Switching Geertz
How I dismantled my kids’ enjoyment of the ‘6-7’ phenomenon By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I often pity my kids. They have a lot to deal with that I didn’t when I was their age,...
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Bloody fingers, happy soul
By Ben OlsonReader Staff My first guitar was used more as a prop than an instrument. I convinced my parents to buy it for me when I was in sixth grade. It was a...
Make it make sense
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff A dear friend of mine recently checked in on my mental state — not because of my 45th birthday, which occurred in the past week — but because he described...
Chainsaw therapy
By Ben OlsonReader Staff “Ugh,” I sighed, slamming shut my laptop. It’s a common way to end a period of scanning national news stories. Between attempts to bypass our First Amendment rights, the president...
Breaks in memory
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff It was one of those mornings when you wake up way too early for some reason, and lay there thinking about things that you never have time to think about...
The unlikeliest of outcomes
By Ben OlsonReader Staff If you noticed some pigs flying by your living room window earlier this summer, the sun rising in the west and a fine frosty crust settling over Hell, don’t worry;...
The season of shame
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff Anyone who’s met me knows that I’m not a summer person. The heat is one thing, but with summer also comes unattainable expectations. Everyone needs a bikini body, a new...
The Haunting of Homer Simpson
By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff I used to be terrified of Homer Simpson. It was the first grade, 2007, and the Simpsons were everywhere thanks to the then-upcoming movie. Burger King was giving away golden...
Holy shed
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff I’ve been lucky in my life to pretty much always have my own “space.” My brother and I had separate bedrooms starting when we were in grade school, and my...
The heart over Hope
By Ben OlsonReader Staff One of the saving graces of my life is owning a sailboat. I bought it with my buddy Jake Hagadone (brother to Reader Editor-in-Chief Zach Hagadone) about five years ago;...
