We Spankers Are Everywhere.
My mom beat my bare butt with a hairbrush once, except incorrectly. I was six and had run into the street without looking. She pulled me inside, bared my derriere,…
There’s the Rest of Us, Then There’s Joe Thomas
When I was 12, I wanted to play organized football but mom said no. Biggest mistake she could’ve made. If she had really wanted me not to play, she should’ve…
Fat Shaming my Dog.
I’m tired of strangers calling my dog fat. I’m not kidding, it’s the first thing people say when they meet Vincent. “Who is this chubby little boy?” asks the chubby…
The Sucker Punch Heard ‘Round the World
Throwing a sucker punch is easy, Kyle, it’s afterwards that’s tough. Have you seen the latest viral video of the 26-year-old Carolina Panther fan (CPF) named Kyle sucker punching a…
Share your song – death doesn’t wait.
Death is a frightening, unmentionable beast. It creeps quietly behind you your entire life, tiptoeing in your footsteps, waiting for you to screw up or get sick or get old. …
International Day of the Girl is When?
Hey fellahs, did you have any idea that today is International Day of the Girl? Be honest, do you even have a clue what that is? Me neither. I woke…
Hey Panini Heads, Why No Turn Signals?
“On your left with a knife.” The sous-chef wasn’t asking for permission to pass, she was just telling the other young chefs in Gordon Ramsay’s ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ that if they…
Having Trouble Letting Tom Petty Go
On July 2, 1986, I was a junior on summer break from the University of Dayton and I went to the second concert I’d ever attended. It was at the…
The BDCS STEM Grants Team
Allie Daus, Kate Dailey & Roger Palmer (not pictured: Lydia Torrez) Kate Dailey, president of Bishop Dunne Catholic School (BDCS), has always taken her school’s mission seriously. Officially, it’s…
Let’s Bloon, Kid!
It all started as a favor to my 7-year-old son.In fact, he was a little embarrassed to even ask me at first."Dad, uh...I was wondering...uh...never mind, it's stupid.""It's okay, Ian,…
Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
The morning of November 22, 1963, Officer JD Tippit, 39, was having coffee at the Dudley M. Hughes funeral home on Jefferson Ave. Tippit and his fellow police officers would…
A Different Kind of Preschool
A ‘Matilda’ is a bushman’s bundle of possessions carried when traveling. It’s also the perfect name for Oak Cliff Seed Preschool’s movable classroom, which just so happens to be a…