Text and photo combo of the week
Sent by my wife, Elysha, to brighten my day:Playmobil Porsche dealership with Playmobil douchebag at the wheel.
A very special chair and a recommendation to librarians everywhere
I visited the Townsend Library in Massachusetts this week. I spoke to some lovely people about my path to becoming a writer, ordered them to go home and write, answered…
I found someone who thinks EXACTLY like I do. Almost as if I put the words right into her heart and mind.
The strangest thing happened. I attended a rehearsal for Caught in the Middle, the musical that I wrote more than a year ago for a summer camp. It's being produced by…
A peek into a typical day of our marriage
Last night I told Elysha that I had a song stuck in my head. She asked me what the song was. I told her that she wouldn't know it. She assured…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 18 – Pants, Lands End, and military service
In last week's episode of Boy vs. Girl (apologies for the delay in posting here), Rachel and I discuss pants, the Lands End decision regarding Gloria Steinem and compulsory military…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 19 – Wedding proposals, politics, and frats
In this week's episode of Boy vs. Girl, Rachel and I discuss wedding proposals, double standards in politics, and single sex fraternities. You can listen here or - better yet -…
The worst name for a food item in all of human history
I'm obsessed with the way foods are named. Chilean sea bass, for example, is really Patagonian tooth fish. Order Patagonian tooth fish the next time you want Chilean sea bass. Please?My list…
27 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier
I read a post on Medium entitled 25 Things I Wish I Had Known 10 Years Earlier.I hated the post. It was filled with platitudes, cliches, and enormous, nonspecific ideas…
A famous writer and I agree on the worst part of sleep
Someone on Twitter sent me this poem:"Sleep.Those little slices of Death. How I loathe them."I read these three lines and thought, "Yes! I'm not alone! See? Someone else hates sleep, too!…
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