Sitemap - 2023 - Both Are True
The "Don't Buy More Shit" Gift Guide
switching to a "dumb" phone made me feel pretty dang smart
lord bless the partners of comedians
i figured out why nothing is ever enough (science)
Wacky Guy One: prepping for the audition that coulda changed everything
AMA? what is this, 2015? at BAT, we YAMA/MAYA
i used to play poker, now i play social media
forget thanksgiving its time for fearsharing
The ONE Black Friday Deal they DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT
the 'many escape rooms' theory of why our smartphones suck the big one
i went mostly offline and then all this happened
A link to my daily log as a person who is offline
What's the one thing we all hate but can't stop doing?
Like the mirror and the moon, let's reflect
'all food is unhealthy' and other dumb shit I believe about cooking
Being enough isn't the fucking point
Aren't all parents competitive???
The self is a gut-hole - the first podcast ever made
My son, the two year old soccer prodigy
introducing: are both true? (a podcast-ish podcast)
✨every app that adds AI looks like this✨
lil audio recorded MOMENTS after yesterday's S1 opener
I got a perfect score on my SAT and all I got was this lousy feeling of never being enough
A day in the life of a writer who is also a dad and husband etc
a heartbreaking realization that i might not be a genius
audio rant #1: they've all got my milk
6666 tips on how I reached 6666 subscribers on Substack
A fool rushes in -- my future according to tarot
A fool rushes in -- my future according to tarot (with audio and video)
My parents, my child and me: what could go wrong?
My parents, my child and me: what could go wrong? (w/ audio)
what if we didn't need the answers???
failure to launch -- pre-season diary entry 1
Season One: I'm (Not??) The Best
help me help you (with your writing)
let's talk about parenting, baby
hello, i love you, won't you pick up your phone???
just a lil weekend 'fiction' guy
Why Alex Dobrenko can't stop telling the truth
My answers to five big questions
how our nice morning went to shit
Rec room: how do u plan on making this long weekend not suck??
imagine a bookstore where everything's free
what are you reading / watching / hearing / botching?
is it okay to hate stuff for no reason?
the itsy bitsy spider is not what it seems
a bunch of tips for using Notes + my origin story using the platform++
how are you doing, creatively speaking?!
i suck at LinkedIn networking - plz help??
a love letter to a bookstore coffee shop shelter from the swarm
i confess: i lied to my grandma
i want to be good but i am bad - help?
What does your stupid art even do for the world?
13 things I like (sex robots, bon iver, kendall roy looking sad)
Five Little Ducklings is NOT a nursery rhyme -- what REALLY lies over the hill and far away
a tea kettle for Nona (the chaynik chronicles)
I paid ALOT of money for an AI to make this pitch video and I gotta say -- it's pretty amazing
the weird superstitions of a soviet jew + what r ur superstitions?? (MAYA/YAMA)
The ONE Amazon Prime Day Deal they DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT
I posted 300+ Threads in 3 days
A 5th grade essay about how I met my wife
i swore i wouldn't write a 4th of july post but then this happened
You ask me anything / me ask you anything (YAMA/MAYA #4)
the unbearable rightness of being (a toddler)
A drama unfolds at the UPS store (with audio)
Just when i thought everyone liked me…
i refuse to talk to you w those stupid ass ski goggles on your face
My therapist doesn't think I'm special
I think we're alone now (it's time for YAMA/MAYA)
Alex Dobrenko DESTROYS everything is amazing’s Mike Sowden in EPIC debate
The time I got my head stuck in a balcony
Q: How Can I Be Funny Like You?
After 10 years of writing, here's everything I know
Wait the Piña Colada song is about what?!
the night George Saunders ruined my life
Messy ass spaces #3 - more mess, more space, and, yes, more ass
killing time at a coffee shop that may also be heaven
Another roundup?!?! No. This is a squaredown.
You ask me anything / me ask you anything (yama/maya) #2
a letter to my first son on his second birthday
how to not lose your mind on Substack Notes
We have reached 3211 free / 111 paid subs which means...
my tell-all guide of everything I've learned on the road to 3211 free subs / 111 paid subs
A list of things that are not, in fact, like life
just a lil guy in The Comedic Personal Essay Universe
You've heard of the AMA (ask me anything), wait till you hear THIS:
The masks we wear: from expecting to accepting (act three, romcom)
the essay formerly known as romcom (act two)
The meet-cute (a rom com, act one)
i am not the man i thought i was
can everyone kindly shut the fuck up about AI
if have nothing, then how give anything?
How to be a good storyteller, great dad, and serious reporter in the porn industry
Michael Estrin: Raw, Unedited, Uncut
imagine a bookstore where everything's free
I cannot handle my son’s crying
How I grew this newsletter from 56 to 2,177 subscribers in less than a year
How to have a successful yard sale (guest post from my wife Lauren!)
why can't i be happy when things go well