I wanted to have Mouse’s school buds, the ones who came to her paint-yer-own-pottery party two weeks ago, over to the house for an end of school par-tay, a brief frolic in the meadow, er, backyard, to pick up their finished gnomes and glazed dragons, and to say fare-thee-well to […]
Nothing brings about more joy and fear in me as a father than being around children who are not my own; whether it’s the 3rd grader who boastfully packs a switchblade in his backpack or the 10-year-old girl twerking to Rihanna at the playground, signs of premature adulthood are everywhere. […]
Aside from a complete disdain for egg slicers and the sheer inability to drink milk out of clear plastic cups, I’ve got no issues. None. I religiously listen to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, so I hear a parade of folks talk to the comedian each week and every one of […]
The Man in the Moon by William Joyce The Man in the Moon is a lovingly told, fantasy thrill ride through the creation of beloved fictional childhood luminaries Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Sandman and more, plus a curious explanation of how the Earth’s moon came to light up our night […]
“It’s not that I want back all my innocence, just the joy of losing it again” – Dawes “Strangers Getting Stranger” An entire generation – maybe our nation even – lost its innocence at the hands of the Manson Family murders and the Kent State shootings. Baseball’s was stripped away […]
