My very first library book found!
In March of 2012 I wrote a post about the important role that my hometown library played for me when I was a child. As a person who grew up…
The perpetual search for a good parking spot is probably insane
Slate’s Justin Peters argues that handicapped parking fraud is one of the jerkiest crimes imaginable. I agree. My evil stepfather didn’t teach me much and demonstrated little by way of…
Boy and girl in dryer
When I was a boy, I would hide in the dryer when playing hide-and-go-seek. Occasionally my father would start the dryer, sending me for a warm tumble. It was the…
Is Jimmy Fallon the coolest man on Earth?
I’ve never wanted to be anyone but me. Ever. Jimmy Fallon may be the one exception.
The Moth: The Turtle and Me
The following is a story that I told at a Moth StorySLAM at Villa Victoria in Boston in August of last year. The theme of the night was Summer. I…
Helmet head
My daughter has started wearing her bike helmet in the house, sometimes when scootering and sometimes when simply playing with her toys, watching television or coloring. There have been days…
I’m apparently competing against myself now.
Booktopia, the largest bookstore in all of Australia, is now selling the Matthew Green and Matthew Dicks versions of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend side by side. As the reader…
Speak Up storyteller: Rachel Leventhal-Weiner
Our next Speak Up storytelling event is on Saturday, January 18, at 8:00 at Real Art Ways in Hartford. The show is sold out! Hope you got your tickets already!…
My daughter is tougher than a thousand Moth judges.
I competed in a Moth GrandSLAM at The Music Hall in Williamsburg last night and finished in second place. Second place again. By a tenth of a point again. The…
For sale: Stolen Childhood Dreams
This is fascinating: An archive of toys taken from London schoolchildren by teachers in 150 different schools over thirty years. The exhibit, entitled Confiscated Cabinets (currently on display at the…
