PinnedMember-onlyI Was Born In Odessa UkraineWe left as Jewish refugees in 1994 and live in America. This is how it feels to watch from afar as your homeland is attacked. — I was born in Odessa, Ukraine. Last week, Odessa was invaded by Russian forces. As was the rest of Ukraine. By the time of my publishing this, hundreds of Ukrainians have died. If I was still in Ukraine, I could be dead. Far more likely though, I would be alive…Ukraine11 min readUkraine11 min read
Published in Human Parts·PinnedMember-onlyWhat No One Tells You About Becoming a DadA few analogies to explain the first nine months of parenthood — I’m sitting in the backyard with four other people. Two of them are my friends, Chase and Michael. The other two are infants. Don’t worry, the babies aren’t randos — we know these lil idiots. Chase has a one-year-old and I have a nine-month-old. They are our children, and we…Fatherhood8 min readFatherhood8 min read
PinnedMember-onlyParenting While SelfishThe night George Saunders Ruined My Life Lauren and I are in bed and we’re reading out loud to one another, a rare treat for us these days as The Parents of a One Year Old. We are reading Congratulations By The Way, a short George Saunders essay based on…Fatherhood13 min readFatherhood13 min read
Jul 21Member-onlyWhat’s the best job you ever had? Let’s discuss.I’ll go first. From my first job as a bagger at Shaws Supermarket in suburban Massachusetts to my second job as a cashier at Shaws supermarket in suburban Massachusetts all the way to my current multihyphenate work writing-acting-flailingaround, I’ve had a whole lot of jobs. But my favorite isn’t even close — it…Work6 min readWork6 min read
Published in Human Parts·Jul 20Member-onlyWhy Parenting Is Like an Escape Room You Can Never EscapeGreat for team-building! — You jolt awake in a groggy haze. It is dark and a baby is crying. It is 3:43 a.m. and your baby is crying and crying and CRYING. You’re up and you’re confused — didn’t you just do this? Doesn’t matter ’cause it started again. …Parenting12 min readParenting12 min read
Jul 14Member-onlyA 5th grade essay about how I met my wifeAlex and Lauren, sitting in a tree — Hello all the new subscribers this is a doozy of a first one to get but hey, time flies when you’re having gum. First some background: A week ago I did a poll asking what you fine readers would like me to write an essay on in the style of…Love16 min readLove16 min read
Jul 11Member-onlyHow I found freedom from hellsite addictionaddicted no more am I (also speak in yoda do I now) I love tortilla chips. If they’re around, I will eat them until they’re gone. This is most notably a problem at Mexican restaurants where they — and I don’t think this should be legal btw — provide you…Productivity7 min readProductivity7 min read
Jul 8Member-onlywill I be lying on my deathbed wondering how well my ‘about to die lol’ tweet is doing?Linking Out Loud #26 — Welcome to the first edition of Linking Out Loud!! Yes it’s #26 — who said anything about the first edition needing to be #1? That’s numberist. A quick rant + a whole lot of recommendations that follow (that’s the linking out loud part duh)!!! …Advice5 min readAdvice5 min read
Jul 7Member-onlyR.L. Stine wrecked me on TwitterReader beware, you are in for a scare — Reader beware, it’s time for a share. There was nothing particularly spooky about May 30th, 2022. Yet another humdrum day of the late stage pandemic inside of our late stage planet being destroyed by late stage capitalism. Who knew that at 736pm PST I would be roasted by undisputed king…Books7 min readBooks7 min read
Jun 29Member-onlyDoing Crimes with My Dada true story — Last month I flew to Rhode Island with Lauren and baby Wilder for for lil dude’s first visit to stay with my parents / his grandparents and meet my grandmother / his greatgrandmother, a spry 89 year old sudoku addict named Nona. As we eat my mom’s world famous omelet…Fatherhood11 min readFatherhood11 min read
