“The Five Most Baffling Christmas-Related Crimes Ever”

Don’t steal snakes. (Actually an empathetic piece as well as very funny–not surprising considering the byline.)

Advice for the Advicelorn

I was reading John Cheese’s latest column, “5 Pieces of Advice Every Adult Wishes They Got as a Teenager,” and it got me thinking about the subject of advice more generally. I usually tell people I’m against advice, but manifestly that isn’t true: I give it and even, very very occasionally and when I have [...]

“Five Stupid Habits You Develop Growing Up in a Broken Home”

You guys already know how I feel about John Cheese’s stuff. Some really powerful things here. It’s Cracked, so the usual warnings for language etc apply. (And more here.) Btw his parents are divorced, but he (or whoever wrote the headline) is using “broken home” here more to mean “dysfunctional” rather than just as a [...]

Also, apparently his eyes fire lasers. Like a shark, you know?

John Cheese is a writer for Cracked whom I have praised to you people many times. I linked to this piece in my AmCon piece about the problems with the “divorce counterrevolution” and I’ve linked several of his other marriage/parenting/family/uh… other stuff-related articles at MarriageDebate (which by the way you should all be following). Plus [...]