Bologna and catsup sandwiches
My daughter eats cheese sandwiches on whole wheat bread for lunch. My wife will sometimes cut the sandwich in the shape of a heart. She would add turkey if my…
Large organizations with large problems
Over the past three days: Three Pittsburg Steelers players emerged from their Monday night game with concussions. This is becoming a serious problem for the NFL. The Dallas Cowboys website…
Spreading the McRib and other good news
Over the last week or so, I have been yearning for a McRib, which my local McDonald's is now offering for a limited time only. Frightening words for a McRib…
Lessons from two years of parenting
I’ve been collecting a list of lessons that I have learned from my first two years of parenting. The list was getting long so I thought it was time to…
My way is the right way.
Sometimes the correct pronunciation is still the wrong pronunciation. Two words in particular: Macabre, which can be pronounced muh-kah-bruh or muh-kahb, should never be pronounced muh-kab-bruh. It sounds clunky and…
How do you answer “What do you do for a living?” when you have three jobs?
Whenever I play golf, I find myself meeting new people and having to answer the question, "What do you do for a living?" This is tricky for me. I often…
Perverse political pleasure
I take a perverse pleasure in seeing the political signs for candidates who I despised well after the election is over. It’s a pleasant reminder of how well things worked…
Rhetorical blunder
I said it a week ago when I saw this ad for the first time (and foolishly failed to record my prescience here): In the age of the mash-up, there…
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…
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