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…
Review 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…
Go 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…
I 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…
She 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…
Perilous 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…
Dance 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.
“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…
Telling 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.
Teachers 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…
