This is not supposed to be a complicated game.
My daughter doesn’t understand tag. She thinks that the person who is “It” is the one who is supposed to be chased. She points her finger at me, shouts, “You’re…
Alex Pareene’s takedown of Andy Borowitz’s humor in Salon is a joke.
Alex Pareene wrote a take down of humorist Andy Borowitz that I found so infantile that I felt obliged to write a take down of his take down here, even…
Personal competition gets stuff done
A post on Time Management Ninja entitled Be More Productive by Making Your Life a Game struck a chord with me. While I do not adhere strictly to the premise…
The most critical lessons that I teach my students each year
As I prepare to re-enter the classroom next week for another year of teaching, I was thinking about some of the most important lessons that I will attempt to impart…
She expects me to read her mind
This morning my daughter was making up a new song about a “twirly swing” at the park. She was in the midst of creation, inventing the lyrics and the melody…
Second place sucks
I competed in The Moth’s StorySLAM last night and came in second place, losing to my storytelling hero, Steve Zimmer, by a tenth of a point. It was actually an…
Three unique book reviews
The reviews of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND have been pouring in, and while I will not share all of them with you, I thought that these three were worth…
Bookseller love
I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting Stanley Hadsell of Market Block Books in Troy, New York, but he is my hero. Actually, all booksellers are my heroes…
Forgetfulness
At last night’s book launch, I read a poem by Billy Collins while recommending one of this books of poetry. I also spoke about the importance of listening to Collins…
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