I wrote about how Mister Rogers addressed war and geopolitical paranoia and why it matters now:

My dad kept asking why the song was skipping when it wasn’t. It was just Devo.

I wrote about how Mister Rogers addressed war and geopolitical paranoia and why it matters now:

if I didn’t already know my dad was in hospice, I could tell because he hasn’t sent me a wordle score in four days

fueled entirely by cadbury creme eggs & klonopin

It’s probably the most personal thing I ever wrote and now it’s on your local newsstand! My experience as an autistic mom in Newsweek:

It’s probably the most personal thing I ever wrote and now it’s on your local newsstand! My experience as an autistic mom in Newsweek:

someone give me something to feel good about, thanks

and let’s not kid ourselves, it gets really, really bad

Heimlich, of maneuver fame

Distraught as it is and then Catherine O’Hara dies!

watching Wednesday music videos with my 3 year old - when mj lendermsn pops up she screams ‘WRISTWATCH’ proud parenting moment, right there

merry xmas from my wordle dad

my favorite genre of Xmas song is remake of non-Xmas song to be about Xmas. MUST made by the ORIGINAL ARTIST to qualify . Who are we forgetting? open.spotify.com/playlist/3Tm...

how developmentally appropriate is it for my toddler to ask if a mazzy star song (pre-vocals) is by the cranberries? Is it concerning enough to bring it up to the pediatrician at her next doctor appointment? she turns 3 next week if that helps.

Yes I’m writing about minions again

Yes I’m writing about minions again

At Home Depot next to a xmas minion and Olaf there was an inflatable nativity scene, which prompted my toddler to ask “WHAT SHOW IS THAT FROM??”

The hardest part of making anything, art especially, is trying, trying and trying until something comes to fruition. If a book, a song, a film etc reaches your heart, reach out and tell the creator. Sometimes a small acknowledgement of effort is enough to keep going open.substack.com/pub/jessicag...

I’m trying to try, ok

in case anyone’s wondering where my mental state’s at right now I just made a quackpell roan

helluva day to start reading the new george saunders, 30 pages in and it reads like a climate change, christmas carol dystopia

that’s moi espresso

shout out to the lady at the Labor Day food truck festival who karaoked “hopelessly devoted to you” in broad afternoon daylight

How did i not know that James Patterson wrote the Toys R Us kids jingle?!?!? Hanging my head in shame because that’s the most on-brand piece of trivia I didn’t know until today.

Everything I know about New Age music, I learned from the Nickelodeon commercial breaks of my childhood

the only instance where I’m pro-ska

had I not given birth to my child I would know her as my own simply because she got the most excited over seeing a tertiary (at best) character at sesame place

had I not given birth to my child I would know her as my own simply because she got the most excited over seeing a tertiary (at best) character at sesame place

KETCHUP SMOOTHIE TIME!

Spoiler alert: it’s not just the screens

wordle dad update

Would anyone read an essay about the the polarities of masculinity and fatherhood as viewed through the timely lens of early 2000s reality tv staples “the osbournes” and “hogan knows best”???

I am VERY available to write this piece!

Would anyone read an essay about the the polarities of masculinity and fatherhood as viewed through the timely lens of early 2000s reality tv staples “the osbournes” and “hogan knows best”???

My picks

My picks

the new pulp album is evidence that once every few decades something good can happen

trying to figure out where “getting 8 teeth removed” sits on this week’s discomfort scale. right now it’s somewhere between dealing with blood in my toddler’s pee and dad’s worsening cancer

my current favorite thing my 2 yr old does is call any physical greeting card, an “EMAIL”

my contribution to the 3 friends meme

has anyone perfected the klonopin to caffeine ratio needed to ~function~ in the world

this is the Joe Pera breakfast crew episode come to life

someone anonymously mailed my dad a wordle puzzle book as he begins chemo treatments. thanks whoever you are!!!

!!!!!! NEW PULP ALBUM !!!!!!

Yup, season 2!

lastly, we have @volumeknobjess.bsky.social on how "brat' helped her find autistic joy ihavethatonvinyl.com/essays/how-b...

excited for the first gen z canonization. I imagine it will be something like “saint jayden, patron saint of react videos”