Archive - The Anecdote

You Need to Stop Asking Me How I Got Covid

How a virus sparked a new form of superiority complex.

Aug 31 •

One Small Step for Man, One Broken Foot That Fucked Up My Dream Vacation

Nobody knows the first-world troubles I've seen.

Aug 24 •

If a Vegetarian Became a Zombie, Would They Eat Brains or Vegetables?

Join me as I struggle with this and other of life's toughest questions.

Aug 17 •

Please Don’t Tell Me You Slept With My Mother: The Final Days of Dementia

Trying to fill in the memories before it's too late, but not all of them.

Aug 10 •

Here’s What It’s Like To Hang Out With Billionaires

And what I've figured out about their lives.

Aug 3 •

July 2024

Booze at 13: Bad Choices, Lost Memories, and Premature Fatherhood?

An alcohol-fueled youth spent playing chicken with fate.

Jul 27 •

In Praise of Cultural Appropriation

Doing my best to obliterate the things that stand between us.

Jul 20 •

How To Bring a Loved One Back From the Dead

Let me tell you about a secret power you don’t know you have.

Jul 13 •

They Finally Broke Me: I'm Going to Get a Goddamn Cat!

A post in which I definitively solve the dog/cat debate.

Jul 6 •

June 2024

This Could Be Awesome, or Blow My Hand Off

Notes from a pre-teen pyromaniac.

Jun 29 •

The Most Important Thing You Can Do Is Free Your Kids From Your Emotional Baggage

A story about what to carry forward and what to leave behind - and for good reason.

Jun 22 •

I'd Take Sticks And Stones Over The Words That Hurt Me

Generation X ain't as tough as they seem.

Jun 15 •

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