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Home Is Where It Isn’t Anymore

Posted on September 10, 2016 by erineph

My father called a couple of weeks ago. It was in the evening and after a particularly hellacious day, so I was already ¾’s high and in no mood to coherently speak to my father or listen to him read … Continue reading →

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The Rush of the Eurotrash Hesher

Posted on September 4, 2016 by erineph

Some people get a rush out of stealing. Others, gambling. Others, punching people in the face in a secret underground gathering full of white males who are upset that their millennia-old power structure seems to be crumbling on a microscopic … Continue reading →

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Home and Far Away

Posted on March 5, 2016 by erineph

The thing about being essentially homebound to recover from abdominal surgery is that eventually, even if you think you’re a champion recluse who never needs to leave the house, you will get terrifically bored and start to act out in … Continue reading →

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A Barren Woman

Posted on February 19, 2016 by erineph

If you were one of those people who, throughout my life, told me that I couldn’t possibly know that I didn’t really want kids, or who insisted I would change my mind as I got older, or who scoffed at … Continue reading →

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Ten Years Ago

Posted on July 30, 2014 by erineph

It’s Fleet Week in Seattle, or whatever the name is for not only Fleet Week (that’s Navy), but every other military branch, as well. Military Week? Sounds dull, probably correct? Whatever it is when the Blue Angels zip low over … Continue reading →

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Everything’s Comin’ Up Something

Posted on July 19, 2014 by erineph

You know what’s a bush league move? Drinking half a bottle of wine, then a beer, then half a bottle of champagne, and then another beer and expecting to go to sleep without the room spinning out of control. Know … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Retention

Posted on July 17, 2014 by erineph

A lot of people I follow on the Internet have been posting the audio of the call made by a man named Ryan Block to cancel his Comcast service. The call is supposed to be hilarious and awkward as the … Continue reading →

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The Betterest

Posted on June 16, 2014 by erineph

For reasons I can’t explain (partially because I am not a programmer or scam artist?), I receive an influx of SPAM comments whenever I don’t write for several days in a row. This means that even though I’m not writing, … Continue reading →

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The Life We Packed

Posted on May 25, 2014 by erineph

If you walked into my house right now, you’d notice a few things. Namely, the smell of cardboard, the sound of a tape gun, and the way The Cat’s face expresses supreme displeasure over having his house (his house!) upended … Continue reading →

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Adulthood: Engage

Posted on April 12, 2014 by erineph

You don’t need to get married, buy a house, have a kid or know how to decipher your 401(k) in order to feel like an adult. Those things might help, and I suppose that everyone does have different criteria for … Continue reading →

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