Archive for 2015
An essential quote for parents and teachers who are struggling with discipline
One of my lifelong ambitions is to make it into Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations or the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. In an effort to assist the editors of that admirable tome, I maintain a list of possible entries. Today I have a new one to add to my list. This is something that I say to…
Read MoreBoy vs. Girl: Episode 7: Babysitters, chivalry and taking out the trash
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Read MoreA possible cure for writer’s block
I have thankfully never suffered from writer’s block, but if you do, perhaps you could try this innovative means of writing in hopes of curing it: Write naked. I can’t say that his work was especially impressive that day, but he was putting words to the page, which apparently is a big deal to anyone…
Read MoreI’ve switched from PC to Mac. I have six complaints.
About a month ago, I switched from PC to Mac. This was a momentous change for me. Terrifying and frustrating. Like landing on an alien planet. It was also necessary. My PC was on its last legs. The shift key was broken and I was starting to get about one blue screen a day. And between…
Read MoreTableside preparation of guacamole is stupid. For many reasons.
I don’t like avocados. As a result, I also don’t like guacamole. So perhaps the following statements are tinged with bias. Or perhaps I am more objective about this matter than your average guacamole enthusiast. Either way, I am hear to report that the recent trend in restaurants for waitstaff – armed with mortar and…
Read MoreConnor the Unicorn is missing. It’s freakin’ annoying.
My daughter has a whole host of imaginary friends, who she calls “pretend friends.” We hear about them a lot less than we did a couple years ago, but they are still around, and from time to time, we will hear her talking to them. Audrey. Elizabeth. Anna. The list goes on and on. Most…
Read MoreGoals for 2016: Tell me what to do.
There’s about two weeks left in the year, so it’s time for me to begin deciding upon goals for 2016. For the last four years, I have posted my goals on this blog and updated the progress of those goals monthly as a means of holding myself accountable. Oddly, these monthly updates have become some…
Read MoreTarget Practice – Seasons: Winter 2015
My humor column in the 2015 winter edition of Seasons magazine features a moment that few students on the planet have ever been able to experience, at my expense.
Read MoreA whiskey ad, made by two amateur filmmakers, did this to me.
Every now and then I run into something that zeros in on my eternal flaw – my inner crack – and tears it wide open. This ad will hang on me like an old coat for weeks. Look closely and you may see tears in my eyes at any moment until sometime in 2016. It’s…
Read MoreThis man could have been ripped from one of my novels
If ever there was a real life person who represented my fictional aesthetic, it’s this man. Quirky, odd, and yet surprisingly appealing.
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