Learning To Surf I've spent 2020 almost entirely in rural Ghana and Mexico. I've been bitten by some mosquitos during that time, but no bug bit me as hard as the surfing bug. I live a 10-minute walk from the Pacific Ocean and have been learning to surf over the past...
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The Real Reasons I Do The Things I Love
Last night I got sick to my stomach from smoking too much weed cumulatively over the past several weeks. This was the second time this has happened to me, so I took some time to reflect on why this happened and why I felt compelled to smoke weed until I became...
Morning Glory
Everyone loves a good shit-your-pants story, and I almost had one this morning. I have to shit first thing every morning, usually between 6:00 and 7:30 a.m. I don't have an alarm clock. I wake up when I have to shit. That's how I know it's time to start the day....
Bomb Like A Man
I was at a comedy show at Lestat's with my friend a while back, and the comedian onstage told a joke that fell flat. Then he told a story about how he questioned whether or not to tell the joke before he went on stage but then said, "Nah. Get up there and bomb like...
Straight To The Glory Hole
I was walking on the sidewalk to the coffee shop when a man approached me from behind. I didn't recognize him. He said, "Hey. I've seen you running. You have a really nice physique." "Thank you." "I have a glory hole at my house. Can I get your number?" It took a...
A Saturday Night Witching: She Stole My Words
Saturday night, I met a woman who astounded me. It was a launch party for a magazine she published. She read it out loud in front of everyone. It was a packed house. The truth of her words hit me and woke things up inside of me I hadn't felt. But when I tried to...






