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He's so wet, so weak, so powerless--he's a bachelor in distress.
And if his damsel won't save him, he'll just die in this shower, I guess...

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'Tis a tragedy! 'Tis a mystery! My cheese has gone missing in the middle of the night!
Show yourself, fiend--dare you step into the light...

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Six years and 340 posts in, and still no book deals-ies?
Sweet White Jesus, this is getting old pretty quick for reals-ies...

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This is the story of two brothers, one a hero, one forgotten to time.
A tale telling that it really matters how you get to that finish line...
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Ya know how they say 'the squeaky wheel gets the grease'?
Um, let's just say ya funk with Dunkin, won't be no drinking yo' coffee in peace...

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Excuse me, ma'am--EXCUSE ME--Yoo-hoo! My eyes are up here.
Say, it's not polite to let yo' gaze linger so long anywhere near, uh, um, er...

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I swear, you can't leave your kid home alone for 20 minutes before things go to sh*t. So tell me, Pro Parent, how you plan to deal with it...

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I ain't green like Kermit, and I ain't orange like Ernie nor yellow like his rubber ducky.
Why, ain't no reason why I'm so darn lucky...

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You can't always trust yo' multi-cultural money-making schemes to go as planned.
Fear not tho! Your wife's street cred can lend you a hand...

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So you think you've gotten away with pulling off the ultimate dad joke?
But it turns out that is too soon that you have spoke...
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"Son, you really gotta stop rubbing-your-dub."
Welp. This was going to be awkward...

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The problem with not knowing the truth is that your imagination might run wild.
You know, like "Girls Gone Wild" wild ...

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If you love her, you'll give her whatever she needs.
Even if that "whatever" involves 8 gallons of oil...

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On that day, there was terror in the air.
And every single passenger on that plane knew that it was coming from back there...

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When she said "Farmboy, fetch me the finest seats in the house," you know what he said?
"As you wish..."

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The teacher smiled an evil smile as her devious plan came together.
But when that plan done blew up in her face? That was oh so much better...

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In some cultures, a boy’s twelfth birthday is a very important rite of passage in his life. In Judaism this is marked with a Bar Mitzvah, in which, in the eyes of his society, he has officially become a man. Although I wasn’t brought up in the Hebrew tradition, I was still pretty excited for […]

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Say, do you remember those barnyard sounds toys from our childhood? The kind that had a giant plastic arrow that would spin around when you pulled the lever, and then for whatever it would land on, it would kindly inform you what sound that animal made. For example, “The cow says: ‘Mooo’!” Well, I have […]

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Look, don't judge me for honoring a homeless guy's request.
Oh, but you'll never guess which of his weird-ass requests I'm talking about...

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Everybody needs at least one constant truth in their life to keep them sane. For me, that one truth was that I could always count on olives to be intolerably nasty. I knew from an early age that olives and I weren’t going to get along. For example, when I was 9 I had gone […]
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As I write this very topical post, we are at the front end of these uncertain times brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. No doubt, some out there probably can’t help but wonder if we’re living out the Book of Revelations in real time. I can’t say that thought hasn’t crossed my mind once or […]

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It's kinda like a 'Rags to Riches' story.
Except by the end, I barely got to keep my polyester britches...

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While I grew up with a hard-to-explain-but-generally-greater-than-ten number of siblings, “J”, the brother closest to me in age by a long shot, was by far the most influential. Of course, it was a whole mixed bag of “influential,” and a Dear Reader might be inclined to think it might be heavy on the side of […]

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Wait, it's not supposed to be a competition? Sh*t. NOW you tell me...

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Thinking of helping ol' Dim-Witted Daryl fudge on his geography test? Don't be such a dumbass!
Don't forget: he's also really bad at math...

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...but no matter how many wheels I re-invent, guess what? If it doesn't put food on the table for my kids, a roof over my wife's head, and a handgun in the Bible case of my beloved mother, than what in hot Hades have I been good for?

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That sweettooth of yours already got you in trouble once, kid.
But just you wait until Dad discovers the second half of the damage you did...

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First, for funsies (and titular context): When I normally say to my fans, “Here’s something from the vault,” what I usually mean is: Probabilistically speaking, here is one of my more mildly interesting blog posts that you probably haven’t read. What? Oh, no I’m not being lazy. I could have written entirely fresh content. I […]

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What do you do with your life when Plans A-F fail? Why, you move on Plans G-H-O-S-T, of course!

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Attention, all you agriculturally ignorant city-slickers out there!
This one's for you...
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