The 5% Rule

The 5% Rule: No matter how kind, warm, thoughtful, amazing, cheerful, consistent, and perfect I treated people roughly 5% of them would just be terrible (yes, I have the numbers to back this). I’m not talking about people who were having a bad day or people who...

Aziz and Consent

NSFW WARNING: There is no possible way to discuss the following without using adult language and talking about sex in graphic terms. Enjoy. It may be the curse of all aged human beings to watch the world they knew in their youth fade away as they begin to bemoan the...

Childbirth class

Erin and I attended our first childbirth class last night. We met six other couples and came away feeling even better about our relationship, our pregnancy, and our odds for a good birth experience. I am sorry to report that some of the “men”—I’m...