Women have lapped men. Huzzah.
At the end of the 2020-21 academic year, 59.5 percent of college students in the United States were women. Men accounted for only 40.5 percent of those in higher education.…
He said my story was apocryphal. This was my response.
During intermission at a recent solo show performance, I was approached by an audience member who wanted to tell me how much he enjoyed my story about the time I…
Zoo homework
Some people go to their favorite zoo - Southwick Zoo in Mendon, Massachusetts - to look at the animals, read the occasional plaque, and maybe eat a hot dog. Others…
Vaccines are super popular
While unvaccinated Americans continue to create enormous problems in our country in terms of increasing infection rates, mounting deaths due to COVID-19, and worst of all, the overwhelming of hospital…
Billionaires really need me
Mark Zuckerberg posts a video of himself on Instagram on the Fourth of July riding an electric surfboard and carrying an American flag while John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country…
Not all parental disputes are the same
In the event that your relationship with your parents is occasionally or persistently contentious, perspective can be especially helpful. As bad as your relationship might be, this is probably worse:…
Not almost famous
I performed a couple weeks ago at the Phoenicia Playhouse in Phoenicia, New York. As we wandered the town of Phoenicia and the adjacent town of Woodstock, NY, we continually…
The hits just keep on coming…
I had an especially excellent class last year when it came to pranks, which is to say... I did an especially good job teaching them the finer art of pranking.…
Resolution update: August 2021
Every month I report the progress of my yearly goals in order to monitor progress (or the lack thereof) and hold myself accountable. The following are the result from…
The many faces of my school
Today I begin year #23 of teaching. All of them spent in the same school. The last 20 years spent in the same classroom. As I drove into the…
