How did you decide upon your occupation?
I am, among other things, a teacher and an author. As a child, I wanted to be a teacher and an author, so things worked out well. My childhood dreams…
For the sake of brevity…
Fans of the NPR radio show Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me (and grammar nerds), please explain this: When Carl Castle is asked how many points a contestant needs to win,…
Pouty Sanchez
Tim Graham of ESPN writes: The Jets want Mark Sanchez to stop pouting. To force Sanchez into acting as regal as a franchise quarterback should, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer and…
Defeated by the elderly
In a follow-up to the post about my lack of cultural awareness comes this evening’s revelation that my wife’s 88-year-old grandmother is more culturally aware than either one of us. …
Can’t imagine why I am not universally adored
I am a direct person, and I have always considered this quality to be an asset. Furthermore, I have always had difficulty understanding why anyone in my life would not…
Spiders in a Volkswagen
A few weeks ago I wrote about the best gift that I have ever received, and it included a story about my friend, Tom, and his fear of spiders. In…
Cartoon babe?
Was Scooby Doo’s Daphne actually hot, or was her hotness the result of her juxtaposition to the dreadful looking and more dreadfully named Velma?
Simple and doable
Here is the best solution that I have seen to my recent electronic voting rant: Brilliant idea
I don’t know who Snooky is or if Lady Gaga wore a meat dress, but I’m probably happier than you.
My wife and I do not watch very much television. Last night, for example, I watched the fourth quarter of the Celtics game. Otherwise the television did not go on.…
