Now we just have to get his car out of impound in L.A. — I have a tattoo on my arm that says, “I told Blake.” It is a not-so-subtle way to say to my son, “I told you so,” 24/7, without having to actually say it. I don’t get to say it out loud to him often, now that he’s 6'5" with long…

Let’s reframe that, shall we — I recently watched the remake of Princess Bride, done during the pandemic by famous actors from their homes. It’s on Disney+, and it’s a must-see for fans of Princess Bride. My sister and son can quote entire monologues and dialogs from the original, including our favorite, “You keep using that…

Your mileage may vary — One of the biggest hurdles for female sexual equality has been the ongoing notion that the number of partners a woman has had makes her somehow a whore or slut, whereas the number of sexual partners a man has had makes him a stud. …

You can lead a Chancellor to the wokeness fountain, but you can’t make him drink — It was a normal day on a college campus somewhere in the United States. Frisbee playing, weed smoking, professors professing, administrators administrating. A call comes to the Chancellor’s office about a man attempting to enter through the locked side door. Everyone goes on high alert. …

Or the day the David Perlmutter highlights died: end times — It was a highlighting emergency. As in there were no Perlmutter highlights. “So what,” you ask, “He’s never highlighted me either.” No, no, no. You don’t understand. I was one of the cool kids. I was part of the early Perlmuttered tribe. …

Develop tools ahead of the dips to effectively battle depression — It sounds too easy, right? Plus, if you suffer from depression and depressive episodes, you know the last thing you feel like doing during a dip is being grateful. The emotions that accompany gratitude are even harder to access while in the depths of depression. However, gratitude is more than…

And why on earth am I going there — My trip to the MuddyUm Writers’ Retreat from Texas to Poughkeepsie, NY, was an arduous hero’s journey by plane, train, and more than one automobile. One was a shuttle carrying six of us, and one lady who refused to get off at the stop she had given the driver. You…

What if your lovers only played with the glans of your penis — I have a question for those of you with a penis. Would you be satisfied if a lover only stimulated the glans? For those without penises who may not know, the glans is the top of the penis that looks like an old-fashioned fireman’s hat. Yes it does. See the…

Guns aren’t paranoid, people are — This is not the type of story you might be expecting of a young Black man with a gun. This one requires checking your racial biases and acknowledging the horrors of the intersection of gun culture and mental health issues. He spent a lot of time in my home growing…