Birdpup the Murder Spaniel Rolls a Natural 20
She didn’t just get the earring and pull it out of my ear. She pulled the wire through my ear.
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What I Believe, Part I: How I Got Here
At every turn, new and challenging ideas confronted me, and I argued with every single one of them.
Read moreUnemployable: My Final Résumé
I feel like I’ve earned the right to say a few words on my way out the door.
Read moreDungeons and Dragons Alignments: A Modern Interpretation
Law and Chaos are partisan. Good and Evil are about empathy.
Read moreEpistle to the Exiles
…the path is narrow, the lights dim, and the voices of those walking it are subdued.
Read moreDía de los Muertos, Día de los Vivos
I reflect periodically on the fact that if my sister hadn’t contracted a rare, brutal cancer, I almost certainly wouldn’t be here.
Read moreMy New Year’s Resolution (It Isn’t What You Think)
No more stories about how horrible a pol or billionaire is.
Read moreMy Fuzzy Life
I sometimes have almost no idea what the heck is going on.
Read moreBlack Friday Memo: Unthankful
Most of my friends are a thousand miles away.
Read moreMy Greatest D&D Moment
“Roll,” Charlie said. “You want high numbers.”
Read moreResting Bitch Face
Let’s begin with an unhappy admission: I am not a pretty man.
Read moreThe Marshall Fire: Driving Around the Map
The Marshall fire hit close to home.
Read more19th Century Day
I was born 22,314 days ago. 22,314 days before that it was still the 19th century.
Read moreWhat Would Grandmother’s Job Be?
What would my grandmother’s career have been if she’d had the educational opportunities I did.
Read moreAncestry DNA Results and My Mystery Grandmother
Fascinating. To me, anyway… I just got the results back on my Ancestry DNA test.* I suppose mine are like everybody’s: they confirmed a lot of what I already knew and also threw a couple little curves at me. A slight preface: My family has always been working folks and while official records exist, our oral history was longer on
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