The Book With No Pictures: Best testimonial for the book ever
BJ Novak's The Book With No Pictures is one of those ingenious books that I wish I had written. Same holds true for books like The Day the Crayons Quit, The…
Change can happen. Change does happen. You probably don’t believe this. So let me show you this bicycle.
I am constantly confronted - most recently on my new podcast Boy vs. Girl - with the belief that large scale change is impossible, and more specifically, that large scale…
My latest appearance on Mom and Dad Are Fighting: Discussing violent tragedy with children
I made another appearance on Slate's parenting podcast Mom and Dad Are Fighting, talking about how to handle discussions with children about horrific tragedies like the terrorist attacks in Paris…
A simple test to determine if a food is objectively tasty
My friends, Kim and Andrew, were kind enough to include a dish of canned jellied cranberry sauce on their Thanksgiving table for me.I love canned jellied cranberry sauce.I also brought…
Boy Vs. Girl: Episode 4: Barbie, Heels, and Penis Doodles
Episode 4 of our new podcast, Boy Vs. Girl, is now available. In the episode, Rachel the Sociologist and I debate the new Barbie television ad, heels, and the reasons why…
The Moth: The Great Stargazing Betrayal
On December 29, 2014, I took the stage at The Moth StorySLAM at The Bitter End in Manhattan to tell a story. The theme of the night was Rewards. I…
Resolution Update: November 2015
One month to go, so I decided to take a measure of my progress so far in terms of percentage of goals completed.Of the 32 goals set for the year:19…
