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All posts tagged
excuses
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May 14, 2025If FDR Did It, It Can’t Be That Bad
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April 16, 2021Now That We’re Vaccinated, Things Will Be Insane
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July 11, 2018Philosophically Legitimate Excuses for Plagiarizing Philosophy Papers
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May 21, 2018Things Republicans Have Blamed for School Shootings or a Top-200 Subreddit?
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May 24, 2017Reasons Your Friend is Apologizing for Her Husband as They Leave Your Party Early
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February 15, 2017Perfectly Good Reasons Why I Have a Justin Bieber Song On My iPhone
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April 4, 2016Five Excuses to Get Out of Reading a Friend’s Poetry
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February 5, 2016Eight Excuses I Have Told My Son to Use for His Failure to Hand in English Homework, Excuses I Have Learned are Acceptable During a Thirty-Year Career in Journalism, Books, and Film
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February 4, 2015Parenting Ideologies I Use With My Spouse That Justify My Laziness/Terrible Efficacy as a Parent
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May 15, 2014I Can’t Come to Your Techno Party
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June 3, 2025New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
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June 6, 2025I, Saruman, Have Ended My Alliance with the Dark Lord Sauron
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February 10, 2015What a Straight Man’s Favorite Musical Says About Him
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June 9, 2025It’s Not Going Great, but Imagine How Much Worse Things Would Be with a Woman President