Useless word
As a writer, certain words annoy me. For example, the word minute, an indication of 60 seconds of time, is spelled the same as minute, meaning small. I hate this.…
Career advice
Even though Elysha and I are on the no call list, we still receive the occasional unsolicited calls from telemarketers. Usually these are companies that we already do business with…
Top 3 blogger on this blog
A friend of mine recently started doing business with one of the “Top 3 dermatologists in New York City.” There is a select breed of person in this world who…
Backing into trouble
I watched a woman grind her enormous SUV into a Subaru station wagon as she was backing into a parking spot at Shaw’s supermarket today. My question: Why does anyone…
A contest! Everyone loves a contest! And there are fabulous prizes, too!
Okay, I have a contest, and hopefully enough of my readers will be interested to make it worthwhile. On August 25, I will be appearing at WORD in Brooklyn, NY…
Clever brats-turned-friends
I’ve reach the point in my teaching career when some of my first students are now becoming young adults. As such, many of them are now becoming people who I…
Contrition or liberation?
Thomas Friedman wrote an article that talked about how the world has become more transparent. With the advent of blogs, cell phone cameras, and social networks like Facebook and MySpace,…
Perhaps my publisher should triple the price of my book
It is a sad fact that price seems to equate to pleasure in human beings. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology recently studied a subject’s reaction to wine after…
Future caveman?
I took a misanthropic quiz today. I turned out to be 70% misanthropic. The results read: Here's the truth: Most people suck. You are just lucky enough to know it.…
Cruel design
I don’t understand bikes. Have you ever noticed that the placement of the bar connecting the front half of the bike to its back end is different on a traditional…
