Posts Tagged ‘father’
A goal for 2016: An agreement that these parents are awful, disgusting, rotten people
Can we all agree that parents who actively oppose their child’s interracial, inter-religious, or same sex marriage are awful people? They are still mothers and father, perhaps still worthy of love and respect, and possibly possessing many admirable and endearing qualities, but they are also awful, disgusting, rotten people. We can all agree to this.…
Read MoreMy highly improbable weekend
On Saturday, I played golf. In December. In New England. The course was closed, and there were sticks and pine boughs in place of the pins, but that didn’t matter. I played. I didn’t even care that I lost. On Sunday I attended the Patriots game at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots lost to the Buffalo…
Read MoreStupid super dads suck
Three of my friends built tree houses for their children. One (and maybe two) are minor death traps, but still. These men designed and built things with wood and nails. I can’t tell you how impossible that sounds to me. My daughter wants a tree house. Knowing that I have twice asked a friend to…
Read MoreThe Moth: Two Fathers
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at The New School in New York City in March of this year. The theme of the night was G0ing Sane. I told a story about my attempts to win the approval of my father and then my stepfather. I finished in third…
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