A computer expert embezzles half a million dollars and races off to Reno to start anew. Unfortunately, en route, he picks up a pair of hitchers and ends up entangled with a crazed couple who commandeer his car and leave him alone in the desert to die. As soon as he can, he hits the road to get revenge and to find his money before they do.

Tom swore he’d never have kids. That didn’t work out. But what a time to do it! Climate change, reality collapse, performative ideology, narcissism and hyper consumption. At least the kid’s poems are going to be multi-layered. 　　Ward takes us on the journey becoming a dad has been taking him, re-tracing his own childhood and teenage years with fundamentalist Christian parents, how he used action films to build his image of masculinity and how to feel about bringing a child into a world you’ve been saying “we’re f**ked!” since he was 7. A bittersweet hour of all that makes life heaven and hell.