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Jul 17

Dumb Shit Writing

My son constantly takes his phone with him into the bathroom, and I’m afraid one day he will drop it in the toilet. I don’t know how he will feel if his phone drops in the toilet, but I will feel that I’m out $800. Access. Cellphones. Restrictions. Screen time…

Tik Tok

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Dumb Shit Writing
Dumb Shit Writing
Tik Tok

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Feb 10

A Broken Mug

A few days ago, this mug broke in my hands. I don’t know why it broke. I pulled the mug from the cabinet, was about to place it on the counter, and without reason, the handle fell off. Since then I’ve been debating whether to throw it away or fix…

Broken

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A Broken Mug
A Broken Mug
Broken

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Jan 9

Lisbon Stories

Except for “thank you,” I don’t speak Portuguese. Before a recent trip to Lisbon, I spent a few weeks on Duolingo trying to learn Portuguese phrases such as “I have an apple” and “I am a boy/I am a girl.” During my trip, I wanted to be able to converse…

Lisbon

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Lisbon Stories
Lisbon Stories
Lisbon

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Oct 18, 2022

My Dad’s Things

I opened my dad’s office desk drawer after he died. In it, I found neatly organized items from the insurance and financial planning businesses he had run. Pens. Letter openers. Calling cards. Rulers. Dirty jokes on calling cards. Mostly promotional materials saved throughout the years. When I was a child…

Dads

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My Dad’s Things
My Dad’s Things
Dads

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Jun 23, 2022

A Few Grumpy Rhetorics

This is a photograph of my daughter and me. We are in a Mexican grocery store called Aguascalientes. There is a taqueria inside the store. We are waiting for our tacos. I love tacos. They make me happy. I drag my kids to taqueria after taqueria, trying tacos whenever I…

Grumpy

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A Few Grumpy Rhetorics
A Few Grumpy Rhetorics
Grumpy

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May 17, 2022

Significant Insignificance

On a given afternoon, I sit down at my small bistro table outside with an espresso. The tiny cup on the tiny saucer. Thick coffee staring back at me. This is my afternoon ritual. My daughter will sometimes comment on this ritual or text me later in the day: did…

Significance

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Significant Insignificance
Significant Insignificance
Significance

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Feb 17, 2022

Shit Rhetorics

Shit Rhetorics My father used to shit with the door open. Growing up, I might be walking down the hall of our small, suburban, ranch home in Kendall, and there, out of the corner of my eye, would I spot my father on the toilet shitting. Maybe he was reading…

Shit

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Shit

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Dec 28, 2021

A Story About A Stroke

This cigar store Indian sits in my parents’ living room. It’s offensive. Anyone I know who has seen it recognizes that it is offensive. I once asked my father, who likely paid a decent amount of money for this figure and who proudly displays it where people gather in his…

Stroke

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A Story About A Stroke
A Story About A Stroke
Stroke

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Oct 6, 2021

Dream Rhetorics

I had a dream the other night. I was with some other people at either a dinner or a banquet. In front of me was something to eat, something cheesy and gooey that looked delicious and worth a picture I should upload to Instagram. I took out my phone —…

Dreams

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Dream Rhetorics
Dream Rhetorics
Dreams

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Aug 29, 2021

Pandemic Sketches

I’m a writer trying to write. Laptop open. Dog under my feet. Staring at a dirty computer screen marked by scattered, past lunches and dust. The radio playing in the background. Work emails. Pandemic hovering around. Trying to write. Trying. This is not writer’s block. This is not — necessarily…

Pandemic

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Pandemic

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J.Rice

J.Rice

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Professor. Craft beer drinker. Beer trader. Sometimes I tweet more than Ratebeer reviews.

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