Just the kind of conversation I want before sunrise
Nothing to see here. Just a pre-sunrise conversation with my eight-year old daughter, Clara, about what the word "stillborn" means, followed by a flood of tears over the fate of Elizabeth…
The men’s restroom: All I want is a little consistency, please…
I appreciate and embrace consistency in all things. Find the fastest, most accurate, most efficient, least expensive way of doing something, and repeat as often as needed. This is why…
Earning his keep
This cat pushes everything he can find onto the floor. He's broken bowls, glasses, and picture frames. He's toppled laundry baskets off counters and shoved laptops off tables. He eats…
When will she die?
Sometimes I listen to a despicable person — politician, commentator, talk show host — and find myself compelled to run to Wikipedia to find out how old the person is,…
Two word horror story
A reader on Goodreads asked me to write a two-sentence horror story. Here is what I wrote: She cried out from the laundry room. "You didn't dry my sweaters, did…
Free Dive
This is both fascinating and bizarre. Watching the video of this man free-diving to the bottom of the deepest pool in the world is both mind-boggling and incredible, and yet:…
Julian Edleman changes everything!
Each month, my children receive a free book from PJ Library, an organization that sends free books that celebrate Jewish values and culture to Jewish families across America and Canada. Last…
Sibling love is a strange and varied thing
Sometimes they want to kill each other, and sometimes they aggressively ignore each other, but more often than not, there are days when I walk into the room and find…
Complacency kills.
Regardless of what I am doing or have ever done, I have always asked myself this question: "Who is better than me?" Whether I was managing a McDonald's restaurant, sitting…
Lyric Problems: Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe”
Carly Rae Jepsen's 2016 hit song "Call Me Maybe" was a favorite of mine during the summer and fall of that year as it packed floors at weddings where I…