Can’t imagine where she gets this.
My wife was trying to play a princess game with our daughter, Clara, but Clara was having a hard time following the script she had already written in her head.…
My daughter has an imaginary friend.
My daughter has an imaginary friend named Aubrey. She calls Aubrey her “pretend friend.” Needless to say, this thrills me. Not only did I write a novel about an imaginary…
When you care enough about the lady in your life to purchase an app and automate your expressions of affection
It’s really not a bad idea. I didn’t purchase it, but I understand why someone would.
My brand new, completely unrealistic, possibly supercilious goal that you should try, too.
I saw a middle-aged man yesterday wearing a pink shirt that didn’t quite cover his belly, yellow shorts, work boots without laces, and no socks. I turned to my wife…
Brilliant writing can be found anywhere.
I read a review of M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 film The Village, the late, great Roger Ebert’s last night. It’s an absolutely brilliant piece of writing. Here’s an excerpt from…
Fathers don’t get to teach their children to swim anymore.
When I was a boy, my father taught me how to swim. I would cling to the edge of my grandfather’s pool, my father would push me off the edge…
Putt-Putt Perfection
The Friday and Saturday nights of my youth were often spent at a now-defunct Putt-Putt course in Framingham, Massachusetts. I was not seeking perfection as much as I was attempting…
Amazing Mommy
At the risk of making a sweeping generalization, I believe that women are most often governed by a sense of duty and the guilt of failing to meet it, while…
Exit the bigots
The Boy Scouts of America has lost six percent of their members since changing their policy on gay participants, the group recently announced. Some may think this is bad news.…
I had problems with the ending of The Lord of the Rings, but it had little to do with Frodo and Sam’s fate.
Quora recently asked the question: Would The Lord of the Rings have been more satisfying with a different ending? Specifically, what if the eagles hadn't rescued Frodo and Samwise from…
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