My husband and I were at the farmers market once and we got stopped by a couple of young men that had a religious agenda that they wanted to force on us. I would have just kept walking, but my husband is kinder and more patient (aka gullible) and let them do their spiel. There were two of them, but only one was talking. The other one looked like he’d rather be doing anything – giving a cat a bath, math homework, listening to a presentation on consent – other than watching his

We’ve all heard the saying, “every pot has its lid.” Sure, it doesn’t have the same cache that “Shontay, you stay," or "You are NOT the father!” has, but it’s a valuable concept nonetheless. The saying has been applied to thousands of scenarios – everything from finding the person you want to spend the rest of your life with to finding the right outfit that says both, “I read a lot of books,” and “Those charges were dropped.” It also applies to a job that most of us will neve

Today on Midwest Weird: "Bruno and His Classmates,” by Sophie Anne Hinkson. Buy Sophie a coffee in support of her work ! Be sure to leave a message and note who it's for : )   Sophie Ann Hinkson relocated to Chicago from Paris a few years ago. In France, she worked as a bookseller and journalist for a literary magazine and radio station. She is now teaching ESL and French at various colleges in Chicago. She holds an MA in Modern Literature from France and is currently an MFA

Today on Midwest Weird: "Why I Don’t Deserve to Be in Jail This Halloween" by Itto and Mekiya Outini. Buy Itto and Mekiya a coffee in support of their work ! Be sure to leave a message and note who it's for : )   Itto and Mekiya Outini write about America, Morocco, and all those caught in between. They’ve published in The North American Review, Modern Literature, Fourth Genre, and elsewhere. Their work has received support from the MacDowell Foundation, the Steinbeck Fellowsh

I love going to the movies. Well, most of the time I love going to the movies. The thing about going to the movies is that there’s usually other people there and that means it’s a real crapshoot whether those people are going to behave themselves or act like a mildly inconvenienced Real Housewife who’s on her third chardonnay (aka a loud distraction who’s primary responsibility is to deny some questionable cosmetic surgery choices that made like Christopher Columbus and didn’