Father

Biden’s Fatherly Fucking Advice

March 24, 2010

In case you missed this one, moments after President Obama signed the Health Care Bill into law Biden shook his hand and said, “This is a big fucking deal.” They were sweet words, sort of. What’s hilarious about this isn’t that it was caught on the microphones but that, on its own, it was a [...]

“The Domino Fort”- (Short Story:audio)

February 24, 2010

For my first podcast, here is a reading of “The Domino Fort” which can be read at TheNervousBreakdown.com. ”The Domino Fort” is a story about my father trying to get the attention of a very focused little boy who seemed to be specifically tuned-out to only my father.

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“The Domino Fort” – TNB

October 14, 2009

Marty couldn’t hear my father. Historically, all the men in my family seem to have a difficult time relating to some children. Nobody has ever quite figured it out, either. Some say it’s the baritone voice, others say it’s because we tend to talk to children like adults, rarely raising the pitch of our voice, [...]

How to Get Monopoly Rich, Quick

September 10, 2009

It’s almost two in the morning, and I’m up playing Monopoly, dreaming, as every kid does, about all the wealth he’ll command. Trouble is, it’s just a fantasy and, well as I’m doing, happy as my life is, I don’t own much. So what’s a free, white, non-landowning male to do? So far, all I [...]

Photo-shoot for the Terminally Ill

August 6, 2009

I hadn’t gone over there intending a photo-shoot. I went over to visit him as soon as the hospital would allow and had just happened to come from an advanced photography course.