I Swear to You: Dispatch from a Cursing Connoisseur

I have been swearing semi-professionally since I was about 10-years-old. That’s the first time I remember using the word “fuck” and feeling

I MET DAX SHEPARD AND MONICA PADMAN!!!

How I MET DAX SHEPARD AND MONICA PADMAN!!! And no, this did not only happen in my imagination like it normally does.

I Know There's A Balance, I've Seen It When I Swing Past

Who knew it would be so hard to find the balance between work and fuckaboutery? I’m two weeks into this retirement gig and I’m somehow alr

How Did I Get Here?

How did I go from an anxiety-ridden, suicidally depressed, self-absorbed, agoraphobic wreck who couldn’t be conscious on an airplane or step

How to Electrocute Your Sister-in-Law

How to electrocute your sister in law and then be absolved of your treachery by faux Cher on Broadway

Leader, Co-Worker or Food: Which One Are You?

Standing shoulder to shoulder in a crowded train car at Denver International Airport, I looked around at my fellow passengers to make my usu

Let the F*ckabout-ery Begin

How to divert an identity crisis by donning a powdered wig and ruffled collar and acting out a song that Lin Manuel Miranda wrote and then c

I Missed the Girl I Once Had Time to Be

Jason Isbell has an extraordinary gift for getting to the heart of a story: "Time flies when you're makin' babies, Do you miss your...

I Remember Your Electricity, Old Friend

My friend Stan Barlow died. I haven't seen him in person in 25 years but we kept in touch occasionally on FaceBook and via email and he...

American Treasure: A Sweet Tom Petty Tribute from Family and Friends

Click on the photo to be taken to the video... Thank you Adria Petty, Dana York, Annakim Petty, the Heartbreakers and everyone else who...

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