*We played hopscotch in the back corner of the drive with chalk scraped into crooked lines and numbers distributed as best we could remember them from grade school math class. My cousin, holding the sunnier disposition, commenced to hopping. I sat with palms to asphalt, leveling on eye to the ground to scrutinize our work . The … Continue reading »
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The Bachelor: What’s love got to do with it?
I could turn The Bachelor set on its head. I could stir things up and win one for the home team. Why, you ask? Because anything, anything I bring to the rented Hollywood Hills mansion would add excitement to this terribly mundane and predictable show. A gaggle of girlfriends prance about The Bachelor Pad in … Continue reading »
Two & A Half Men: A Lesson In Odor & Wrestling Things
Girls are sugar and spice and everything nice. Which, I used to think, would make boys bitter and dull and everything vicious. So when I found out I was expecting a mini-person in 2009, I could not help but picture a girl. When I closed my eyes, rubbed the hand that rolled waves from inside my … Continue reading »
Bonfires & Batteries: An Argument For Wooden Blocks
My dad tells this lovely story of his little brother’s favorite toy.They spent childhood days playing in the yard, improvising games with the local kids. For his birthday one year, my uncle begged and pleaded for just one, awesome toy: a curtain rod. No one can explain his obsession with this plain decorative object, … Continue reading »
