Unacceptable platitude #7: “Fair does not mean equal.”
“Fair does not mean equal” is a convenient phrase that is overused in situations where inequality exists and the ability to mitigate it either doesn’t exist for structural or financial…
Shortcomings and Flaws: 2014
A reader once accused me of being materialistic after I wrote about my lack of a favorite number, specifically criticizing me for saying that when it comes to my salary,…
Stupid yoga may be turning my son into a dweeb. Or perhaps he’s trying to get the attention of women like his father once did.
I’m not sure what’s going on here. Maybe his yoga class is influencing the way that he sits now. Maybe television isn’t exciting enough anymore, and he’s looking for ways…
Office space turned dance hall, yoga studio, lunch room hell. I bet they’re all organic, gluten-free, transcendentalist vegans, too.
We’ve come a long way since Mike Judge’s Office Space highlighted the drudgery and monotony of cubicle life. Some offices may have gone a little too far. This German office…
My five year-old daughter has discovered the BEST COMEBACK EVER
My five-year-old daughter is a rhetorical genius. When I attempt to convince Clara that a two-minute living room clean-up is not a long time, or that the last piece of…
September 26, 1983: The day a Soviet colonel and forgotten hero saved the world from nuclear destruction.
On this day, let us not forget the man who may have saved the human race from possible extinction. September 26, 1983. The Cold War is at its height. The…
Poop is here.
“I poop!” and “Poop is here!” are the two ways that my son signals the need for a diaper change. I’m never a fan of diaper changes, but I have…
ESPN makes the same stupid mistake that they criticized NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for two months ago.
Bill Simmons is suspended by ESPN for three weeks after calling NFL commissioner Roger Goodell “a liar” after the commissioner claimed that he never saw the Ray Rice video in…
My annual plea to the girls in my fifth grade class: Maintain your advantage over the boys. Rule the world.
On Friday, Hillary Clinton pledged to work to get all the female Democratic candidates on the ballot elected in November. “I can’t think of a better way to make the…
My daughter received her first library card. Her father might be more excited about it than she is, and for good reason.
My daughter received her first library card last weekend. She was thrilled. I think my wife and I were even more excited than she was. She also checked out her…
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