Archive for February 2019
Why the Kit Kat is a terrible candy bar
Here’s how I know that the Kit Kat is a terrible candy bar: It’s not because it’s cheap chocolate poured over a tasteless wafer bar. It’s not because it’s dry and crumbly. It’s not because eating a Kit Kat makes you thirsty. It’s not even because it tastes like despair. No, it’s none of those things.…
Read MoreStoryworthy: The Illustrated compendium
Someone far more creative and clever than I will ever be read my book, Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life Through the Power of Storytelling and created this amazing illustrated set of notes. If you read the book, you’ll see how remarkably accurate these notes are. They truly capture the most important aspects…
Read MoreTrump demonstrates his ineffectiveness with startling clarity
Here’s a particularly stupid act of Trumpian stupidity. Back on January 4, 2018 Trump congratulated someone (I have no idea who) when the Dow exceeded 25,000 points for the first time. Traditionally, Presidents don’t tout the rising of a stock market because the market can be unpredictable and exceptionally fickle. Attach your success to a…
Read MoreGratitude and perspective on the eve of the Super Bowl
I’m writing this an hour before the kickoff to Super Bowl 53 to remind myself about how I’m feeling right now in case some ridiculous catch or devastating strip sack ruins my night. My friend, Steve, says that as a Patriots fan, I’m spoiled, and he’s right. But more than spoiled, I’m so incredibly fortunate.…
Read MoreSpeak Up Storytelling #35: Ophira Eisenberg
On episode #35 of the Speak Up Storytelling podcast, Elysha Dicks and I talk storytelling! In our followup segment, we hear from a teacher who is using Homework for Life in her classroom and a listener who had to do one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard of in a storytelling show. We also…
Read MoreBravery beyond compare
Last night I did something exceptionally daring. Some might say courageous. Elysha was in the middle of a sentence when she stopped, searching for a word that she could not find. I thought I might know the word that she wanted, but I hesitated for a moment, because we all know that this can only…
Read MoreAn answer to the stupid question, “How can it be so cold if global warming is real?”
Trump tweeted about the weather at least twice last week, calling into question climate change and global warming given the cold temperatures that have recently gripped the nation. This is so stupid and so dangerous. Climate change is one of the greatest threat to our country. American intelligence agencies, including the Pentagon, have said so…
Read MoreResolution update: January 2019
Each month I review the progress of my yearly goals and report on that progress as a means of holding myself accountable. Here are the results for January. __________________________________ PERSONAL HEALTH 1. Don’t die. Completely alive. Unless, of course, this is all just a computer simulation, which is entirely possible. But if that’s the case,…
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