Unfair assumption #30: CVS shopping carts were not made to be filled.
CVS customers who have a carriage full of items have forgotten the purpose of a grocery store. They also create lines miles long.
Good ideas are a dime a dozen. Never settle.
I often say that the worst thing a person can do is find a good idea and not strive for a great idea.Settling for good means you will never be…
The Education Secretary is knowingly endangering children
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos opposed Donald Trump's reversal of Obama's transgender restroom policy because she worried that the reversal would hurt and potentially endanger children in schools.When faced with the…
Tiny moments like this is why I teach
My students were reading the first scene of Hamlet yesterday, trying to determining the meaning of the language using background knowledge and context clues..In the first scene, Horatio says of…
Do you dine properly or dine like heathens?
Prior to the pandemic, and hopefully again soon, Elysha and I would often go to dinner with our friends, David and Shera. They are some of our favorite dinner companions.…
I was stupid when I was young.
My daughter Clara - age 8 - in the midst of eating breakfast and watching Blues Clues, just asked me who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2016."Are they talking…
The glory and might of a good old fashioned pillow fight
Back in the early 1990's, when I was living in Attleboro, MA with my best friend, Bengi, in a home we affectionately referred to as The Heavy Metal Playhouse, we…
Men who grumble about jeans and sweaters are stupid.
Back in December I wrote a piece about the stupidity of forbidding jeans in the workplace.Just a couple days ago, I wrote a piece about the stupidity of bemoaning casual…
The Internet has certainly evolved in the last 20 years
1997:Never, ever get into a stranger's car. Never arrange to meet people from the Internet in real life. 2017:Literally summon strangers from the Internet to get in their cars.
5 things to remember when bemoaning the proliferation of casual dress in America.
The next time you bemoan (or hear someone bemoan) the proliferation of casual dress in Americans today, please remember these five things:For centuries, clothing was specifically used to identify social…
