Important (and astounding) information on aging from NumLock:Telomeres are protective caps that prevent damage to DNA. They also shorten each time a cell replicates, and when they get too short…
My family and I have been in Seattle for five days now, and it’s been quite the whirlwind. In addition to playing golf, walking beaches, eating delicious food, and visiting…
I can count the number of things that I have purchased and then later returned in my entire life on two hands.Maybe one hand. I know that this makes me…
At the very end of the song, “Light My Candle” from the Broadway musical Rent, Mimi and Roger exchange names.Roger sings, “I’m Roger.”Mimi responds, “They call me Mimi.”Driving in the…
Last week, a listener to our podcast and a reader of my books wrote to inform me that he would no longer be listening, reading, or otherwise engaging in my…
Another early review of Twenty-one Truths About Love from another important outlet - Booklist. ____________________________________Dicks manages to create tension, pathos, humor, and some searing melodrama in a novel written entirely…
You know those guys - it’s always a man - who drive in the third lane of the highway at high speeds, flashing their lights at any car that get…
Over the weekend, friends and I were discussing a recent revelation on social media:There are couples in this world who do sleep on the same side of the bed every…
This past weekend, one of my stories was rerun on The Moth Radio Hour. I’ve been fortunate enough to have eight stories appear on their show, and after every one,…
During our visit to Massachusetts earlier this week, we stopped by John F. Kennedy Elementary School in Blackstone, which I attended in grades K-3. Our kids played on the same…
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