Articles tagged “humor”

6 essays

Last week I spent forty-five minutes watching a raccoon try to wash cotton candy. I was supposed to be answering emails.

The remote died during the season finale. Not the beginning. Not a random Tuesday rerun. The finale.

I checked my phone fourteen times during a two-hour movie. It vibrated exactly zero of those times.

I found the birthday card three months late. A perfect archaeological dig of good intentions.

I've stood in specialty coffee shops, nodding sagely as baristas describe tasting notes of 'stone fruit with a caramel finish.'

I'm convinced IKEA furniture is a government-designed stress test for relationships.