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Sectional Healing 5/10: Welcome to Hell (aka the month of May)

Knox McCoy
May 11
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WRITE SECTION

I can’t believe it’s May. I’m still writing “2021” on things I have to date and I have no idea what has happened to my New Years resolutions. They vanished into the ether and RUMORS ABOUND over what I actually intended to accomplish by making them. Maybe learn a new language? Perfect homemade pizza perhaps?

I still have a pizza oven I bought at the end of last year that I haven’t touched since bringing it home. You have to understand though, it was a simpler time then; optimism was everywhere. A new Outlander season was just around the corner and we had no idea it would feature a new country-western theme song and revolve around 1) Claire getting an Ellen haircut and 2) the hi-jinx perpetrated by a malevolent girl named something like Vulva.

Regardless, even if I didn’t have access to a calendar, I’d know it was May because of the uptick in activities for the childrens. When you have the childrens, May is activity procrastination made manifest. School, sports, and all significant activities seem to forget that you are allowed to schedule things in any of the months from August - April and so, ALL THE AND EVERY ONE OF THE THINGS is scheduled to occur in May.

The older I get, the more I realize that placing Mother’s Day in May is perhaps the quietest cruelty by the patriarchy. Moms can’t be celebrated in May; THERE SIMPLY ISN’T TIME. 


“HAVE YOU PRACTICED YOUR POEM?”

“HAVE YOU PRACTICED YOUR SPEECH?”

“HAVE YOU PRACTICED YOUR SONG?”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU NEED PUFF PAINT FOR TOMORROW? IT’S 11:07PM.”

“WE CAN’T HAVE A FRIEND OVER, HONEY. WE HAVE A TRIPLE HEADER TODAY AND A SEXTUPLE HEADER TOMORROW ALL AT DIFFERENT FIELDS ACROSS THESE HERE UNITED STATES.”

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT’S EARLY DISMISSAL AGAIN TOMORROW? IT’S A TUESDAY. WHAT COULD THEY BE DOING?”

“WHY SHOULD I KNOW WHERE YOUR CLEATS / SHINGUARDS / COSTUME / PROJECT / CLASSROOM PET / ARE? THEY ARE YOUR CLEATS / SHINGUARDS / COSTUME / PROJECT / CLASSROOM PET.”

“I’M SORRY; YOU ARE SAYING THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS WEEK YOU HAVE TO DRESS UP IN ACCORDANCE TO A VERY SPECIFIC AND DIFFICULT TO SHOP FOR THEME?”

“WHICH ONE OF YOUR 18 JERSEYS ARE YOU WEARING TODAY?” 

“YES, I CAN DEFINITELY MAKE A RANDOM PARENT MEETING SCHEDULED EARLY IN THE MORNING / LATE AT NIGHT THAT DEFINITELY COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL.”


All the while, here in the South, pollen (aka nature’s ejaculate) covers everything the light touches and enters every respiratory orifice within 1.5 seconds of stepping outside.

Major Ts and Ps to all the parents out there this month. I see you. I hear you. I know your pain and, please write this down, through God and day-time margaritas, all things are possible.


PICTURE SECTION


READS SECTION

  1. The Most Popular Baby Names of 2021…

  2. How Hollywood’s Blockbuster Golden Boys Went Weird

  3. Just 13 Delicious Sandwich Recipes…

  4. Our Obsession With Our Ancestry Has Twisted Roots…

  5. Trader Joe Was a Real Person…

  6. How Much Did Grandmothers Influence Human Evolution?


LISTEN SECTION

Over Under Achievers #55: The PED Lottery

Jason and I make the case for PEDs in sports, recap the NFL draft, talk about whether or not Klay Thompson and Bill Belichick are cooked AND MUCH MORE.

The Popcast #453: Fixing Zac Efron and Bad Parenting Moments Snake Draft

With an ailing Jamie, Erin Moon fills in to help me talk about Zac Efron, the new Game of Thrones spinoff, Kendrick Lamar’s deepfake video, and then later, Jason Waterfalls joins us for a snake draft.

The Popcast #452: The Summer Movie Preview Guide

Jamie and I break down all the movies you should avoid and all the ones you should make time for this summer.


GOOD DOG SECTION

Twitter avatar for @dog_ratesWeRateDogs® @dog_rates
Oh to be a happy little dog having the time of their life in a public fountain. 14/10

April 12th 2022

12,159 Retweets104,092 Likes

TWEETS SECTION

Twitter avatar for @ElyKreimendahlely kreimendahl @ElyKreimendahl
i asked my four year old why she wouldn’t clean up her play- doh and she said “it doesn’t make my heart happy” like ok marie kondo u win

April 30th 2022

4,488 Retweets108,090 Likes
Twitter avatar for @jon_boisJon Bois @jon_bois
the wright brothers? more like the flight brothers

May 2nd 2022

198 Retweets3,588 Likes
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Jessica James
Jun 13

I waited to read this until May was over because I am a parent, and May is so hard. I love the PMG so much because of little things like in this newsletter - like how I also call Malva "Vulva" LOL. AND I need a shirt that says "pollen: nature's ejaculate" because it's SO true, and I've never heard a better metaphor for pollen.

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Bekah Vickers
May 18

That grandmother article is FASCINATING.

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