Why I cry when looking at old photographs like this.
This is a photo of A.A. Milne, the author of the Winnie the Pooh stories, along with his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and the stuffed bear that inspired Winnie the…
If you forbid jeans at your place of business, you’re not thinking straight. You might even be a coward.
Although there is no formal dress code at the school where I teach, staff members may wear jeans on Fridays if they make a $1 charitable contribution. With no explicit…
I went to the bathroom alongside a bunch of ladies, and something surprising happened.
I competed last night at a Moth StorySLAM at The Oberon in Cambridge, MA. The Oberon has two restrooms. When I started performing there in 2013, these restrooms were marked…
The perils of the road
This is what happens when you spend the weekend performing in Illinois: You miss a dance party that was apparently held in your own home.
My problem with honorifics
I'm not a fan of titles, which is a nice way of saying that I really, really hate titles. Let me explain. I have several good friends who have earned…
Driving in cars (and planes) with complete strangers
Yesterday morning, in the midst of the snowstorm, I drove past a woman walking in the road. She had an umbrella braced ahead of her and a CVS bag in…
Gas stations suck (at least in this regard)
Can we all acknowledge that placing the gasoline octane choices in reverse numerical order on gas pumps is done with the sole purpose of causing people who might be distracted…
The three worst things ever
Sometimes characters in my books say things and think things I would never say or think myself. Other times, characters say words and think things that are directly from my…
My favorite sentence of the year
Earlier in the month, a friend of mine took some advice about living life well, and as expected, it worked out perfectly. In telling me how well things turned out,…