Nils Parker Archive

• 6January 10, 2010

  The Passive-Aggressive Poop Nazis, by Nils Parker

  The ubiquity of dog parks in America’s towns and cities is a relatively recent phenomenon.  I grew up in a...

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• 13January 4, 2010

  O, Where the Mind Goes, by Nils Parker

  People spend a lot of time sitting around, waiting for things to be over. Whether we’re on the subway,...

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• 12December 27, 2009

  Hate The Player, by Nils Parker

  A couple weeks ago on Twitter, while trapped in Shreveport, Louisiana filming his most recent movie, SUPER, with Ellen Page...

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• 4December 20, 2009

  You’re Free To Go, by Nils Parker

  This is the fifth installment in Nils’s Cloyne Court series. To peruse the first four, click here. I woke up...

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• 4December 13, 2009

  Vic and the Fourth Class: Part Two, by Nils Parker

  For Part I, click here. Vic’s words sunk in well during the first weeks after our meeting in his office. ...

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• 8December 6, 2009

  Vic and the Fourth Class: Part One, by Nils Parker

  This is the 3rd installment in a story of Nils’s college experience at Cal. Part 1, “You Must Be New Here”. Part...

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• 8November 29, 2009

  Like Mother, Like Father, by Nils Parker

  I spent most of last week waiting for a phone call with significant professional and financial implications. I was...

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• 1November 23, 2009

  Officer Ruiz, by Nils Parker

  This is the second installment of the Cloyne series. You can read the first installment here: Part 1. “It’s been awhile.”...

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• 2November 16, 2009

  You Must Be New Here, by Nils Parker

  My name is Nils Parker. I am 31 years old. I went to college at the University of California,...

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