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Life Lessons

Parenting Lessons From An Ill-Advised Trip Into The Yankee Stadium Bleachers

“BUT WHY ARE THEY SO MEAN TO HIM!” Marshall shouted, pointing his finger at Mookie, who, it bears adding, looked completely unfazed.

It Never Ends Like It Should

Food-Scented Candles Are An Abomination

I Got My First Vaccine Dose. Now What?

Vials of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine are pictured during vaccination in Gaza City on March 25, 2021. - Thousands of Palestinian health workers, the elderly, and patients with cancer or kidney disease were set to get Covid-19 vaccines as the health ministry ramped up its inoculation campaign (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Stuff And Smother More Food, Goddammit

A turkey leg smothered in some sort of cream-based seafood slop. Delicious.

The COVID Vaccine’s Side Effects Were No Match For My Steel-Trap Mind And Columnist’s Body (This Time Around, Anyway)

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Never Stop Singing

Composer Irving Berlin (1888 Ð 1989) with singer Barry Wood (1909 - 1970) and orchestra leader Ray Bloch (1902 - 1982) recording a song in the 1940's. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)

You Must Have One Trick For The Baby

The baby.

Hoisin Sauce And Me: A Love Story

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Hear Me Out: Put A Blanket On Top Of The Comforter

Actors Lucille Hutton and Jackie Levine play tug-of-war with Jack Miller's blanket while attempting to get him out of bed in a still from the silent film comedy 'Oh, Mama'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lost And Found In The Batting Cage

A baseball player is silhouetted as he follows through while practicing in the batting cages

When The Cherries Run Out

Kelsey McKinney

two images of cherries on a small plate: one in color and one desaturated

I Got The COVID-19 Vaccine, Then I Tried To Figure Out Why

Dan McQuade

The writer, Dan McQuade, receiving his coronavirus vaccine.

What Horrible Things Did We Do To Our Penises Last Year?

Barry Petchesky

A member of the Ripoll Taberner family minces meat during the annual tradition of the pig slaughter (matanza de cerdo) in Llucmajor on the Spanish Balearic Island of Mallorca on November 23, 2020. - For the traditional slaughter, a pig is fattened up for a year and then killed on a cold day to ensure the best conservation of the "sobrasada" sausages. (Photo by JAIME REINA / AFP) (Photo by JAIME REINA/AFP via Getty Images)

What Did We Get Stuck In Our Rectums Last Year?

Barry Petchesky

Hibernating For One Year Has Turned Me Into A Toxic Blob

Pizza The Hutt from the movie Spaceballs.

Is Drinking 40 Sips Of Water With Your Hand, Like A Cat, Every Morning “More Efficient” Than Using A Glass? An Investigation

Dan McQuade

My cat, on the rim of a sink, next to a running faucet

Teeth Are Horrifying

A cartoon of Dwight Eisenhower from a French poster in 1953.

I Hate This Stupid Amazon Hub In My Apartment Building

Kelsey McKinney

me flicking off my amazon hub

Cook With A Timer, You Neanderthals

drawing of a turkey wearing a watch

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