Posts by Jess

My Parenting Style, Sponsored By Audible*

My Parenting Style, Sponsored By Audible*

*Disclaimer: This post is absolutely not sponsored by Audible. I wish. This is a post about parenting, but its exact nature has eluded me for a while. Is it an advice piece? Satire? A cry for help? Honestly? It’s kind of all of the above. When I first started writing this post, roughly 17 years

Bestmester: Momma I Made It

Bestmester: Momma I Made It

If you told me nine months ago that eventually I’d be here, a few days from my due date, relatively calm and ready to welcome Jess Jr. into the world … well, I’d believe you. That’s how time works. Except for a few times during Hellmester, I didn’t actually believe this baby would kill me.

Making the most of the fallow periods in life

Making the most of the fallow periods in life

I’m in what I’ll call a fallow period. Imagine I’m farmland. In, uh, Iowa. Soybeans maybe? Yeah, soybeans. OK cool, so I’m farmland, and the harvesters just took all my juicy crops away, and now I just have to … sit here. And wait. Until when? Well, until I’ve recharged enough to do it all

35 Emergency Slogans For Your 35th Birthday

Only if you need them, of course. You’re 35 and have arrived! You’re 35 and sort of know how to drive! You’re 35 and still alive! 34? You’re ONE BETTER than that! 26? You’re way more confident and settled now! 21? No, yeah, that was probably the best year. Age ain’t nothin but a number!

Why I Have One Million Old Notebooks

I know, I know: the blog’s been a bit quiet. Blame it on marriage, an amazing new show I’m working on called In Cabaret We Trust, packing for a big move to Denver (see: marriage), and my semi-annual malaise. Every move sucks in its own special way, like a crappy snowflake, but this one has

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