Archive for June 2016
Be calm.
A small suggestion: Try to be a calming influence on the world. There are already enough people in the world doing the opposite. Constantly asserting how harried, all consuming, and fast paced our world is. How stressful modern life can be. How there is never enough time. Always too much work. Far too many responsibilities. I…
Read MoreReview of Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend (and my name change)
It’s always interesting to listen to people discuss your novel and the choices you made (including why I am published in the UK under the name Matthew Green). This video review for Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend was both positive and fascinating to lis The real reason for the name change in the UK was…
Read MoreGo to The Moth and tell a story. And not “someday.” Go soon.
Just this past week I heard from listeners who heard one or more of my stories on The Moth’s podcast, The Moth Radio Hour, and/or The Moth’s website in: Cape Town, South AfricaLondon, UKColumbus, OHHartford, CTWestern AustraliaHong KongNew HampshireNew York CitySao Paulo, BrazilBlackstone, Massachusetts The idea that people across the globe are listening to me tell…
Read MoreI have discovered what women look for in a man
I spent a portion of Saturday night in the company of Elysha and some of her lady friends. They were discussing what their single straight girlfriends should look for in men. I just sat and listened. Men, based upon this conversation, here is what women want: A responsible man with modest or better career prospects who…
Read MoreShe would not be happy on a skateboard, but these kids are.
My favorite thing about my daughter’s picture of skateboarders is the smiles on their faces. She wouldn’t climb aboard a skateboard if her life depended upon it. Maybe this will change someday, but I suspect not. She is not a risk taker. She is not physically daring. She is cautious and precise as she moves…
Read MorePerilous Pizza: The Cook’s Cook June/July 2016 edition
I published a piece entitled Perilous Pizza in the June/July edition of The Cook’s Cook. It deals with food insecurity in my childhood and how it influenced many of my choices as a boy and continues to influence my decision-making process today. Hope you enjoy!
Read MoreDance Recitals: The Joy and the Horror
My humor column in the spring edition of Seasons magazine (page 49-50) on the horror and occasional joy of springtime dance recitals.
Read More“Just about everybody” I know is not flying on a plane this summer, and to assume otherwise might be an indication of the bubble you live inside.
I like the Freakonomics podcast quite a bit, and if I could choose a new friend, I think I’d take Steve Levitt, an economist and co-author of the Freakonomics books who loves golf and McDonald’s and seems to share my disposition. Every time I hear him speak, I think that we would be fast friends. …
Read MoreTelling tales: A profile
A profile of me entitled Telling Tales. which appeared in the June 2016 edition of Newington LIFE and West Hartford LIFE – a local Connecticut magazine.
Read MoreTeachers must stop assigning problems to students in math class, but apparently they need to stop assigning equations, too.
About a week ago I vowed to stop using the word “problem” when asking a question in math, and for good reason, I think. I proposed using the word “equation” when asking a student to add, subtract, multiply, or divide. It turns out that “equation” is the wrong word, too. My friend, who is a…
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