” phase. -
The Chronicles of Oreo and Jake
OREO… Oreo found her way to my wife while she was still in college, after bouncing around between homes that had cast her out because she wasn’t litterbox-trained. The truth, as it turned out, was that she was perfectly litterbox-trained, it was just sometimes hard to tell, owing to her chronic, ... -
Coming Home
Recently, our apartment complex was acquired by another company, and in celebration, they decided to renovate everything. Oddly, this even included apartments that were still occupied, as opposed to the usual strategy of landlords everywhere, which is to wait until you move out, and then make the ap... -
Siiiick
Despite the infrequency with which I post new blogs–and I’ll be the first to admit that I’m a terrible person who misses every writing deadline that he sets –it’s not often that it takes nearly half a year to write a single post that I’ve already started.