Over the weekend, I attended a birthday party for Arro, my friend Reece’s oldest son. Although the celebration had a Harry Potter theme and every child was given a…
November and December
You Never Forget Your First Time
When I was younger, my family visited southern California for my uncle’s wedding. Nicely enough, the weekend of his nuptials coincided with that year’s Tournament of Roses. So…
Adventures in Food Service
My first ever job was at our local Spinner’s Pizza, a now-defunct chain of Dallas-area takeout pizzerias whose most-advertised special was the “Twin Spin.” I can remember their selling…
Kitty Bile
Back in the 1980s, our family was quite the shit — we were the first on our block to own a VCR, which we connected to our big-screen Curtis-Mathis. We supplemented…
Somnambulism and Somniloquy and Randomness, Oh My!
This morning, before heading out to the airport, I woke my wife up with a kiss and told Jenn that I loved her. Soon enough, she was giggling about something…
Continue reading Somnambulism and Somniloquy and Randomness, Oh My!
Dad 1, God Zero
For most of my elementary school years, I had to take the music class taught by Mrs. O’Neil. In a class with the same teacher year-after-year, I’m not…