Your Intellectual Dentist

Almost Twenty

I was standing in the dormitory hall, chatting absent-mindedly with my next-door neighbor, a Chem major from a town I’d never heard of in a state I’ll probably never visit. New in town myself and on my own for the very first time, I was always a little nervous, guarded and yet simultaneously fueled by…

$FU

Not all money is equal. No, I’m not talking about denominations. A twenty is a twenty and a crisp hundred is worth no more than the digits on its…

Treasure

The small box was plain cardboard, my name and address penned in my oldest brother’s aggressively declarative style. I’ll always remember that…

Trippin’

Screaming ninety miles per hour up Interstate-5, it occurs to me that I am many kinds of dad, but Road Trip Dad is probably my favorite. To be…

Talking Points

“I think we should go,” I said. She paused visibly, head down and avoiding eye contact as is her habit when she feels disappointment…

Cold Comfort

These days, I seem to find myself searching less and less for the blaring, neon messages which carefully guided my youth. When you’re young…

Daisy’s Dirty Secret

At first glance, she really does seem to have it all. She reads, writes, and speaks well above grade level. Possessed of a maturity…

Kat. Power

[Today is my birthday and, for the past few years, cleaning has become a ritual of mine on…

I-5, The Return

Dear Los Angeles,

Thank you for treating us so well this time around. As we wend our way North through…