Worst Halloween treat ever
When I was a kid, a woman living on our street gave out plastic bags of Chex mix on Halloween. Even though we knew that it would be Chex mix,…
Catholics should be able to scatter their ashes wherever they damn well please.
My wife once said that amongst the many noble reasons that I became a teacher, it was also because I don't like to be told what to do.This has never…
My new TV gig
Tomorrow Seasons Up Close, a news program from the publishers of Seasons magazine, debuts on channel 3 at 11:30 in the Hartford market. This will also mark my television debut. Much…
Be happy for the good fortune of others. It’s a happier and more productive way to live.
One of the saddest and most inexplicable things that I see in this world is the inability to be happy for the good fortune of others. Sometimes it's a large…
Collaboration is great. Right?
I teach my students to collaborate. I believe that collaboration is a good and useful and a productive means of getting things done. It's good for people and the world…
Put stuff on the Internet and watch what happens
You should write. Regardless of your self-perceived skill or experience, you should absolutely write stuff and stick it on the Internet. This is what I have been doing for more…
Random chairs in restrooms make me uncomfortable. Justifiably so. Right?
I will never understand why a restaurant would put a random chair like this in their restroom. It serves no purpose other than to make me feel awkward and nervous and…
Why should I experience unnecessary minor pain? Because I choose not to be soft.
In a piece entitled Pain Is Silly! Be Prepared With Your Own Mini-Pharmacy, Slate's Mark Joseph Stern writes: “I live in the 21st century. Why should I have to experience minor…
Professional Mini Golf: Competitive, cutthroat, and quirky?
This is not meant at a slight in any way, but it strikes me that the men and women who play professional mini golf would fit perfectly into any one…
Wardrobe malfunction
Charlie: Dad, you took off my pajamas, and then you put on other pajamas.Me: Those are pajamas?Charlie: Where's Mom?
