Here’s yet another strange email interchange with my sister Becky. In this one, we reference the Great Raisin, whom we talk about a lot but don’t exactly know who or what he is, and our sister Molly, who a). likes Raisin Bran and crackers, and b). had this joke about wanting to be First Lady [...]

Return of the Ticket Poetry

July 23rd, 2008

The following was left as a response to my last post, but I thought it deserved to be seen here. Thanks go to Tim, I mean, Walt, Bump.
Out of the darkness, endlessly typing,
Out of the mocking burnt trope, the musical chuckle,
Out of the night mail midnight
Over the sterile sand volleyball courts, where psmith’s tickets wandered
Bold-typed, [...]

As I have mentioned before, my friends and I share the same bizarre sense of humor. This is especially true of my friend Mike DeStefano. A year or so ago when I was in grad school, we tried to get a group together to see Leave it to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse, a hilarious play [...]

This weekend, Christy and I headed up to Swannanoa, North Carolina, to visit dear friend Rachel. It was the best road trip we’ve had since … I don’t know. When was our last road trip, Christy?
As a very wise Internet cartoon wrestler has said, every road trip needs a good inside joke. This trip’s joke [...]

This blogpost is about as random as it sounds. So with no further introduction, and with a deep sigh from my roommate beside me …
Yams are good food. They also grow sprouts if left in dark places.
Like our kitchen cupboard.

Mmmm.
Random thing #2:
When I went to my family’s house, I was warned about the green goat.
The [...]

Once upon a time the Park family went to the magical island of Hilton Head for a much-needed vacation. Because this was the Park family, they decided not to take normal pictures and instead focus on the adventures of a little sock monkey who came along with them.

The journey to the island was a long [...]