Archive for May 2015

Elysha and I went to Vermont this weekend, leaving the children behind with their grandparents. We returned on Sunday afternoon to find our living room television wired with Apple TV and the ancient, tube television in the bedroom replaced with a large, flat screen TV from the in-law’s home that they were no longer using. In the past…

It began five years ago. I was listening to a podcast called Books on the Nightstand when its hosts, Ann Kingman and Michael Kindness, proposed that perhaps some listeners might want to get together in Vermont for a weekend to discuss books.  I immediately wanted to go. I told Ann and Michael to count me in.…

My favorite Patriots hat has been missing for more than a week. When I went to Boston earlier in the week to tell a story, I had to wear an older, less lucky hat. I assumed that I had lost it somewhere along the way, but then one night at dinner, my daughter, Clara, asked,…

It’s not what you think.  It’s true that on Tuesday night, I won The Moth’s StorySLAM in Boston. It’s also true that my friend, Plato, finished in second place – the second time that we have finished in first and second place respectively.  And it’s true that it was my 17th Moth StorySLAM victory. But none of this is…

If you’re running a workshop or speaking at a conference or providing training to employees and you tell the attendees that they may take a bio-break, they should carry you to the restroom and flush your head in the toilet.  Simply announce the break and the amount of time that you are providing for that…

PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. I am not dead. 2. Lose 20 pounds. I’m lost three pounds in April, bringing my total weight loss to four pounds. Not exactly on pace to meet my goal. 3. Do at least 100 push-ups and 100 sit-ups five days a week. Done. I’ve added a plank every morning…