I was in the bread aisle of the local Stop & Shop last week when a woman stopped me and asked, "Why are you always running through this grocery store?""Excuse…
Want to know how I think? How I exist?I was standing on the Old Drake Hill Flower Bridge in Simsbury, CT with my wife and children. It was a spectacular…
Clara just hung this on the pantry door and announced that she's running for President of the Upstairs. "Upstairs needs some rules," she says.Her platform:Make your bed. (which she does…
I'm a reluctant atheist (I wish I had faith in a higher power but haven't managed to find it yet), but I can certainly get behind the belief that hate…
PERSONAL HEALTH1. Don’t die.Survived four days at Camp Jewell with 103 fifth graders. I got a cold but that was it. 2. Lose 20 pounds.STILL 17 pounds down for the third…
I'll be tailgating in the parking lot at the Patriots game on Sunday. I have seen many things in the decades I have spent tailgating at Gillette Stadium. Public intoxication. Nudity.…
I Am Legend is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based upon Richard Matheson’s novel of the same name. It stars Will Smith as one of the few survivors of a…
I love this church sign. I love it because it's emblematic of one of the most important lessons for all public speakers and storytellers:Say less.Shorter is better.Fewer words rule.The 20…
It demonstrates Trump-level hubris to suppose that I might have something to say about Hillary Clinton's performance during the debate last night, but at the risk of sounding a little…
"If you don't like it, leave," in all its variations, is a coward's argument. It's an argument made by people who are afraid of debate, don't understand logic, and want…
