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In Defense of “Dicked Down in Dallas”
As I was researching our most recent Sinisterhood minisode, I decided to search Spotify for some songs about Dallas that I may not have heard before. Up popped Willie Nelson’s “Dallas,” an old favorite. Then I scrolled to Alan Jackson’s “Dallas,”… Continue reading
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9/11/2002
It was the fall semester of my sophomore year in high school. 2002. A weird time for anybody – being a sophomore in high school and all. But also a weird time for being an American – being post-9/11 and… Continue reading
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Don’t Look, Ethel!
Early one morning the week before Christmas I was scrolling through Twitter while drinking coffee. A woman tweeted that she tried showing a clip from the BBC game show Taskmaster to her family while visiting for the holidays. The tweeter’s parents watched… Continue reading
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Hook, Line, and Sucker
Bouncing balls. Jumping children. Painted faces. Squeals. Screams. Laughter. Last weekend, Paris and I found ourselves the only childless couple at a four-year-old’s birthday party in a mini gymnasium. Kids flew around the foam-covered floors and walls, flipping and jumping,… Continue reading
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Journey Back to the Times
It was the first weekend in December 2021, and for the second time in a calendar year, Paris and I were walking through the parking lot of Medieval Times on our way to a matinee show. “We were just here,” I said,… Continue reading
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The Night I Met Santa
When we were little, my sister, Shannon, told me that she knew Santa was real. She had seen Rudolph in real life, so it stood to reason that if Rudolph was real then Santa was, too. I believed her, of… Continue reading
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That’s Fair
The third Saturday in October, I woke up to a text from my sister, Shannon. She let me know that she and her husband, Aaron, were headed to the State Fair of Texas with my four-and-a-half-year-old niece. I screamed to… Continue reading
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All the Things I Forgot About Traveling
We just wrapped up our seven-city, eight-show tour performing Sinisterhood live for fans and friends across five states. If you made it to a show, thank you so much! It was great to see all your lovely faces. If not, good news… Continue reading
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Miles and Miles
This weekend, I had the pleasure of performing a story live at The Comedy Arena. If you happened to miss the event, no worries. The text of what I performed (for the most part) is below. Some of it was… Continue reading
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Lost and Found
It’s that time of year again. September 14, 2017 is the day my dad died. The days up until that day are harder than other days in the year. It’s also kind of weird timing this year because Christie and… Continue reading
Heather versus the World 