Category: Funny Things
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Quarantine Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, a few creatures were stirring, because it was dang hot inside. Last week, my friends and I celebrated Quarantine Christmas. It was such a success that I decided to share it with you, in case you wanted to have a QC of your own. I…
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JK – I Need Good Stuff
Friends, it has been a week. I mean, a WEEK. So, I’m putting a real quick suspension on our Awkward Part Two and instead talking about what we all need right now: good stuff. Oh don’t worry, we’ll come back to the awkward. I always come back to the awkward, it’s how I do. I’ve…
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Ugly Sleep
Sleep and I are in a fight. I honestly have no idea who’s winning. My psychiatrist got tired of me saying I was tired all the time, so she sent me off to a specialist. The specialist, a white-haired, soft-spoken, South Asian woman, entered the examination room with a wry smile. “You’re pulling out your…
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Snow Leopard Friendships
Sometimes in life, you have to spend months, even years, slowly and patiently developing a friendship. Perhaps you interact occasionally at group functions, knowing each other from a distance, and then over time come to realize you could be friends. Or perhaps you even dislike each other, avoiding or fighting constantly, until, after so…
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Frog Hunting – Episode 2
Note from the author: This is a follow-up to the post “Frog Hunting,” which you may want to read first. After six months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men online, I canceled my online dating account. Then, after eight months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men in person, I joined a new dating app.…
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The Good Stuff: Tough Week Edition
Perhaps you are in the 1% of Americans that haven’t had a rough, physically exhausting, and emotionally draining week. If so, good for you! Live long and prosper, and go out and spread your own cheer. This post is for the rest of us. If you need a pick-me-up emotionally, physically, relationally, spiritually, ecumenically, whatever…I’m with…