Frightened
I’m currently proofreading Unexpectedly, Milo. This is my last chance to make changes, and they cannot be big ones. A word here or a word there at most. Everything else…
“Separate but equal” still alive in Hollywood
My wife and I caught about ten minutes of the Golden Globe Awards last night, and I came away wondering: Why are the best acting awards divided along gender lines?…
I was the parent of a teenager, even if some people choose to discount it.
A couple of days ago, I received a phone call from a friend asking for advice about her sick child. The boy was suffering from a lingering fever despite the…
Better ways of feeling good about yourself
Someone recently told me that watching television shows like The Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of Wherever makes people “feel better about themselves.” I suggested the same argument could…
The right thing
I was recently planning on doing the wrong thing, but upon reflection, I decided to do the right thing. And you know what? I’m not happy. That’s the problem with…
Toilet wins every time
Years ago, on the way to Florida, my best friend and I played the “Best of All-Time” game, in which competitors must argue for the best of all time in…
Elmore Leonard’s rules of writing
Elmore Leonard posited some writing rules in the New York Times way back in July of 2001, when the towers still stood and water boarding was presumed to be an…
A real life Martin?
If you are a fan of Something Missing, read this post by Greg Allen. I don’t know the man, but based on his view on rotating dishes, he could be…
Make it memorable
A couple of weeks ago, my friend gave birth to a baby daughter. A couple of hours after the delivery, my wife and I sent the happy couple a bouquet.…
Star Trek stinks
Sometimes I encounter a freak who claims that Star Trek is better than Star Wars. While there are many, many ways to refute this utterly ridiculous claim, I like to…
