Published in The Memoirist

·3 days ago

Backpacking Across Campus

Preparedness or readymade failure? — I take my son to college every day. He carries a laptop bag and a huge, chock-full backpack on rollers. At times he has another book bag. We have talked to him many times about scaling down. He doesn’t cart the whole arsenal with him the whole day. He leaves…

Memoir

2 min read

Published in Atheist AF

·4 days ago

THEY. DO. NOT. CARE.

No Shame Gives You Thicker Skin — We called it a difference of opinions. Debates in which only the cavalier would take part. Us and them. Reality: Freedom of religion. Fantasy: Everyone needs to believe in the same god. We heard evangelicals say how ignored they had been, how oppressed they were, and what did we do…

The Handmaids Tale

2 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·May 6

Next Nightmare on Elm Street Will Not Star Ryan Reynolds

or Danny DeVito — Netflix has announced that Nightmare on Elm Street 8: Don’t Fall Asleep…with Amber is now in pre-production. Directed by Tim Burton, the movie follows Johnny Depp, played by Helena Bonham Carter, as he struggles to survive on no sleep, as he is stalked by Freddy Krueger. Robert Englund stepped away…

Humor

2 min read

Next Nightmare on Elm Street Will Not Star Ryan Reynolds

Published in The Gilded Unicorn: Comics & Gaming

·May 3

Greetings and Salutations

from the land of corn and imagination — Welcome to our new Publication on Medium Earlier this month, The Gilded Unicorn celebrated its 2-year anniversary. It has survived one move and despite Covid has thrived. Coincidentally, this has been my 2-year anniversary as well. I am the social media manager for The Gilded Unicorn, LLC and friends with…

Open Letter

1 min read

Published in The Memoirist

·May 3

Walking Hand-in-Hand With Karma

and I Feel Like I’m in a Rom-Com With Chris Farley — What is life but snippets or events recalled while we trudge along making more memories? -Me…I said that. I take my son to school. He’s autistic and goes to college an hour away. One day, I load up to go out the door and yell at my other kid to…

Memoir

3 min read

Published in MuddyUm

·May 2

Kid Rock’s Band ‘Testicle Tanning’ to Release Anti-Bromeotherapy Country-Rap Song

About the whiteness of Tucker Carlson’s testicles — It was three in the morning. Tucker Carlson woke from a fever dream where he was tied down with bowties as misunderstood billionaires pelted him with green M&Ms. TuckTuck had difficulty falling back to sleep by his Tuck-in-Tucker Playlist when on the journey to deep sleep, Kid Rock took over…

Humor

2 min read

Kid Rock’s Band ‘Testicle Tanning’ to Release Anti-Bromeotherapy Country-Rap Song

Published in MuddyUm

·Apr 25

Bad Boy Johnny Depp Absconded With My Cheeseburger Down His Pants

All in the name of method acting — I was waiting in line at a McDonald’s in Iowa — the land of cow shit and corn. The only thing people flock to more is one of the many convenience stores on many thoroughfares. Someone held up the line trying to get a selfie with Tobey Maguire. I squinted…

Humor

2 min read

Bad Boy Johnny Depp Absconded With My Cheeseburger Down His Pants

Published in Alternative Perspectives

·Apr 14

Here’s How You Reach 1,000,000 Scribers

…HELP ME…BRAIN-SUCKING ALIENS… — It’s hard being me. The struggles I have been through has literally made me who I am. I know a lot of people tell me that I have lived a charmed life. But you know what I tell them? Struggles are relative. Everyone goes through their own hell. Who are…

Featured

2 min read

Published in Open Letters To

·Apr 13

An Open Letter to Magicians

Dear Magicians, We get it. You can make things disappear. Stop pushing your powers on us. Ohhh! Ahhh! Okay, well, I might as well come clean. By now, you know my handwriting. I mean, how many people actually take the time to HANDWRITE letters anymore. …

Open Letter

2 min read