“Oh, I don’t usually smoke,” I said as I lit the cigarette hanging out of the left side of my mouth. The boy across from me nodded and laughed, “Me…
April Garner

I am a writer from Austin, Texas. I spend my time taking care of pets and kids, volunteering, watching movies, lifting weights, working on a community magazine and trying to turn the tide of Texas politics with my mind. If an activity I like has the potential to support my family financially, basically it's ruined for me.
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National No Dirty Dishes Day. What a load of crap was my very first thought. And yet here I am writing an article about it. National No Dirty Dishes Day originated nowhere…
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Five years ago, I wouldn’t have given two tattered capes about National Superhero Day. It’s April 28, by the way. Oh sure, I saw Superman and Superman II as a very young child.…
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When I read that March 9 is National Barbie Day, I had mixed feelings. It’s pleasantly nostalgic and vomit-inducing all at the same time. As a kid, I loved Barbie.…
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One thousand dead crickets in a box. That’s what I’m looking at right now — 1,000 belly-up insects in a rectangular receptacle. I paid $30 for them. If that sounds…