ALL THAT COMES WITH HAVING IT ALL

A full life of career and family collide with the real world

Navigating marital and corporate politics, the kid roller coaster, dog-mommin', getting away with as little housework as possible, acknowledging my privilege, giving yet another political opinion, cooking pretty well, nerding out on books and romantic comedies, and traveling again someday. Fuck COVID.
Also, I swear.

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Dec 31, 20204 min read

#romcomproject group 3: Holiday Romance

This is my third round of ranking romantic comedies, a way to nerd-out on an under-appreciated movie genre and entertain myself with a...

Nov 29, 20206 min read

#romcomproject group 2: LGBTQ movies

This is my second round of ranking romantic comedies, a way to nerd-out on an under-appreciated movie genre and entertain myself with a...

Nov 27, 20206 min read

Get yourself some boundaries

Most of what I'm going to say about boundaries originally started with this video, one of the most memorable and important clips I've...

Nov 25, 20204 min read

It's hard to be a cruise director during a pandemic

I grew up in a very serious household. Between the normal financial constraints, in-law drama, and arguments about food (nothing could...

Nov 24, 20204 min read

Clawing my way back to writing

“I have never created anything in my life that did not make me feel, at some point or another, like I was the guy who just walked into a...

Nov 3, 20206 min read

And I thought the last election was important

Four years ago, I wrote a post after voting on election day explaining my reasons for voting the way I did. And then I woke up the next...

Nov 1, 20204 min read

#romcomproject group 1: random movies I wanted to watch right away

This is my first round of ranking romantic comedies, a way to nerd out on an under-appreciated movie genre and entertain myself with a...

Oct 31, 20202 min read

The #romcomproject overview

A while back, I shared a list of the top 34 Romantic Comedies as defined by the Independent. It prompted a lot of discussion and a ton...

Aug 28, 20203 min read

Relaxing near assholes is so difficult

Staying in a condo on vacation. Sitting outside on the balcony. Overheard lady on the phone who was talking with her dad about the RNC,...

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