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  • The Tequila Council: The Favoritism Inquiry

    Featuring: Tequila (Right): The veteran advisor, stoic, seasoned, slightly offended. Little Tequila (Left): The original favorite, now dethroned. New Tequila (Center): The upstart. The usurper. The plush with momentum. James: King, judge, snack distributor, and chaos incarnate. — James entered the living room with the slow, heavy-footed authority of a man who has had it…

  • The Great Vacuuming Lesson

    Father approaches me with the vacuum. He holds it like it’s a mighty weapon, but I know the truth: he is untrained. Unworthy. A novice attempting to perform sacred duties within my kingdom. “Hey buddy, want to help me vacuum?” he asks. Help him? Help him? I, James the Mighty, James the Protector of Crumbs,…

  • Tequila Council: United Nations of Stuffies

    The Tequila Council was in session — Big Tequila on the right, Little Tequila on the left, Circle Tequila humming in the middle like a wise old oracle — when James marched in carrying not one but two new recruits. A pink weighted dino, heavy with authority.And a red panda, whom James immediately renamed “Red…

  • Snugglemath

    For a moment — a rare, shimmering moment — the pookie cat settles on me like a warm, purring badge of honor. James is curled into my side, serene as a woodland creature in a children’s book. Jack is draped across him in perfect sibling alignment, not a single elbow weaponized, not a single knee…

  • The Tequila Council: The Betrayal

    Featuring Tequila (Right), Little Tequila (Left), and One Very Overworked Toddler King James climbed onto the bed with the gravitas of a man about to deliver a State of the Union address. He surveyed his plush council. He inhaled deeply. He exhaled like a disappointed CEO. James: “Ladies… gentlemen… stuffed citizens… we have a crisis.”…