Spamming scumbag of the week
Each week, amongst the many interesting, insightful and occasionally scathing comments on my blog, I find comments by businesses and/or spammers who are clever enough to construct comments that avoid…
Snooze button sucks
I have always been anti-snooze button. There is no better way to waste time than to remain in bed after you have awoken. People waste hundreds, if not thousands of…
Worst super power ever
It turns out that I write about my super powers quite often. First there was a post about my actual super hero persona: Mr. Indestructible. I cannot be killed (having…
Mystery of Prince Rupert’s Drop
This is the most fascinating six minutes of video on the Internet today. That is all.
A question about female criticism that is likely to get me killed.
I am only asking, so please don’t kill me. There seems to be an enormous amount of angry, female criticism of Sheryl Sandberg’s LEAN IN on the Internet. Tweets, Facebook…
Unprecedented sibling love (and the people who suck at life who want to spoil it)
I don’t think I have ever seen as much sibling love and affection as exists between my two kids. Parents of children older than mine are fond of telling me…
An interview with my not-so-fictional character
In case you didn’t know, Mrs. Gosk, the third grade teacher in MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND, is a real person. I’ve worked with her for the past fifteen years,…
Be different. But be prepared to suffer, despite what parents and teachers may tell you.
While I think this book looks excellent, it also seems to embrace a fundamental flaw in the teaching of young people. It’s an issue that I am slightly obsessed with.…
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 7
- Go to the next page
