I did not grow up with children’s books
Am I the only person in the world who has seen the film version of Where the Wild Things Are but has never read the book?
My 2010 Christmas haul
My wife is the best gift giver on the planet. In addition to getting me tickets to the last two Connecticut Forums in 2011 (Temple Grandin/Steven Pinker and John Irving/Jonathan…
Jewish infiltration at the North Pole, perhaps?
My daughter, Clara, and I spent part of Christmas day watching the Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special. My wife is Jewish. I celebrate all holidays involving anthropomorphic creatures and…
How to turn a toy gun into an appropriate gift
A few pre-Christmas observations: 1. Men are simple creatures. As I meander up and down the aisles of Toys ‘R Us, I continually to stumbled upon toys that I would…
