TEDx Pomfret: It’s Not the Curriculum
Last year I spoke at a TEDx conference in Pomfret, CT on the subject of education. Specifically, I spoke about what is important and what is not when it comes…
A serious commitment to golf
I've played golf in the rain many times. I've once played golf in the snow. To be fair, it wasn't snowing when we started the round, and the forecast hadn't called for…
An untimely poop and a blocked toilet lead to magic.
I grew up next door to my grandparents. They owned a small house at the top of a hill on a sprawling piece of farm and forest.My childhood home was…
My favorite billboard
The billboard is up on Southern Boulevard, which is one of the only streets that links directly to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.With Hurricane Irma now battering Florida, my thoughts are with…
I am not talented.
I don't believe in talent. I believe in hard work. In speaking to a writer recently about her struggles to get published, I said, "Maybe you should write another book. Not everyone…
When you tell your girlfriend via text that you wrote her a poem…
... but it's actually the theme to The King of Queens. Brilliant.
A sad, retired, perhaps unstable man
My friend, Rob, retired last year.Like my previously retired friends, Rob has attempted to rub it in with photographs of his endless vacation. But unlike my previously retired friends, who send…
My son thinks I’m a golfing god
I haven't beaten one of my golfing buddies in well over a year. I've been drastically altering my grip and swing, but I'm also just not as good as the…
Time to break the law on behalf of Harriet Tubman
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a Yale graduate and former Goldman Sachs investment banker whose Daddy is also a Yale graduate and and former Goldman Sachs banker (Steve is clearly blazing…
How do you juggle so many balls at once? The answer is simple.
During a recent interview, a reporter cited my multitude of careers."You publish novels. Write columns and musicals. Perform on stage. Produce storytelling shows. DJ weddings. Minister. And you teach elementary…
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