Stay close, little ones.
A recent post to my children on a blog that I’ve written to them everyday since my wife became pregnant with our daughter: The summer is here, little ones, and…
Most of us don’t watch Fox News, little ones.
When my children become adults, they will watch the historical footage of Fox News and wonder what the hell we could possibly have been thinking. I will remind them of…
There are many reasons why the death penalty should be abolished. But one reason should be reason enough.
Will Saletan lists six reasons why support for capital punishment is evaporating in the United States. All six are perfectly valid, and I actually agree with all of them, but…
I’m left handed but learned to play baseball right handed to save money.
We took our son to his first baseball on Father’s Day, heading over to New Britain Stadium to watch the AA Rock Cats take on the Trenton Thunder. We took…
My first paid writing gig was for my very own paper mill. It made me the writer I am today.
It may not come as a surprise to you that, for a fee, high school and college students can employ writers at a paper mill to ghostwrite essays and term…
I’m a much better dancer than my son.
One of my favorite things in all this world is watching my wife dance. At a recent family wedding, I had the chance to spend a lot of time dancing…
My wife’s solution to the problem was to knock on a stranger’s door and ask to borrow clothing. Seriously.
My wife actually did this. About a year ago, but still. She went to dinner at Max Burger in West Hartford, CT with our two children, a friend, and his…
Moth victories are so much better with my septuagenarian hipster in-laws in attendance
On Monday night, I competed in a Moth StorySLAM at the Bitter End in New York City. Joining me was my wife, a friend, and my in-laws, Barbara and Gerry.…
The question all successful people can answer immediately: What’s your super power?
Serial entrepreneur Tina Roth Eisenberg says that all the most successful people she’s met have been able to answer this question immediately: What is your super power? From TIME: John…
