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A Picture’s Worth, Pt. 4 (Birthday Surprise)

PRELUDE: Sometimes you need to step back from a situation to see it more clearly. At the top of the year I posted a story called “A Picture’s Worth.” It was a three-part epic revolving around one long-ass day that resulted in “April,” the woman that the story was based on, to take offense (See [...]

The Bathroom is Not a Bedroom

Writing about the day I got fired yesterday reminded me of this story. My firing came just two weeks before Christmas and my 26th birthday, which is the day after baby Jesus. Faced with the prospect of no steady income for the coming New Year, the holidays were almost cancelled that year but the same wouldn’t [...]

Morning Monologue: Day 29 (I Gotta Date Today) 85/90

Good morning, Waking up early is never fun, especially on your day off. If the stars had aligned in my favor, yesterday would have been the last day of my fast and I would have been able to be slothful today and bask in the glory of a random Jewish holiday. But that’s isn’t the [...]

Morning Monologue: Day 9 (Hey, Mama) 25/90

Good morning, Today is a special morning because this is my mother’s birthday. With all that’s been going on with work, fasting and blogging, it almost slipped my mind. Luckily I marked it on my calendar alongside the times for the sunrise and sunset for each day. I know when my mother’s birthday is, it’s [...]

Between the Sheets/Between Friends

PRELUDE: Week before last I wrote a blog about men faking orgasms. In the process, I briefly ruffled a few feathers. Well, turnabout is fair play as they say, so I can’t throw any dirt on any female without getting my own hands dirty. Here’s a confession about one of my own (albeit rare) subpar [...]