The Shiny Butter Blog

I Love You, Liam Nissan

Hating on Haters Does Not Make the Hate Go Away

Here’s a Bunch of Back-to-School Stuff I Think It’s Only Fair You Know

Okay, So About That Time I F**ked Up the Carpool

How I Wrote My First 100 Pages in Thirty Years Flat

Ask Any Kid—Red Clay Makes the Very Best Mud

Don’t Be Anybody’s Bitch

Safe Travels and Rest Well to the Sweetest Cat I’ve Ever Had

Today I’m Grateful For Never Having to Take P.E. Again

That Mockery of an Election Was Like a Slap Upside the Head

Alas, My Post-Charlottesville Quiz Was Harder than I Thought — But Here Are the Answers

A Post-Charlottesville Quiz

How to Feel More Entitled, in Ten Easy Steps

Democratic Party Taking You for Granted? Maybe it’s Time to See Someone New

You Deserve a Break From Mainstream Media—Here’s a Juicy List of Alternatives

I Sure Do Miss My Big Appetite

Love: It’s Not Just for Your Valentine

The Mysterious Case of Representatives Who Go Missing When Faced with The Trump

Trump is God’s Way of Telling Us to Not to Take Our Eyes Off the President Ever Again

Dammit, New Year, You’re a Sight for Sore Eyes

Democrats Who Were Blindsided, Let Me ‘Splain What Just Happened and Who to Blame

Your Left-Leaning Voting Guide to the 2016 Election—with highlights just for NC voters

To Courtney: Why I Deleted Your Friend Request on Facebook

I Saw Five Minutes of TV This Morning, and I Realized Something

Resigning Myself to the 5 Stages of Grief Over This Election

Speaking of World Peace, Leave a Big Tip—It’s What Good Humans Do

Enough About Pantsuits! Behold, My Updated Policy on Women—in Politics, That Is

Good Vibes, Fizzy Sunshine, and the Pursuit of World Peace

Are We There Yet? The Election That Won’t Act Right.

Training Your Future Grown-Up—The Grocery Cart Edition

My Son Bought His First Car—Help Me Give Him Advice

What I Love About Summer and a Few Things I Could Do Without

New York Times, You’re Full of Shit

A Liberal’s Thank-You Letter to Donald Trump

Your Left-Leaning, Rainbow-Friendly Guide to NC’s Second Primary of 2016

What Would Jesus Buy, Who Would Jesus Shoot?

If Hillary’s So Great, Why Isn’t She a Runaway Bestseller Already?

Thinking About My Dad, Who Would Be 80 Today

Why An Epic Battle for the Presidency Needs Dreamers

A Sassy Senior Gets Up-close and Personal with Small Government

How to Go From Mardi Gras to Chocolate Bunnies in Forty Days Flat

On Party Stamina, Middle-Aged Selfies, and the Costco Where God Buys in Bulk

A Neither Polite Nor Gentle Guide to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

A Semi-Polite Guide to the 2016 Presidential Election

‘Tis the Season to Keep the Christ in Chrysler, and Other Thoughts on Christmas, Xmas, the Reason, and the Season

The Truth About How I Started My Day