The truth is sometimes truly better than fiction. This is just such a case.
Sometimes the letters that Slate’s Dear Prudence receives are better than any fiction I’ve read all week long. This is an example of just such a letter: “While cleaning out…
One of the greatest sources of disagreement in my marriage centers on Kevin Bacon and a questionable dance number.
My wife and I don’t fight, and we disagree on very few things. One of the sources of our greatest disagreements centers on a moment in the movie Footloose. My…
My daughter’s bus stop is completely ridiculous, and I so wish I could be there.
When I was a kid, my siblings and I stood beneath an enormous oak tree at the bottom of the driveway and waited for the bus. Our parents had long…
The Moth: No Santa
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City in 2014. The theme of the night was Secrets. I told…
Not so internal dialogue
As I was buckling my daughter into her car seat, she began talking. I looked at her and realized that she wasn’t talking to me. She was just thinking aloud.…
Resolution update: August 2014
In an effort to hold myself accountable, I post a list my New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of each month, along with their progress (or lack thereof). 1. Don’t…
