One More Thing – October 2021

The Best Parts of Fall by Tyler Sjostrom One of the rites of fall — admit it, you and I and your mom all do it — is to gush about the adorable fallness of it all. Ooh, pumpkin spice! Ah, soup season! AND OH MY GAWD HAVE YOU SEEN THE LEAVES. But believe me, autumn is a...

One More Thing – September 2021

A Fond Farewell to (Songs of) Summer by Tyler Sjostrom “I remember every moment; time was all we had until the day we said goodbye.” Richard Marx, “Endless Summer Nights” Much ink has been spilled about the so-called end of “monoculture,” the phenomenon where all...

One More Thing – August 2021

Anatomy of a Dad Joke by Tyler Sjostrom   I still recall my first encounter with my own dad’s Dad Jokes. We were driving past a Dairy Queen in my hometown in the mid-90s and the marquee outside said, “Monkey Tails, a dozen for $6.” And seeing the advert for Monkey...

One More Thing – July 2021

The Thoughts I Think When I Take My Kids to the Zoo by Tyler Sjostrom  As a parent to two young boys, I have default responses to a multitude of potentially sticky situations. Older son is pouting? “Alexa, play ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd.” Younger son is...

One More Thing – June 2021

The Summer Job Syllabus by Tyler Sjostrom Whenever I visit a tourist town (which because I’m nothing if not predictably basic, is often), I always take stock of the individuals who are scooping my Moose Tracks, bagging my saltwater taffy, or applying a henna tattoo to...