The worst name for a food item in all of human history
I'm obsessed with the way foods are named. Chilean sea bass, for example, is really Patagonian tooth fish. Order Patagonian tooth fish the next time you want Chilean sea bass. Please?My list…
27 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier
I read a post on Medium entitled 25 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier.I hated the post. It was filled with platitudes, cliches, and enormous, nonspecific ideas…
A famous writer and I agree on the worst part of sleep
Someone on Twitter sent me this poem:"Sleep.Those little slices of Death. How I loathe them."I read these three lines and thought, "Yes! I'm not alone! See? Someone else hates sleep, too!…
She wrote “No.” My heart soared.
My daughter had to vote for her "favorite groovy expression" from the list below. She read through choices. We explained what each expression meant.Then she refused to pick. She didn't like…
Deep, scary, philosophical Star Trek thoughts.
Somehow a discussion about how the transporters work on Star Trek had me in an existential panic.Granted, this is easier to accomplish with me than most people, but still. This…
Few things are as bad as we want people to think. I think.
I was speaking to a friend about the college application process that she recently underwent with her daughter, who I taught years ago.Her words:"It's wasn't so bad. Not a big…
There was a lot wrong with the 1970’s, but these two things might have made up for it.
The 1970′s may have been bathed in second hand smoke and disco, and the dominant political figure of the decade may have been Richard Nixon, but people didn't speak about hummus…
My son has cleverly ensured future access to my phone
Charlie has learned to take video selfies - if that is a thing.What he chose to discuss on these videos has guaranteed him future access to our phones, at least…
A simple geographic reminder to those overly insistent, overly-aggressive people of faith
When someone becomes overly insistent and overly aggressive about the truth behind their deeply held religious beliefs, I like to remind them that their deeply held religious beliefs are almost…
Listen to this.
I have heard few things more enlightening and moving than this. I think everyone should spend 20 minutes listening to this - children especially. Please listen and share with others. If…
