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Read Cook
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Writer, Attorney, Devout Irreverent. “Bristol Palin Is a Realtor,” “Hope v Texas,” “Queen of Switzerland.” EPOCH, Wigleaf, Taco Bell Quarterly, The Moth, University of Illinois Law Review, etc.

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“What are the names of children at my daughter’s elementary school?”
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
?
July 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Dork.
July 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
May 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
25 pounds!
May 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
3rd Grade-ass lookin’ signature.
May 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Fixed it for graduation week. Noticed they got the Calatrava waving too. #SMU
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Darn it.
May 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I propose that any panelist who reads a brief excerpt from their work be mildly electroshocked.
May 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
From The Testaments: “All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.”
April 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fuck.
April 24, 2025 at 10:15 PM
What are they doing to these kids in there?
April 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
He is mutated indeed!
April 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not to steal Makkai’s bit, but I was helping my SIL’s family find a new home outside of Waco when I stumbled upon five floors of pure class. “Meet reality” indeed. Sadly, o/s their budget.

www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
April 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
In this economy?
April 1, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Some of y’all—and with my sincerest apologies to the long-haired chihuahua mom at the DFW Decanted if I’m wrong—aren’t fooling anybody.
March 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
An obvious trap…that I’m about to fall for.
March 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Ah, back home in the Lone Star State!
March 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Santa Fe.
March 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This 80’s baby is getting his booster tomorrow. Thanks, morons.
March 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
February 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Sancerre and 1,000 pc puzzle.
January 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Gonna teach ‘em how to ride little motorcycles.
January 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
January 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
‘Tis the season.
January 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM