Archive for August 2013
Little Elton John
Is it me, or is there a definite resemblance?
Read MoreSome golf shots are too good to be true
I’ve seen some strange things on the golf course. I have made more than one shot in my time that seemed impossible. I have unintentionally bent golf balls around objects at impossible angles. I hit myself in the head with a golf ball last year. I have struck water fowl. But I’ve never seen anything…
Read MoreReturning home tomorrow.
Today is my last day of summer vacation. Tomorrow I will head back to school. It is a bittersweet time for teachers. Another summer has come and gone, faster than we can believe, and while most of us wish that our summer days would never end, we are also returning to a profession that we…
Read MoreMy parental genius is finally bearing fruit. I’m not sure what exactly I did, but still, fruit!
Yesterday morning, my four year-old daughter woke up, got dressed, made her bed, cleaned her room, and only then opened her bedroom door and called for me to come see her. She did this on her own, without ever being asked, but I am taking full credit for it, because I am her father, and…
Read MoreHot legs or hot dogs? Either is fine.
A new Tumblr called Hot-Dog Legs challenges viewers to determine if what they are looking at are legs or a pair of hot dogs. It’s shocking how much the two look alike. Perhaps this will finally bring an end to the self-indulgent photos of surf, sky and a pair of suntanned legs. Probably not, but…
Read MoreA different ending for every reader
I agree. This is a brilliant idea. Now I just need to become a famous author.
Read MoreWhy I am a reluctant atheist
I describe myself as a reluctant atheist. Essentially, this means that I do not believe in God, but I wish I did. I have tried to believe. At this point in my life, I simply lack the faith required to believe. Despite reading the Bible cover to cover three times in my life, I have…
Read MoreMy storytelling secret: I’m a small, frightened man onstage. Always.
I’m off to New York tonight to compete in another Moth StorySLAM. I have been exceptionally fortunate enough to win the last five StorySLAMs in which I have competed, including my last four in New York. I am not attempting to be humble in any way when I describe this recent streak of consecutive victories…
Read MoreWoman are cold
My friend, who happens to be a physicist (so you know he’s smart) believes that women have a four degree comfort zone and men have a 20 degree comfort zone, and this explains why women are so often cold in an air conditioned environment. I agree with this hypothesis. I have expanded slightly on his…
Read MoreIf you can fly, fly.
I’m not complaining about having to stop for these geese, who were crossing from one side of the road to the other. It took less than a minute to allow them to pass, and frankly, it was kind of cute to watch. But have these stupid birds forgotten that they are capable of flight? Perhaps…
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