by Sam Stortz | Sep 14, 2025 | General |
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed this week. I knew that he was a conservative activist and I thought of him as a click-baity social media personality but never consumed his content. We had very little in common as far as our political beliefs. I was genuinely sad when...
by Tom Stortz | Sep 10, 2025 | General |
The Stortz family is on a vacation for a week in Avalon, NJ. It’s the one time of year where we all get together to annoy the shit out of one another. There are a few kids running around – Jude, Josie, and baby Harrison – who spice up the day to day...
by Tom Stortz | Sep 4, 2025 | General |
Suburban life has been predictably boring, so last night I treated myself to the pinnacle of excitement: a steak and potato dinner at Firebirds. I’d scoped it out before – wall-to-wall collared-shirt douchebags trying way too hard at the bar. This time, I...
by Sam Stortz | Aug 30, 2025 | General |
It’s 7:15am on Saturday, August 30th, 2025. I am 34 years old today. I have a coffee, Melon, and my laptop. Meghan and Harrison are upstairs sleeping in. It rare these days to have time completely to myself like this, which is part of why I haven’t posted...
by Tom Stortz | Aug 29, 2025 | General |
She lies and says I don’t want to spoil it in the first line, but you probably know the lyric. Four plain words, sung a thousand times. It could be any song. Yet…I think you know it. The best lyrics are simple and somehow hold a whole life’s worth of...
by Tom Stortz | Aug 25, 2025 | General |
ChatGPT is nasty, I’m not sure who is even writing this anymore. I find myself trapped between two opposites: when there’s nothing to do, I’m restless with boredom; when there’s too much to do, I’m overwhelmed by the weight of preparation. Either way, I end up...
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