Grievances, the book

So, I wrote a book. Yes, that sounds weird to me too. It’s a compilation of my “Festivus ‘Airing of Grievances’ Project” rants, with several new ones added in to make it worth your while. But that’s not all! I’ve also added some funny...

Year(‘s Work) In Review

Thanks to everyone who purchased “Grievances” over the past month. The comments I’ve received online and in person have been overwhelmingly positive, which is shocking to me. There must be a lot of repressed anger out there… [Initiate Begging Routine] Anyway, if...

Scrawny

Many years ago, after my father emigrated to America, his father brought one of my Dad’s younger brothers to a Seminary (in Ireland) to hopefully be taken in to start his journey into the priesthood. The priest at the door said, “He’s kind of...

Walking

My Mom said that with her first child she was overwhelmed with joy when he started to walk. When the second child started to walk, after a year of chasing after #1, she would go over and knock #2 down.

Laundry Lament

If we force every teenage boy in the world to wear only collared shirts, they could clear up air pollution in months by drawing particulates out of the air and into their skin and out through the backs of their necks and onto their shirt collars. Rinse and...