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Chocolate mess everywhere - parenting fail

Chocolate mess everywhere - parenting fail

Who Ate All the Fucking Food!

Wet towel on floor - Parenting Fail

Wet towel on floor - Parenting Fail

Kid drawing on the couch

Kid drawing on the couch

Lies, denial, and the chocolate-covered truth.

Parenting Without a Rulebook

The Magical Powers of a Wet Towel

Why feeling like the “worst parent” might mean you’re doing just fine.

How one soggy item became my greatest teacher and tormentor.

mountain of toilet rolls

mountain of toilet rolls

The Lord of the Rolls

a hospital room with a large screen tv and candles

a hospital room with a large screen tv and candles

A shitty struggle between parent and paper.

My Strangest Date Yet: A Colonoscopy Love Story

How my colonoscopy turned into a rom-com with no happy ending.

Smashed up broken piano

Smashed up broken piano

The ‘Joy’ of School Music Concerts

Where ‘Ode to Joy’ Feels More Like an ‘Ode to Pain’

Professional woman with red nails wearing a luxury diamond engagement ring and gold bangles.

Professional woman with red nails wearing a luxury diamond engagement ring and gold bangles.

All Hail The Powerful Class Rep

A man sleeping on a sofa covered in snacks while a fitness workout video plays on the TV.

A man sleeping on a sofa covered in snacks while a fitness workout video plays on the TV.

Male runner in colorful athletic wear walking through a park under a dramatic spotlight beam.

Male runner in colorful athletic wear walking through a park under a dramatic spotlight beam.

Understanding this dictatorial throne of power

Why Jeffing Became My Unlikely Favorite Hobby

The Warped ABCs of Activewear vs Sweatpants

A surprisingly fun park activity

Are you living your best life or a comfortable life?

A man in green Grinch makeup and a Santa hat holds a coin outside Westwood Academy gates.

A man in green Grinch makeup and a Santa hat holds a coin outside Westwood Academy gates.

Teacher Gifts: Polite Ritual or Modern Ponzi Scheme?

Red boxing gloves in a gym cage with sports equipment like tennis rackets and balls.

Red boxing gloves in a gym cage with sports equipment like tennis rackets and balls.

Professional barista pouring hot water from a copper kettle into a pour-over coffee dripper in a rustic cafe.

Professional barista pouring hot water from a copper kettle into a pour-over coffee dripper in a rustic cafe.

Attempting Doctor Funny’s 150-word writing challenge

I’m a Proud Coffee Pleb

Are We Supportive Parents or Destructive Sideline Coaches?

My proud rebellion against coffee snob culture

Is our behavior turning into cage fighting?

Funny Christmas scene of a person in a Santa hat and ugly sweater beside a chalk reindeer drawing.

Funny Christmas scene of a person in a Santa hat and ugly sweater beside a chalk reindeer drawing.

Surviving The Festive Fuck Fest

A person in a black shirt holds red cards with bold text while making a stop hand gesture.

A person in a black shirt holds red cards with bold text while making a stop hand gesture.

Woman in a black lace bralette and high-waisted shorts posing for a mirror selfie in a bathroom.

Woman in a black lace bralette and high-waisted shorts posing for a mirror selfie in a bathroom.

Deck the halls with dysfunction

The Fucked Art of the Toilet Selfie

How Giving Fewer Fucks Saved My Sanity

Not the right time, never the right place

Finding power in ditching bullshit and burnout

An angry man in an urban alley holds a yellow foam hand with Give It To Me text.

An angry man in an urban alley holds a yellow foam hand with Give It To Me text.

The Subtle Art of Reciprocation

Handcrafted felt nativity scene featuring a wooden stable, shepherds, sheep, and a donkey.

Handcrafted felt nativity scene featuring a wooden stable, shepherds, sheep, and a donkey.

Three bored teenagers sitting on a couch with a phone, video games, and textbooks.

Three bored teenagers sitting on a couch with a phone, video games, and textbooks.

Don’t be a selfish, tight arse prick

I’m Bored: The Kid’s Holiday Edition

Merry Mayhem: The School Christmas Play

Confessions of a parent in holiday hell

The real cast of a school Christmas play

A group yoga class meditates on a wooden deck by a misty lake with a sign that says shut the fuck up.

A group yoga class meditates on a wooden deck by a misty lake with a sign that says shut the fuck up.

Why I’m Absolutely Unsuitable for Silent Retreats

Surreal chaotic office scene with a unicycle rider and chef, viewed from a blank notebook perspective.

Surreal chaotic office scene with a unicycle rider and chef, viewed from a blank notebook perspective.

Anxious young woman holding a phone at a crowded party with social anxiety symptoms.

Anxious young woman holding a phone at a crowded party with social anxiety symptoms.

A very loud personality meets forced silence

Will My Daughters Be Seen as Objects or People?

I Am An Observational Comedy Writer

A father’s 3 a.m. mind won’t let them be safe

The funny shit hides in life’s everyday chaos

How dumb are we becoming?

How dumb are we becoming?

Is Technology Making Us Dumber?

Granny on the loose

Granny on the loose

The joke of Valentine's Day

The joke of Valentine's Day

Why can’t we count to one anymore?

Is Love Real On Valentine’s Day?

A Field Guide To Road Rage Champions

Why Cupid can go fuck himself

A loving rant about the idiots ruining our roads