A little baby becomes a little kid
I write a daily blog directed to my daughter that I began on the day we learned that Elysha was pregnant. Recently, I wrote a post that garnered some attention…
Embodiment of their teacher
As my school year begins, so does the process of preparing for another year of Shakespeare. The preparation for the yearly production is remarkably hard work for me and the…
Go home.
I don’t understand the people who hang out in the gas station convenience stores, lingering by the counter, engaging the employees in mindless, inane chatter between customers. Please tell me…
Bested by Best Western
Sometimes I find myself caught in a moment that could appear in one of my books someday. I’m parked at the Best Western in Troy, New York. I just finished…
A teacher’s recollections of 9/11
I was teaching math to my third grade students when my classroom phone rang around 9:00. It was my ex-wife, calling to tell me that a plane had hit the Word…
Independence trumps any semblance of heat
When I was twelve years old, I moved into a partially finished, unheated room in the basement. I moved into the room without my parent’s knowledge. For years, I had…
Not funny
I sat behind an old Hungarian woman at dinner tonight, listening to her complain to her friends that all the good jokes are gone because of this “goddamn political correctness.”…
Dental nerd
I told the doctor that I exercise daily, don’t drink, don’t smoke and have never even experimented with an illegal drug. “And I floss every day,” I added. “No one…
How old is considered fully cooked?
In the midst of a recent discussion on conformity, religion, clothing and parenting (I know, quite a combination), I was told by someone significantly older than me that my idealism,…
Peeing into your golf club is not a solution to not a problem.
There’s so much to say about this product. So much. Let’s begin with the fact that someone thought that this was a good idea. A golf club designed to hold…
