Archive for September 2015
There are three incredibly stupid things wrong with this sign. Can you spot them all?
I saw this sign in a Dunkin Donuts drive-thru in Danbury, CT. There are so many things wrong with this sign. 1. “Spring is here and we want our customers to be completely satisfied…” implies that spring was the impetus for management to want to satisfy its customers. Wouldn’t it be better to say: “We…
Read MoreSmart, book person and crazed football fan does not always compute.
Editor Katie Adams – a fellow New England Patriots fan – tweeted this on Thursday night prior to the game: “It’s football season now. If you’re new, I’m still a smart book person but now I wear the skin of a crazy football fan for a few months.” I understood this sentiment completely. While I…
Read MoreVerbal Sparring: Flip and Own
This is a simple comeback that works in certain situations. Last week, I was listing all of my petty grievances to a friend and how I planned on conquering each one. His response: “It must be exhausting being you.” My comeback: “No, it’s exhausting not being me.” He laughed. I followed up by ensuring him…
Read MoreMemoirs of an Imaginary Friend: Fan art
There are few things more exciting than discovery a bit of fan art inspired by one of your books. This was sent to me via Twitter and is entitled ‘Budo.” I just love the thought that something I create inspires another human being to also create.
Read MoreCan’t fight logic like this.
Conversation between our two children. Clara is six year-old. Charlie is three. Clara: Charlie, here’s a long word I want you to learn. Excluding. It’s when you won’t let others play with you. It’s not nice. Charlie: It is nice. Clara: I don’t like it. Charlie: Yes you do.
Read MoreThey may be teenage boys, but they are also a couple of pathetic cowards.
This is a horrific act of cowardice. The boys who are guilty of this assault are claiming that the referee directed racial slurs at them just prior to the attack. The referee denies this. Even if the referee said something racially offensive, you don’t physically attack him. Even if you choose to attack him, you…
Read MorePublicity for The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
A couple good bits of publicity from my novel’s first day on bookstore shelves: The Hartford Courant ran a large piece about me and the book, which you can read online here. The NY Post named The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs one their “must reads books” of the week.
Read MoreThe Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs: Pub day has finally arrived!
My latest novel, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs, is in stores today! If you pre-ordered a copy, it should be arriving in the mail today. Perhaps at this very minute. Thanks so much for putting up with my excitement over these last couple months. A book launch doesn’t happen very often (it sort of represents…
Read MoreMashable on The Moth
Last month I competed in a Moth StorySLAM at The Bell House in Brooklyn (and won!). Mashable was there, shooting a story for their website. The result is a beautiful look at The Moth and all it does for the art of storytelling. It was also great to see StorySLAM manager and storyteller Robin Wachsberger…
Read MoreThe worst thing you can say to a storyteller (you passive-aggressive douchebag)
While in Brazil, I spoke to audiences as small as 50 and as large as 500. Part of every talk was one more stories from my life, similar to the stories that I tell onstage for The Moth, Speak Up, and similar organizations. I made it clear to every audience that the stories I tell are…
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