FFJ & I sat on the bench outside the dog grooming place next to the Thai food place that I love. The sun was bright and neither of us were ready to get back to real life. We talked about men, drinking, Arrested Development, and if it means I’m a cougar now because I’d rather …
After we finished cleaning up the dinner dishes, The Tibbles and I retired to the living room where they immediately began debating what movie they would watch. There were many shouts from Cade and Nolan for “The Lion King.” “Nooo,” Liam howled. “Not The Lion King.” “Why not?” I asked. “Because I have a stuffy …
The Tibbles have French toast nearly every single morning for breakfast. At least on the mornings I’m there to get them off to school. Frankly, I’m a little sick of French toast but when I was a kid my dream would have been to have French toast every morning before school, so I make it …
“Did you start taking vitamins or change vitamins or something?” Jenny, my beloved hair cutting waif asked. “Uh, no, why?” I asked as she chopped at my hair with something that looked like pinking shears. “Your hair seems much thicker than usual.” “I’m part werewolf.” She stopped, and looked at me in the mirror. “Did …
Yesterday, before the first day of school Nolan dropped some knowledge on us. Mostly that Liam is now a “Grader” which is a big deal, you know having a grade instead of being in kindergarden. As far as I can tell it means that you don’t wave from the bus and there were, apparently, other …
“They take a story and turn it into like Algebra, which is why nobody wants to read,” Vodo on English teachers. “You know if you’re boring or not,” Vodo. “The word panties was in there and I was like man, I’m so there,” The Sexist. “Truth without time is the work of holy men,” Vodo. …
“Why are there so many women in this class?” “It was overwritten, boring, and I didn’t like it.” “I just didn’t care for any of it.” “Well, I’m not a woman so maybe women like that kind of thing. You know love and that.” [while workshopping a short story written by a female classmate] “Your …
“Hi,” I said, and slid my copy of What He’s Poised to Do toward Ben Greenman. “Nice Replacements’ quote.” (The epigraph to his book is the line “I’ll write you a letter tomorrow. Tonight I can’t hold a pen.” from Can’t Hardly Wait) “Yeah,” he said. “I’ve been waiting years to use it.” “I’m Jodi,” …
“We don’t want to kill the Earth, because then we will have nowhere to live and we won’t be able to see the moon in outer space,” Liam said. “You’re right,” I said. “Where does God live?” he asked. “Err,” I said. “I think God is everywhere all the time wherever you want.” “No,” he …
