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i think my son hates mePLUS: I am not handling it well
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my grandpa, my car, and also merelationships need tune ups too
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imagine a bookstore where everything's freeIt'd never work, sure, but what if it already has?
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I was born in Odessa UkraineHow it feels when your homeland is attacked.
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Doing Crimes with My Dada true story
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A 5th grade essay about how I met my wife Alex and Lauren, sitting in a tree
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After 10 years of writing, here's everything I knowa raw, honest list of the stuff no one else will tell you
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The masks we wear: from expecting to accepting (act three, romcom)A denoument? In this economy? You betcha. Let's boogie.
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the essay formerly known as romcom (act two)When the author has a breakthrough about his own relationship, things start to get a little crazy!
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Introducing: Messy Ass SpacesNot all workspaces can be perfect. Some, in fact, look like butt.
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The meet-cute (a rom com, act one)When Rom meets Com on the set of a Major Hollywood Blockbuster, things get a little crazy.
Mar 9
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Humor During WartimeA year and a month into the Ukraine war + Strudels + 'what the hell is fair?'
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My parents, my child and me: what could go wrong?
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I was born in Odessa Ukraine
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Both Are True

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to one, and friend to all.
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Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to one, and friend to all.

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