My daughter’s first manuscript
My daughter can only form a handful of letters from the alphabet, but she started writing her first book after being inspired by the television show Max and Ruby. Television…
How I determine intelligence: 2013
In 2010, I created a set of criteria that I use to unfairly judge the intelligence of others. Three years later, I decided to re-examine and revise the list. Surprisingly…
My new favorite family
I watched a family of four purchase their entire dinner at 7-11 tonight. This was not a mob of destitute, depraved individuals. They were a well-dressed, well behaved, jovial bunch…
A tale of two story slams
On Thursday night, I performed alongside four other storytellers at The Wilbur Theater in Boston as part of a Moth Mainstage. We told stories to a sold out audience of…
If you’re critical of the National Football League, I understand completely. If you’re smug while doing so, you deserve to be kicked through a goal post.
Journalist Fuzz Hogan has decided to stop watching football this season. He cites head injuries, the the use of performance enhancing drugs and the way in which the NFL contributes…
Sometimes even golf can be stupid
And this is one of those times. Unique golf courses and signature holes are lovely, but sometimes an idea is just too bizarre to even be considered golf, and this…
All the financial advice you will ever need
All the financial advice you will ever need, written onto one side of an index card. I am no financial expert, but this is a damn good list. I would…
Have you ever seen two more perfect little boy photographs in your life?
My wife captured these two perfect moments from my son’s day. First, his obsession with the construction equipment operating across the street from our home. Second, his absolute love…
Clearly drunk
We ended our morning of apple picking on Sunday with a photograph with a cardboard cutout of a Belltown Hill Orchard tractor, complete with driver. It’s impossible to get my…
Sometimes there’s a fine line between creepy and cute.
My family went to a pumpkin patch yesterday. My wife sent me some photos from their afternoon amidst the pumpkins, including this one. She’s cute as a button, and I…
