Freeze
This is my daughter, wearing my wife’s hat and exceedingly pleased about it. It’s official. I’d like to to freeze her age. I’m sure that I’ll enjoy subsequent years a…
Which honk is the right honk?
The traffic light changes to green. The car in front of me does not move. I’m not angry or even annoyed. This can happen to anybody. I just want him…
My stock tip of the day
I don’t watch the Oscars, and I very much wanted a Twitter application last night that would block any tweet containing the word Oscar, but it’s worth noting that although…
A literary reference fifteen years in the making
In 1997 I took an English class that featured the writing of Anne Askew, a sixteenth century English poet who was persecuted as a heretic. She is the only woman…
Sexist pig ladies
Madeline Albright on being a female Secretary of State and a diplomat: “There is a great advantage to being a woman. I think we are better at personal relationships and…
My future poetry collection begins here
I’m thinking of assembling the poems that I have written over the years into a collection that my agent can then sell for millions of dollars because poetry is super…
Temper your parental and marital advice based upon the bell curve
My friend, Tom, watched this TED Talk and thought of me. The talk centers on what the Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman call "the four taboos of parenting." One deals…
Imperfect beauty
The photo is unfocused, grainy, poorly framed, and poorly lit, but I think that might make it better than if it had been done well. I love this photograph of…
Talk to your kids
There is a lot of fascinating information in this ten-minute TED Talk related to speech development and the way in which babies acquire language, but the piece that I thought…
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