Inclusive Soul Mugs

"Actually, it's 'they/them."

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

'Of course homosexuality is not a sin, handsome.'

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

Rainbow Quartet

"Is this who I am?"

The older I get, the more introspective I get, or is that retrospective?'

'Funny, I thought a near-death experience would be different, somehow.'

"I feel like there's a chick in me trying to escape."

"Wonder if there's something wrong with you? Reality is for us all it's true..."

Late-Onset Epiphany

Inclusive family code in Cuba

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious day when you're ripe and not yet mealy?"

Sooner or later, 'These trying times' become 'The good ol' days'.'

Happy Valentine's Day

"Date of birth?" "1989." "In 1989 I couldn't make ice... still can't." "Good lord, she could be my daughter! I'm so #!@* old." "That's the year my wife left me. Now I have a cold and I'm depressed!"

"Solitude is so much better if you have someone to share it with."

PastFuture.

Spring Cleaning

"Eve, do you realize that neither you nor I ever had a childhood?"

The big life questions that really get us thinking.

"...And when the Lord finished, she rested."

"Why are we here?"

"To tell you the truth, I never thought downward mobility would be so, well, downward."

'He heard about inclusion and followed me here. Can he stay?'

"Their lawyer found out that I enjoy reading poetry, and that I also like to watch professional wrestling. They're calling it a conflict of interests."

"Heavens, what have I done?!"

"I had a balloon once, but with me it was real estate."

"Maybe marriage is what I need, Gregorio. Sometiems I wonder if I'm living my life for other people...instead of living life for myself."

Time Passes...For Meaning.

"If Heather has two mommies, and each of them has two brothers, and one of those brothers has another man for a 'roommate,' how many uncles does Heather have?"

'I really don't need to go to church, Reverend -- I feel guilty enough without it.'