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How To Stay In Like

Next year, Penn and I will have been married for 20 years. (I don’t know how this is possible considering, in my head, I am still 27 years of age.) It’s an incredible feat, but one that has come with…

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Are You Really Gen X?

There are two types of people: The one who saves every cord, “just in case” and the one that “throws away devices you just stopped using in an effort to declutter” and they usually marry each other. Penn hoards cables…

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Gen Alpha Slang Isn’t All Bad

If you are reading this, you may have overheard your kid saying “skibidi.” Slang is constantly evolving and we are just trying our best to keep up. Penn decided to write a parody of “I Had Some Help” by Post…

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Goals For Senior Year

I am holding some wildly conflicting emotions about having a kid going into her senior year of high school. (There is no way I am old enough for this, right?) On one hand, I’m so excited for her future. On…

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20 Items Under $20 I Use Everyday

As the world gets crazier, I cling to some semblance of normalcy. My morning and night routines have been exactly the same for a few years. Every once in a while I throw in a new product, most likely courtesy…

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Beyond Wordle: 18 More Daily Games To Keep You Busy

If you’ve read my book ADHD Is Awesome, you probably figured out I’m a big word games guy. Yes, I do Wordle every day. Yes, I have a New York Times subscription purely for the daily crossword. But what about…

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Our Top 5 Music-Based TV Shows

I don’t think it’s hard to believe that we are a music-loving household. I mean, Penn writes parodies for a living! We have a piano in our living room and we love a good Broadway musical. So it should come…

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When Life Turns Out Differently

There’s a lot of things in life that haven’t been on my bingo card. Living in North Carolina. Making videos for the internet as a job. Competing on The Amazing Race. Those are all pretty great life surprises, but there…

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5 Lessons From Team USA

I have never been prouder of Team USA than I am this year. To be clear, I have binge watched every single Olympics since 1984. I watch everything – racewalking, speed climbing, archery, you name it – and I like…

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One Moment Doesn’t Define You

Penn and I are huge Olympic nerds. We love to watch them live (despite the productivity drawbacks of having them on in the workday) and we have already loved all the amazing stories coming out of Paris. (I mean, please…

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