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The AARP Hat My Dad Thought Burglars Left Behind
We reach for visible resets—a buzzed head, a new haircut, a rearranged room—when the invisible work of changing our lives feels impossibly stuck, but…
Nov 27 • 
Ernie Hsiung
How I Got Owned by a Dim Sum Cart Lady in Front of My Boyfriend (A Tragedy in Mandarin)
REMIXED. ORIGINAL PUBLISH DATE: 08/16/2012.
Nov 26 • 
Ernie Hsiung
Boy Game Broke
A mother–son tech support saga told in two languages, zero screens, and infinite patience. Original publish date: 05/11/2014.
Nov 22 • 
Ernie Hsiung
My Wrist Guard Is Missing
The Pain That Stayed
Nov 20 • 
Ernie Hsiung
When Your Mother Doesn't Know What a Pound Sign Is and You Realize You Don't Either
Original publish date: 11-07-2006
Nov 19 • 
Ernie Hsiung
We Met Online Then He Pulled Out Our 1989 Yearbook
Originally published 02/20/2003.
Nov 15 • 
Ernie Hsiung
How to Trust Your Gut
(With Training Wheels, a Safety Harness, and Someone Else's Dead Grandmother's Watch)
Nov 13 • 
Ernie Hsiung
Wait, you’re actually paying for this?
(Shhh, hey paying members, I'm talking to you. It'll be our seeecret.)
Nov 11 • 
Ernie Hsiung
I don’t even know what a state controller is
Initially posted 06/02/2006.
Nov 11 • 
Ernie Hsiung
The two types of web developers
Originally published 05/05/2003.
Nov 9 • 
Ernie Hsiung
Nobody Knows My Father's Birthday (And Other Elder Care Surprises)
A field guide to bureaucratic despair, filial guilt, and lunar birthdays
Nov 6 • 
Ernie Hsiung
The King of Atmospheric Pressure
This is a story about my sister’s mental illness. Sorry, James Brown search engines. Repost of a 2017 remix of a 2006 incident.
Nov 4 • 
Ernie Hsiung
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