We all laugh, hard, and keep reaching for more laughter deep in our heavenly bodies because it distracts us from thinking the same thing: God is slipping.

One night your boyfriend sleepwalks to the kitchen and brings a handful of M&Ms back to bed. You wake to bleary chocolate... more

After Pete and his daughter Aya finished the course work to become certified masseuses, they entered the hotel meeting room for the final... more

Spring was flipper-fitting season for young Olympic hopefuls like Jeannie. Although it was only March, Jeannie already had her... more

Peter first met (well, you know. "Met.") Leona when he was five years old. It would be thirty years before he would... more

Antarctica wants you dead. The research scientists bundle you up in outside-resistant clothing and put you outside the insulated... more

She had different stories for different people. “Lost it in a hunting... more

“I don’t understand anything about the... more

Betty crossed her yard and our street and my yard holding a bundle of mail.

The Light Bulb Man did not get the idea for the light bulb from those cartoons when someone gets an... more

It’s called The Panda Barn, where you can go and it’ll just be rows and rows of beds

I snapped back into it at the bar. I’d been there the whole time, of course, but I hadn’t really... more

The Day Shirley Temple Died I remembered I was a bad mother. I called up my son, a bellboy in a fancy Las Vegas hotel, I wanted to... more

 We believed something together, and when we believed it, it was true. Nothing else more true.

I sat in my chair and stared at her. 

It was obvious to me that you needed to talk, and I was there to listen and record.

1. In the middle of our city are the woods, which are full of animals. Kara asks: “How much further, Marcus? Do you... more

Ask for a skateboard for Christmas. Pick it part-by-part from the skateshop near Needle Park. After, go to the Combat Zone to... more

Architecturally, it is almost an exact replica of the Indonesian-style villa he had... more

The posse gutted your daddy’s cattle and made your little sister gasp until she made no sounds at all. ... more

You Think You Can Stop Me?? You can’t stop me.  So they don’t let me bring my cooler no more, big... more

I'm giving up cold turkey for lent.   * *... more

Two outs to go in the season, eight-nothing Huskies, it’s been a swinging party and nobody invited the... more

François was working on a baseball campaign, the design and effects for it, two thirty second spots and a sixty, and fifteens... more

Three people had died on the rollercoaster, each decapitated by a wooden plank. He told her this as the lap bar lowered over them and... more