Men can somehow be incredibly cruel to one another, in a very protracted and public ways, and not damage their friendships at all. Pranks are accepted in male culture. They…
I told a story on Wednesday night at The Moth’s StorySLAM at Housing Works in New York City. The theme of the night was Secrets. I was lucky enough to…
I know. I couldn’t believe it either. But this photo (did you even think it was a photo?), which you have probably seen a thousand times (the Windows XP default…
How lucky we are to have a wife and mother who makes so many delicious foods for us.
This is undoubtedly the worst Wheel of Fortune performance of all time. This poor guy will never live this down. He will never forgive himself. First one million dollars. Then…
If you plan on invading a small, New England town anytime soon (and who isn’t?), I suggest that you avoid targeting North Hampton, Massachusetts. I was in North Hampton recently…
I would like to propose replacing the dictionary definition of the word “joy” with this image.
The New York Times recently published a piece entitled Spite is Good. Spite Works. Research seems to indicate that human decency and cooperation require “a certain degree of so-called altruistic…
For the last month, Elysha and I have been designing a summer camp for young writers called Writers Abroad. The Hartford Courant recently ran a piece about it. As of…
