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The Day the Spandex Crushed My Soul (and appendix)

Dear Spanx, Today I tried to use your amazing product to suck in and smooth my cellulite. I pulled and pulled them over my ample thighs...

Dreams

Remembering & Dreaming My dad, Kirk the Barber as he was known around here, passed away a year ago today of liver cancer. I had, still...

Shine

My friend and author, Rosanna Huffman, recently wrote, "How old were you when you realized you were not “normal”?"...

Dearly Deported

A Satire from a 150-word Flash Fiction contest inspired by The Odyssey and featuring a superhero in a beseiged city: “President Trump is...

5 #LifeLessons from #TheBachelorette on How to Be a Better Human

Wherever you stand on Season 11’s sexploits, drunken tirades, and interloping past contestants, The Bachelorette @BacheloretteABC...

Monkey See, Monkey Do

It never fails. Thirty minutes after I start to mow the grass, three neighbors think that it’s time to mow their lawns too. It’s human...

Mommas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Ninjas

Every great novel begins with great characters. Every great character begins with a name that is well-suited to that character’s...

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