Codeword
November 23, 2023
First Friend: If I don’t know—codeword “pineapple”…
Second Friend: Banana, banana, banana!
Spittle
October 2, 2023
Me: My memories have spittle all over them
Therapeutic
August 20, 2023
Me: Perhaps it wasn’t very therapeutic to show a group of people with psychiatric problems a movie in which a hallucination of Nick Nolte convinces the protagonist that he can read people’s minds.
Shirt-Cocking
June 23, 2023
Friend: I asked if he was shirt-cocking it.
Separator
December 29, 2022
Ten-Year-Old: Ooh, separator piece I have! Four bags!
College
September 26, 2022
Eighteen-Year-Old: I feel like that must just be part of the college experience—somebody being fucking idiot.
Me: Yep, pretty much.
Rocky
June 13, 2021
Me: Sadly, I can’t find translated lyrics for “Rocky Top” in Mandarin anywhere on the Web.
Happy Birthday, Fourteen-Year-Old!
Permed
March 26, 2021
Me: That guy is way too permed to be a barbarian.
Gables
January 21, 2021
Me: I have the advantage of knowing the Samurai is Anne of Green Gables.
Fresh
March 5, 2020
Me: The seventh-floor lobby reeks of sewage. But ironically, the men’s room right off the lobby smells cinnamon fresh!